A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
KILNSEA, a parish in Patrington district, E. R. Yorkshire; on the coast, at the mouth of the Humber, 8½ miles SE of Patrington r. station. Post town, Easington, under Hull. Acres, 11, 036; of which 10, 026 are water. Real property, £1, 474. Pop., 179. Houses, 37. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to SirA. Constable. Spurn Head, with its lighthouses, forms the SE extremity. Large portions of the land have been swept away by the sea; and even portions which remain are overflowed by high tides, and threatened with destruction. Some Roman relics have been found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £120. Patron, L. Thompson, Esq. The old church was destroyed by the advancing waves in 1826. The new church was built in 1 865; and is in the early English style, of dark red brick, with white bands and stone coignes saved from the church. See SPURN HEAD.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Kilnsea CP/AP Patrington RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Kilnsea |
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