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Flamborough, Yorkshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1750.
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FLAMBOROUGH:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1750.
"FLAMBOROUGH, a parish in the E.R. of Yorkshire, stands on the promontory, which forms Bridlington-Bay; and has its name, as some think, from the word Flame, because of a watch-tower here with lights for the sailors."
[Transcribed by Mel Lockie © from
Stephen Whatley's England's Gazetteer, 1750]