Folklore belief associates the occurrence of floods with the installation of new vicars in Horncastle 's Anglican Church . The vicar changed in 1919 and 1959 , both less than a year before a flood . The flooding of the early 1980s was attributed to the change of vicar in 1980 ; however , there was no flooding in Horncastle following the change of vicar in 1999 . Both the River Bain and River Waring overflowed their banks during the 2007 United Kingdom floods
2007 United Kingdom floods
2007 United Kingdom floods
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