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Westminster Abbey Isn't That Far From The Thames.

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sandyRoe | 09:59 Wed 06th Jul 2022 | ChatterBank
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In times past, long before embankments were built and the river was much wider was it ever flooded?
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it's built on Thorney Island ("ey" just meant "island", as in Batter's ey and Chel's ey, so it was Thorn's island island), so it was on slightly higher ground. But yes, the Great Flodd of 1928 got in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928_Thames_flood
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it's built on Thorney Island ("ey" just meant "island", as in Batter's ey and Chel's ey, so it was Thorn's island island), so it was on slightly higher ground. But yes, the Great Flodd of 1928 got in

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928_Thames_flood
10:03 Wed 06th Jul 2022
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"Flood", even
10:04 Wed 06th Jul 2022
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gotta watch them Flodds.
10:05 Wed 06th Jul 2022
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it's the Fawkeses you have to watch
13:08 Wed 06th Jul 2022

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