Selby was impacted by heavy flooding in March 1947. Below are some photos which capture the scale of the flooding.
Doncaster Road across from the War Memorial Hospital, inundated with water.
Portholme Drive
Leeds Road
Abbots Road
The Canal after overflowing and spilling out onto Canal Road and beyond.
Photo from the Park Street Bridge and looking out towards the Abbey.
Photos from Selby: The Past in Pictures: A Pictorial History: Part 2.
- Date
- 1947
- Ref no
- R2G/Rail/068, R2G/Riv/013
- Level
- Item
- Archive
- Selby : Abbot Staith
- Access status
- Photos from Selby: The Past in Pictures: A Pictorial History: Part 2.
- Extent
- Nine photographs
- Theme
- Railway, River
- Decade
- 1940