English: Flood plaque, Goldcliff Parish Church, Goldcliff, Newport, Wales. This plaque marks the height of a flood of approximately 5 feet that occurred on the 20th January 1606 (modern calendar 30th January 1607). One theory is that it was caused by a tsunami. Apparently the financial loss was more important than the loss of twenty two lives.
1606
ON · THE · XX · DAY · OF · IANVARY · EVEN · AS · IT · CAME · TO · PAS · IT · PLEASED · GOD · THE · FLVD · DID · FLOW · TO · THE · EDGE · OF · THIS · SAME · BRAS • AND · IN · THIS · PARISH · THEARE · WAS · LOST · 5000 · AND · OD · POWNDS · BESIDES · XXII · PEOPLE · WAS · IN · THIS · PARRISH · DROWND
• GOLDCLIF { IOHN • WILKINS · OF · PILREW • AND WILLIAM • TAP · CHURCH · WARDENS
1609
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Photo: 4 April 2008, 13:59:20 (according to Exif data)
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