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From the sky
Dave Hogg of Witney took this picture of Stanford in the Vale flooding from a Cessna 150.
From the sky
Dave Hogg of Witney took this picture of south Oxfordshire flooding from a Cessna 150.
Defences
Terry Webb, pictured with his seven month old child Zakk, puts up defences at his home in Ock Street, Abingdon. Picture by Mark Hemsworth.
Prepared
Kelmscott resident John Cole gets sand bags from the council as he prepares for the floods. Picture by Mark Hemsworth
Not again
Charlie Lockhart can't believe his home in Kelmscott is flooded again, Pictured by Mark Hemsworth
Flooded pitch
Andrew Wharton, of Oxford City Parks Department, on a waterlogged pitch at Cutteslowe Park, Picture by Denis Kennedy
Carried to safety
A sheep is carried to safety by an RSPCA officer. Picture by Jon Lewis.
Sheep stranded by rising water
23 sheep owned by farmer Richard Lovat had to be rescued from the rising waters of a swollen River Evenlode near Combe. The animals were eventually driven to safety by an RSPCA flood rescue team.
Sandbags brought in
Oxford City Council works fast with sandbags to prevent the growing flood water moving towards homes in Bullstake Close just off the Botley Road.
Towpath threatened
Oxford city flooding - pictured is the flooding on the towpath just south of Osney Lock. Picture by Ed Nix
Holding back the water
Pat Rutherford is ready to hold back the water as the River Ock spreads towards the houses on Chaunterell Way. Picture by David Fleming
Two rivers merge
This is the scene in Abingdon as the Rickers Ock and Thames flow together. Picture by David Fleming.
Ock rises
Flooding danger as the River Ock spreads towards the houses Orpwood Way, Nash Drive and Chaunterell Way. Picture by David Fleming.
Houses under threat
Back gardens of houses in Duke Street off Botley Road are threatened by the rising waters of Bullstake Stream. Picture by Mark Hemsworth.
No chance to reopen
The local pub the Plough in Kelmscot, west Oxfordshire, is still closed due to flooding from July 2007 and is now being inundated with water again. Villagers were force to use tractors or canoes to get down the main street to their houses.
Not again ....
Jeremy Palin bought Corner Cottage in Ascott under Wychwood in 2007 and exchanged on the day of the July flooding. He is photographed in the 2008 floods that now threaten his new home.
