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Bridlington is a town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It has a population of over 32,000 (expanding greatly in the summer months) and is twinned with Millau, France and Bad Salzuflen, Germany. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x800, 11 KB) Summary Description: A blank map of the United Kingdom, with country outline and coastline; contact the author for help with modifications or add-ons Source: Reference map provided by Demis Mapper 6 Date: 2006-21-06 Author: User...
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Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the Queen England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified - by Athelstan 967 AD Area - Total 130,395 km² 50,346 sq mi Population - 2007 estimate 50...
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Millau is a town and commune of southern France. ...
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Bridlington is a seaside resort and minor seaport on the North Sea coast. It lies just south of the promontory of Flamborough Head. It is served by Bridlington railway station which is on the Yorkshire Coast Line that runs between Hull and Scarborough. The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...
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The civil parish is formed by the town of Bridlington and the villages of Bessingby and Sewerby. According to the 2001 UK census, Bridlington parish had a population of 33,837. Bessingby is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. ...
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It is divided into two parts, the ancient market town lying about 1 mile from the coast, while the modern houses of Bridlington Quay, the watering-place, fringe the shore of Bridlington Bay. Southward the coast becomes low, but northward it is steep and very fine, where the great spur of Flamborough Head projects eastward. In the old town of Bridlington the church of St Mary and St Nicholas consists of the fine Decorated and Perpendicular nave, with Early English portions, of the priory church of an Augustinian foundation of the time of Henry I. There remains also the Perpendicular gateway, serving as the town-hall. The founder of the priory was Walter de Gaunt, about 1114, and the institution flourished until 1537, when the last prior was executed for taking part in the Pilgrimage of Grace. A Congregational society was founded in 1662, and its old church, dating from 1702, stood until 1906. At Bridlington Quay there is excellent sea-bathing, and the parade and ornamental gardens provide pleasant promenades. Extensive works have been carried out along the sea front. There is a chalybeate spring. The harbour is enclosed by two stone piers The chalk tower near Flamborough Head. ...
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Dane's Dyke, a 2½ mile long prehistoric manmade dyke cuts through Flamborough, a district of Bridlington, and dates back to the Bronze Age; despite its name, it was not made by Danes. The dyke was excavated by Major-General Augustus Pitt-Rivers in 1879 and Bronze Age arrowheads were found. The chalk tower near Flamborough Head. ...
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The mention of four burgesses at Bridlington (Brellington, Burlington) in the Domesday survey shows it to have been a borough before the Conquest. With the rest of the north of England, Bridlington suffered from the ravages of the Normans, and decreased in value from £32 in the reign of Edward the Confessor, when it formed part of the possessions of Earl Morcar, to 8s. at the time of the Domesday survey. By that time it was in the hands of the king by the forfeiture of Earl Morcar. It was granted by William II. to Gilbert de Gaunt, whose son and heir Walter founded the priory and endowed it with the manor of Bridlington and other lands. From this date the importance of the town steadily increased. Henry I. and several succeeding kings confirmed Walter de Gaunt's gift, Stephen granting in addition the right to have a port. In 1546 Henry IV. granted the prior and convent exemption from fifteenths, tenths and subsidies, in return for prayer for himself and his queen in every mass sung at the high altar. After the Dissolution the manor remained with the crown until 1624, when Charles I. granted it to Sir John Ramsey, whose brother and heir, Sir George Ramsey, sold it in 1633 to thirteen inhabitants of the town on behalf of all the tenants of the manor. The thirteen lords were assisted by twelve other inhabitants chosen by the freeholders, and when the number of lords was reduced to six, seven others were chosen from the assistants. A chief lord was chosen every year. This system still holds good. It is evident from the fact of thirteen inhabitants being allowed to hold the manor that the town had some kind of incorporation in the 17th century, although its incorporation charter was not granted until 1899, when it was created a municipal borough. In 1200 King John granted the prior of Bridlington a weekly market on Saturday and an annual fair on the vigil, feast and morrow of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Henry VI. in 1446 granted the prior three new fairs yearly on the vigil, day and morrow of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, the Deposition of St John, late prior of Bridlington, and the Translation of the same St John. All fairs and markets were sold with the manor to the inhabitants of the town.
