Hornsea
Hornsea is a small town in the English unitary authority East Riding of Yorkshire. It is located at the eastern end of the Trans Pennine Trail on the North Sea coast. According to the census of 2001 had a total of 8,243 inhabitants Hornsea.
In the first census carried out in 1801, the then- Hornsea -with- Burton called place had 533 inhabitants. Although its importance had declined as a commercial node with the times, he was always dominated by agriculture. Nevertheless, every year two markets and a Leihbörse courts men for every first Monday after Martini were held in August and December.
Towards the end of the 18th century, the seaside resort enjoyed by tourists of the middle class and more popular. When, in 1864, the Hull and Hornsea Railway was opened and thus the travel time between Hornsea and Hull shortened to 45 minutes, the resort experienced an enormous economic boom. Due to population growth and the trade blossomed, and so settled by the end of the 19th century over 50 shops in Hornsea on.
Among other things, TE Lawrence and Winston Churchill visited the resort a visit. Later, Princess Anne ( who had opened the leisure center ) and Charlotte Brontë was one of the celebrity guests of the city.
After Richard Beeching had expressed in his report The Reshaping of British Railways for the closure of the railway line, the path was later converted to a bike path. Due to his status as a former railway track, the path has no climbs and is therefore easy to navigate.
Today Stagecoach provides bus service began between Hornsea and Hull.
The city was known for its pottery factory closed in 2000. In addition to interesting exhibits from the town's history can be reviewed on the pottery tradition in the local history museum, a separate exhibition. Opposite the museum is the Bettisons Folly, a tower, which was built in the 19th century by a man named Bettison -based business here. The riparian zone of the city is endangered by one of the highest erosion rates in the world.
The evangelical church has the parish church of St Nicholas. The Methodist church has two chapels, and the Congregationalists have a private, fourth house of God.
The school took to build the Hornsea National School in 1845 began. 1901 had the building at a class size of about 180 students a capacity of 200 students. 1899, the age of the graduates was 12 years, with children working in agriculture even at the age of 11. Also in 1845 a kindergarten with 100 seats has been established.
The Hornsea Mere, bird sanctuary and Yorkshire's biggest freshwater lake, is located near the city and is a popular sailing area.
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Personalities
- Edward John Eyre (1815-1901), explorer in Australia and Governor of Jamaica
- James O. