Findens Views Of The Ports Harbours Watering Places Of Great Britain

Author : Edward F. Finden
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230006598
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Finden's Views of the Ports, Harbours and Watering Places of Great Britain written by Edward F. Finden and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839 edition. Excerpt: ...Each of those lights appears at intervals of two minutes; and after gradually attaining their greatest lustre, they in the same manner decline and become eclipsed. THE engraving of Burlington Quay, from a painting by Balmer, presents a view of the entrance to the Harbour from the eastward. To the right is seen the inner part of the Old Pier, as it appeared about three months after the great storm of 17th and 18th February, 1836. In front are the houses at the end of Quay Street, and to the left is the South Pier; between which and the shore two ships are perceived aground at the entrance of the inner harbour, which is nearly dry at low water. In the storm above alluded to, great injury was done to the old North Pier, and part of one of the houses to the right was washed down by the violence of the sea. Burlington Quay lies about a mile to the north-eas1: of the market town of Burlington, and at the bottom of of the same name. It is in the East Riding of Yorkshire, and is about 208 miles from London, 40 from York, and 20 from Scarborough. The earliest mention of it as a harbour occurs in a mandate of King Stephen, addressed to the Sheriff of Yorkshire, commanding him to allow the Prior of Burlington to hold the harbour on the same terms as Walter de Gaunt, and Gilbert, his ancestor, had held the same. During the time that it was in the possession of the Priors of Burlington, it seems to have been an inconsiderable place; but subsequently, as the coal trade between London and the northern parts of the kingdom increased, it began to be of greater importance as a harbour, in consequence of its affording shelter in stormy weather to vessels engaged in that trade. In 1546, an act was passed imposing duty...