Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Withernsea

Withernsea, township and vil. with ry. sta., Hollym par., East-Riding Yorkshire - township, 746 ac. land and 275 foreshore, pop. 332; vil., 4 miles NE. of Patrington; P.O., T.O.; is a sea-bathing resort, with large hotel and lodging houses. The sea is making encroachments upon the land at this part of the coast.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Hollym Ch/AP/CP       Withernsea AP/Ch/Tn/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Withernsea

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