Hornsea
Hornsea is a little seaside resort, community as well as civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The negotiation days to a minimum of the early medieval period. The community was increased in the Victorian period with the coming of the Hull and Hornsea Railway in 1864. The civil parish encompasses Hornsea town; the all-natural lake, Hornsea Mere; as well as the shed or deserted towns of Hornsea Beck, Northorpe and also Southorpe. Structures of note with the church include the middle ages parish church of St Nicholas, Bettison's Folly, Hornsea Mere as well as the sea front boardwalk. The Hull and Hornsea Railway opened 1864, and was enclosed 1964-- the primary railway station, Hornsea Town, is still extant, and also the former trackbed forms the area of the Trans Pennine Trail to Hull. In the First World War the Mere was quickly the site of RNAS Hornsea, a seaplane base. During the Second World War the town and coastline was heavily fortified versus invasion. Hornsea Pottery was established in Hornsea c.? 1950 and enclosed 2000. Modern Hornsea still functions as a seaside resort, and also has large caravan sites to the north and south.