The remains of a sunken village have resurfaced after an ongoing heatwave caused water levels in Yorkshire reservoirs to drop.
The village of Beiting was flooded by the Beiting Reservoir in the West Yorkshire Pennines in the 1950s.
The history of the small town that straddles the centuries-old bridge dates back to the English occupation by the Vikings in the Middle Ages.
It became a horse trail across the Pennines connecting Yorkshire and Lancashire.
In 1956, a reservoir was created to supply Wakefield with water. The water, owned by Yorkshire Water, which announced this morning it was banning hose-down deliveries, has receded enough to reveal an ancient bridge.
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The town also has a rather spooky history, according to the Yorkshire Post.
In 1989, during a drought, the body of a man with a gunshot wound to the head was found in the reservoir.
He suffered from a hernia.
Investigators identified the man as 23-year-old Lawrence Winstanley, who was last seen leaving an Oldham pub last year.
That year the water level was 12 meters below normal.
Today Yorkshire Water announced it will ban hoses for the first time in 27 years as reservoir levels drop below 50%.
This is the company’s first hose ban in 27 years and carries fines of up to £1,000 if found to be in breach.
“The hot, dry weather means Yorkshire’s rivers are starving and our reservoirs are 20% lower than expected at this time of year,” said Neil Dewis, Yorkshire Water’s Director of Water.
Source: Metro
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