The town began a mile away from the sea around the abbey of Bridlington Priory. A small harbour and fishing port, known as Bridlington Quay, was established where the Gypsey Race runs into the sea. In 1643 Queen Henrietta Maria landed at Bridlington with troops to support the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Henrietta Maria Henrietta Maria (November 25, 1609 - September 10, 1669) was Queen Consort of England, Scotland and Ireland (June 13, 1625 - January 30, 1649) through her marriage to Charles I. The U.S. state of Maryland (in Latin, Terra Maria) was so named in her honour by Cæcilius Calvert...
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Bridlington's first hotel was opened in 1805 and it soon became a popular holiday resort for industrial workers from West Yorkshire. Bridlington's popularity has declined with the industrial north and the popularity of cheap foreign holidays. In its heyday it was a leading resort with a nationally famous dance venue at the Spa, and many famous entertainers have appeared in the town. 1805 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
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Timeline 1072 William the Conqueror confiscated the manor of Bridlington.
1086 The previous names of Bridlington are known to be Brellington, Britlington and Bretlington mentioned in the Doomsday Book. The name Burlington was used up until the 19th century.
1113 Walter de Gaunt founded the monastery and church of St. Mary's.
1113 Gilbert de Gant granted the manor of Bridlington and with it the harbour to the Prior of Bridlington. De Gant was given Bridlington manor after the Battle of Hastings.
1388 The Bayle is built as the gatehouse to the Priory and still remains intact.
1450 Choir School founded by Henry VI.
1538 The king claimed possession of the monastery and dissolved it in 1538 along with the Priory and its buildings.
1637 The grammar school founded by W. F. Hustler.
1664 First Earl of Burlington created by Charles II.
1666 The town was raided by Dutch boats.
1667 A fort was built next to the sea where Leisure World now stands.
1697 The second Baptist church in Yorkshire was built.
1714 The Avenue was built for the Pickett family.
1752 The birth of Samuel Standidge the famous whaler.
1760 The Avenue was bought by Thomas Pickett.
1767 The town receives its first fire engine.
1802 Bridlington’s first bank was built. It was called the Burlington Bank.
1805 The town's first hotel was built. It was called the George Hotel.
1806 The town’s first lifeboat was established.
1811 Town population reaches 3,741 with 869 houses accounted for.
1822 The birth of Humphrey Sandwith who was the organizer of the Crimean War.
1823 The town has its first policeman.
1833 Temperance Hall built.
1836 The town's first newspaper was published. It was called the Burlington Reporter.
1837 A steam mill was erected at Bridlington Quay where production of malt and beer was done.
1840 Christ Church built.
1846 A railway built from Hull to Bridlington opened in October.
1847 The railway carried on to Scarborough.
1867 First sea stone wall built.
1871 A great storm in Bridlington claims the lives of 70 seamen.
1889 Bridlington Priory organ is built. It is one of the largest in the world.
1891 Population reaches 6,840.
1896 Donkey rides introduced on the beach. Opening of new Spa and Gardens.
1899 Bridlington Grammar School for Boys opens.
1899 First Mayor of Bridlington Mr. R. Medforth.
1901 Population stands at 12,482.
1906 Spa Hall destroyed by fire.
1928 Opening of Princess Mary Promenade.
1931 New north sea wall completed.
1932 The Avenue becomes a hospital.
1940 Woolworth's store hit by bomb (WWII)
1974 Bridlington becomes part of the county of Humberside.
1979 Population reaches 28,590.
1988 The Avenue becomes derelict.
1993 The Avenue is transformed into apartments.
1995 The new Spa Promenade opened.
1996 High Street refurbished and Harbour Footbridge demolished.
1999 Bridlington School, now a mixed comprehensive, celebrates its centenary year.
Political Environment and History Wikisource has an original article from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica about: The MP for Bridlington is Greg Knight (Conservative) who represents the East Yorkshire constituency, which has included the town since 1997. Previously (since 1950) there had been a constituency named Bridlington, but like the present constituency it included a substantial part of the county as well as the town itself; its MPs included Richard Wood, a junior minister in Conservative governments from the 1950s to 1970s, who was the son of the former Foreign Secretary the Earl of Halifax. Before 1950, Bridlington was included in the Buckrose constituency. Image File history File links Wikisource-logo. ...
