The village had to be abandoned in the 1920s when Scar House Reservoir in Nidderdale, North Yorkshire, was built and an area of the Nidd Valley was flooded.
Torrential showers across huge swathes of the country have already left roads swamped, drains deluged and people desperately battling to keep floodwaters at bay, with more expected today.
After weeks of sweltering weather which has caused drought, the Met Office s yellow thunderstorm warning for Wednesday forecasts conditions in which 20-30 mm of rain is possible within an hour .
The latest hosepipe ban, which will affect families in London and the South East, is set to come into effect from August 24 in the wake of unprecedented conditions Thames Water has said.