Above is a copy of a postcard which in turn shows a copy of a painting by a Mr. Gammidge of a ship beached in 1880 just south of Withernsea pier following a storm having crashed through the pier, which would then have been quite new, previously. The bottom left shows no evidence of a

View south along Withernsea’s reinforced promenade (s.p.b.s) with the mock gothic towers that once gave entrance to the pier just showing. This gateway was a near copy of the one at the old Conwy bridge, North Wales; whether this was a whim of Bannister’s or whether there was some historic connection between Withernsea and North

Bannister and the Hull and Holderness Railway Company had a vision to implant a seaside community which would attract well off persons keen to benefit from the bracing air, sea views, sandy beach and a walkway along which to promenade and meet persons of similar standing (see above), a sea defence promenade providing the public

Today’s image is a drawing of the parish church at Withernsea, date uncertain. Withernsea’s original early medieval church was destroyed by coastal erosion in the 15th century. In 1488 a new replacement church was opened further inland. This church remains in pretty good condition although in 1609 its roof was ripped off in a violent

This photo shows the cliff line immediately north of the concrete promenade at Withernsea. Crossing the fields to the east of their hamlets the people of Owthorne and Withernsea in the 18th century, for example, (s.p.b.) would have had to create some safe way of getting down to the beach to collect stones rounded by

Today’s photo shows a section of the seafront at Withernsea with the large blocks of Norwegian granite breaking the force of the waves at the base of the concrete promenade. Jeffrey’s map of the East Riding, 1775, shows the two ‘sister kirk’ communities of Owthorne and to its south Withernsea as two tiny communities, with