This entry, extracted from the Ovingham parish burial register, refers to the eight people who were swept away during the great flood of 1771. All eight were drowned when the Boathouse they were living in was swept away in the early hours of Sunday the 17th November 1771.
When a person is buried an entry is made in the burial register. Of particular interest are the burial registers of the period 1798-1812. These are known as Bishop Barrington registers. Shute Barrington, Bishop of Durham, ordered that additional information should be recorded, for example, a person's age and occupation when they died. Burial registers of Ovingham parish are deposited with Northumberland Archives Service.