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Bridlington was a constituency in East Yorkshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election. ...
Richard Frederick Wood, Baron Holderness (5 October 1920 – 11 August 2002) was a British Conservative Party politician. ...
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, KG, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC (16 April 1881–23 December 1959), known as The Lord Irwin from 1925 until 1934 and as The Viscount Halifax from 1934 until 1944, was a British Conservative politician. ...
Buckrose was a constituency in Yorkshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
Bridlington was designated a municipal borough in 1899. After local government re-organisation in 1974 it was included in the new county of Humberside, which caused much local resentment among residents who objected to being excluded from Yorkshire. The town became the administrative centre of a local government district, initially called the Borough of North Wolds, but Yorkshire loyalists subsequently succeeded in having the district name changed to the Borough of East Yorkshire. The district disappeared when the county of Humberside was abolished in the 1990s, the new East Riding of Yorkshire unitary authority absorbing it and the neighbouring county districts, and Bridlington no longer has any formal local government administrative status above Town Council level.It once had nine Labour Councillors on the East Riding Unitary Authority, the largest group of Labour councillors in the history of the Labour Party in Bridlington There has always been a good strong membership of Councillors from the Conservatives, while the Liberal Democrats have decreased in numbers and the SDP will be up against it this year at the 2007 Municipal Elections. There will be a lot more people seeking election this time and they will remember the SDP for what happened to the Deputy Mayor Cllr. Cyril Mysburg. Look up Borough in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
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Education Headlands School and Community Science College is a comprehensive school situated on Sewerby Road, Bridlington. It is a specialist school in science and has nearly 1,500 pupils aged 11-18. It achieved national notoriety after two teachers were jailed in August 2006 and February 2007 having been convicted of sex with under-age girl pupils.[1] Headlands School and Community Science College is a comprehensive school situated on Sewerby Road, Bridlington, East Yorkshire, England. ...
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Notable features One of Bridlington's districts, Flamborough, is famous for its seven mile long headland, Flamborough Head, and its dramatic views. It features excellent trails for both bikes and the public. Between Bridlington and Flamborough is the village of Sewerby, where the gardens and museum at Sewerby Hall also attract tourists. For Flamborough, Ontario, Canada, see Flamborough, Ontario. ...
The chalk tower near Flamborough Head. ...
Sewerby is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, approximately 1 mile North East of Bridlington. ...
Carving at Sewerby Hall Sewerby Hall is a Grade I listed country house set in 50 acres of landscaped gardens in the village of Sewerby, East Riding of Yorkshire. ...
Another attraction for visitors to the area is Bempton Cliffs. RSPB Bempton Cliffs is a nature reserve frequented by avid bird watchers and is a popular breeding ground for the Northern Gannet and Atlantic Puffin of which there are thousands along the cliffs. RSPB Bempton Cliffs is a nature reserve, run by the RSPB, in Yorkshire, England. ...
Binomial name Morus bassanus Linnaeus, 1758 Northern Gannet range The Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus, formerly Sula bassana) is a large seabird of the gannet family, Sulidae. ...
Binomial name Fratercula arctica (Linnaeus, 1758) The Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) is a seabird in the auk family. ...
Notable is the Priory Church in the Old Town, with a good sounding ring of 8 bells (tenor approx 24cwt) but with a long draft and a large 4 manual organ boasting the widest 'scaled' 32ft reed (Contra Tuba) in the UK.
The noted architect William Kent was born in the town. William Kent William Kent (born in Bridlington, Yorkshire, c. ...
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A photograph of Bridlington beach at sunrise taken on the new year of 2000 by Joshua Dowen (Joshtek). ...
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References - ^ "The school shamed by under-age sex", Chris Brooke, Daily Mail, 7 February 2007
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