Homes in the west of the county were already under water today - for the second time in six months.

Villagers in Kelmscott were having to make alternative living plans as the nearby river Thames burst its banks.

Fire crews from Witney and Abingdon were on hand during the day and Witney station manager Paul Debling said 17 homes either had water coming in, or were under imminent threat.

In the centre of the village, renowned for historic Kelmscott Manor, home of Victorian writer William Morris, the water level was up to three feet deep.

Resident Chris Stevens, of Memorial Cottages, said: "Some properties are already hit, there is one cottage just recently plastered where the water has got in again."

People in south Oxfordshire were largely unaffected by the high river waters elsewhere in the county.

In Wantage and surrounding villages, flood water on the roads continued to slow traffic today.

While residents in Garford and Charney Bassett said water levels in nearby fields were the highest they had been all week.

Water was also a hazard on the A417 between Stanford in the Vale and Wantage and in Main Street, West Hanney.

In Wallingford, the flood plain took most of the water and Didcot and surrounding villages remained unaffected.