Mudflood 38 : Flood & Mud

How a mudflood is made...

Sutton-on-Sea

Sutton-on-Sea (originally Sutton in the Marsh or Sutton le Marsh) is a village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, beside a long sandy beach along the North Sea. The village is part of the civil parish of Mablethorpe and Sutton. The southern part of the village is known as Sandilands

History

At very low tides it is possible to view the remains of an ancient mixed forest on the beaches of Mablethorpe and Sutton on Sea. Sea flooding was a periodic problem in the Middle Ages.

Early accounts tell us of floods which washed away parts of the village in 1248, 1250 and 1251. Also in 1253 the sea flowed as far as Alvingham. 1571 saw great disaster for the village when, on October 5th, the high tide accompanied by a fierce wind and rain, took the church and a great part of the village. The church was rebuilt in 1818–19 on a new site and dedicated to Saint Clement.

The village was last flooded on 31 January 1953, when a ten-foot storm surge broke through the flood defences.

Footage is of the extensive damage and debris left behind following the 1953 Sutton area Flood followed by scenes of a separate, and what appears to be, more destructive event recorded at an earlier date.

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