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Clay banks (linear mounds of earth created in the past by man-power alone) inland from coastal lowlands obviously had a different function to flood defence clay banks. One such function was to define parish boundaries. Since a Papal diktat of the early Middle Ages had required people to attend their local church only (this to ensure […]

The authors of the recently acquired book Tidal Lands (see blogs of 6th and 9th of May), published 1918, devoted one chapter, entitled Tidal Land Reclamation, to clay bank technology around the North Sea at that time. This is of particular interest to me as I have a long-term objective to research and publish on the topic

The above photo, taken, I think, from the top of the Castle (an artificial stone structure commissioned by the early railway company), is a view north-west along the promenade at Cleethorpes with the pier (s.p.b.) in the middle distance and the top of the water tower showing beyond. Just as the 19th century lighthouse on Spurn is clearly

The book Tidal Lands published 1918, mentioned in the blog of 6th May, uses the phrase ‘wind waves’ rather than just waves, although it doesn’t go into waves fluid dynamics but rather the effect of waves on various types of coastline. The size (height) of wind waves is mostly determined by the wind prevailing over

Following from last blog have found that the thorn bush binding the coastal sand-dunes south of Cleethorpes Leisure Centre is called sea buckthorn. The picture above, showing just one branch, is taken from Phillips, R. Wild Flowers of Britain (Pan Books, 1977, 35). It is a native shrub found on sand-dunes (usually planted to ‘fix’ the

Recently went on the train from Barton to Cleethorpes, didn’t set off ’till late but the afternoon and evening were fine so it was very pleasant. Dog is now banned from the sandy beach so walked along promenade to the Leisure Centre and along the base of the vegetated dunes from thereon. The thorn bush