It is often overlooked. Historians acknowledge the bad weather that almost stopped William the Conqueror in 1066 and the protestant wind saw off the Spanish Armada in 1588.

The epic snow-bound winter of 1947 and the forest- felling hurricane of 1987 have both passed into legend.

But the daddy of all these disasters - the one against which this week's heavy winds can justifiably be measured - was three centuries ago, in the reign of Queen Anne.

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