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  • The busy town of Hornsea Beck, the port of Hornsea, with its harbour and pier, its houses, and all pertaining to it, has entirely disappeared since the time of James I., and so also has the place called Hornsea Burton, where in 1334 Meaux Abbey held twenty-seven acres of arable land.

    Yorkshire Gordon Home 1923

  • Kiplington, the coastal town where Sarah Burton is headmistress, is an amalgam of Hornsea and Withernsea, the seaside towns where Holtby lodged while writing the book.

    Winifred Holtby's South Riding 2011

  • PS Publishing; Limited: Hornsea, England. 130 pages.

    Innsmouth Free Press » 2009 » December 2007

  • From Flamborough to Hornsea is left to him, and quite as much as he can manage.

    Mary Anerley Richard Doddridge 2004

  • Hornsea, and I look forward to spring as the period when you will fulfil your promise of coming to visit me.

    The Life of Charlotte Bronte 2002

  • Soon after I left Haworth, she went on a visit to Miss Wooler, who was then staying at Hornsea.

    The Life of Charlotte Bronte 2002

  • But Hurricanes of Squadron 73 were already patrolling a convoy off Hornsea.

    The HurricaneStory Gallico, Paul 1959

  • Hornsea has a pretty church with a picturesque tower built in between the western ends of the aisles.

    Yorkshire Gordon Home 1923

  • One summer, an old boy of his told me, he got the children -- my informant amongst the number -- to collect from their parents and others for a trip to Hornsea.

    The Parish Clerk 1892

  • 'The week I spent at Hornsea was a happy and pleasant week.

    Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle Clement King Shorter 1891

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