Catalogue description Descriptive account by Mark Gilpin of a landslide that accurred at the Birches on the Buildwas side of the river Severn, which for a time entirely stopped the course of the river.

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Details of 1987/64/1
Reference: 1987/64/1
Title: Descriptive account by Mark Gilpin of a landslide that accurred at the Birches on the Buildwas side of the river Severn, which for a time entirely stopped the course of the river.
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Letter from Abiah Darby to her children (addressed to Abraham Darby [III], London), concerning the landslide. She says that John Fletcher has preached there, and will preach there again today. There are a lot of people continually going to see the slip.

 

[See "Abiah Darby", by Rachel Labouchere, p169-170].
Date: 28 [May] 1773
Held by: Shropshire Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English

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