Here is the answer easily found: http://www.burnham-on-sea.com/1607-flood.shtml The calendar change is well known. For many years the year began on 25 March, Lady Day and ended on the 24 March the following year, but following work in the 16th century some countries adopted the Julian calendar with a start on 1 Jan in 1583 and others over various periods until Britain and others in 1752. So over nearly 200 years one has to be very careful to check dates especially from Jan-March where one finds children apparently born just 6 months apart or before the marriage when they were in fact legitimate. ALWAYS check! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_1 Jean Wood http://www.cheziris.eu/index.htm http://www.cheziris.eu/Duterrau.htm http://www.saintes-fleur-de-sel.fr/index.htm > Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 13:37:03 +0000 > From: sage_gen@tiscali.co.uk > To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [B&S] Bristol, Great Flood, 1607 (was VIDEO: Aerial view of the flooded Somerset Levels ) > > The 1607 flood level was recorded in a number of places by inscriptions > on inundated churches. One is at Kingston Seymour, another on the other > side of the Severn, can be seen at: > > http://tafftrails.co.uk/redwick-circular-walk-8-kms-5-miles/ > > but there are no prizes on this list, for resolving the date discrepancy > which puzzled the author. > > Ian > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message