There was a 'Great Flood' on the Rivers Tyne, Tees, Wear, Eden and other rivers in the region, after torrential rainfall on the 16th and 17th November 1771. All the bridges in the Tyne Valley were destroyed or badly damaged, except for the bridge at Corbridge. This included the washing away of sections of the Tyne Bridge at Newcastle. On the Wear, 3 arches of the arches of Elvet Bridge in Durham were destroyed. The Tees valley was also badly affected, with the loss of mills and houses. Reputedly, the River Tees was half a mile wide at Low Coniscliffe during the flood.
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