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Portholme Floods, 1903 (CRO)Portholme Meadow
History of Portholme
Samuel Pepys visited Port Holme in October 1662 and watched: the country-maids milking their cows there … and to see with what mirth they all came home together in pomp with their milk, and sometimes they have musique to go before them.
Portholme meadow was being used for horse-racing by 1773.
Liable to flood, this happened in 1903.
1910 a Bleriot monoplane pilot4d by James Radley of Bedford circled around Portholme covering a distance of 16.5 miles.
J Radley flying on Portholme in 1910
In 1910 it had been proposed to build three grandstands to watch airshows but the project failed.
An imaginary view of Portholme published in 1910 (CRO)
King George V reviewed the Highland Mounted Brigade here during WWI.
Portholme Meadow (RGL2025)
Portholme Meadow (RGL2025)
Portholme Meadow (RGL2025)
Portholme Meadow (RGL2025)
Portholme Meadow (RGL2025)
Portholme Meadow (RGL2025)
Lock at Portholme Meadow (RGL2025)
Lock at Portholme Meadow (RGL2025)
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