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WITHERNSEA, a township-chapelry, with a village, in Hollym parish, E. R. Yorkshire; on the coast, at the terminus of the Hulland Holderness railway, 4 miles N E. by N of Patrington. It has a post-office‡ under Hull, a r. station with telegraph, a large hotel, and a handsome modern church; and it has come into considerable notice as a sea-bathing resort. Acres, 1,210. Real property, £1,334. Pop., 202. Houses, 44. The living is annexed to Hollym.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township-chapelry, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Yorkshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Withernsea |
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