Clifford Street

HW · Post by HW » Wed 10 Feb, 2010 10:49 pm

thanks for all the replies guys. my great-great grandma lived on clifford street you see with her many children.liits - great map overlay. where did you get it from? do you have the full map?Cardiarms - you have a picture of the plaque is that? its from 1888 you say?

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Wed 10 Feb, 2010 11:18 pm

"The biggest recorded flood in Leeds was in 1866, when 20 people were drowned and the water was knee deep on Kirkstall Road. The railway line at Bridge Road was waist deep in water, when the track was higher than it is today. The Agency has revised its estimates in response to climate change, and their current "extreme event" envisages the River Aire thundering past at 400 tonnes per second, and the water chest deep on Kirkstall Road."

Post by **chameleon** » Wed 10 Feb, 2010 11:26 pm

Cardiarms wrote: "The biggest recorded flood in Leeds was in 1866, when 20 people were drowned and the water was knee deep on Kirkstall Road. The railway line at Bridge Road was waist deep in water, when the track was higher than it is today. The Agency has revised its estimates in response to climate change, and their current "extreme event" envisages the River Aire thundering past at 400 tonnes per second, and the water chest deep on Kirkstall Road." Which gives rise to this, unpalatable as it might seem in may respects.http://www.secretleeds.co.uk/forum/Mess ... hLight=1Is it coincidence that the YW building at Bridge end is built on stilts??

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Thu 11 Feb, 2010 9:41 pm

Cardiarms wrote: "The biggest recorded flood in Leeds was in 1866, when 20 people were drowned and the water was knee deep on Kirkstall Road. The railway line at Bridge Road was waist deep in water, when the track was higher than it is today. The Agency has revised its estimates in response to climate change, and their current "extreme event" envisages the River Aire thundering past at 400 tonnes per second, and the water chest deep on Kirkstall Road." "We're all doomed!"400 tonnes a second? That is very scary.

HW · Post by HW » Sun 14 Feb, 2010 4:59 pm

so when did St Andrews church on Cavendish Street get demolished? anyone know?

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Fri 19 Feb, 2010 9:58 pm

HW · Post by HW » Wed 24 Feb, 2010 12:32 pm

thanks. so where and what is this? also liits where you get that old map?

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Wed 24 Feb, 2010 1:02 pm

Near the Kirkstall Road/Willow Road Traffic lights, just before the viaduct on the way out of town. The line is the height ot the 1866 flood.

Post by **chameleon** » Wed 24 Feb, 2010 2:10 pm

chameleon wrote: Cardiarms wrote: "The biggest recorded flood in Leeds was in 1866, when 20 people were drowned and the water was knee deep on Kirkstall Road. The railway line at Bridge Road was waist deep in water, when the track was higher than it is today. The Agency has revised its estimates in response to climate change, and their current "extreme event" envisages the River Aire thundering past at 400 tonnes per second, and the water chest deep on Kirkstall Road." Which gives rise to this, unpalatable as it might seem in may respects.http://www.secretleeds.co.uk/forum/Mess ... hLight=1Is it coincidence that the YW building at Bridge end is built on stilts?? Indeed and as time goes by I find myself thinking that this must be a good thing, however distasteful it seems. When you look carefully at the flood maps, it's scary