Flood High Water Mark
Commemorative Plaque

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Commemorative stone wall plaque located on the St John's Street side wall of the former Phoenix public house, indicating, by an incised horizontal line, the high water mark achieved by the River Great Ouse flood in November 1823. Erected in 1824 [?].
The inscription reads:
High Water Mark
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Of The Great Flood
November 1823

© Photo by Stuart Antrobus

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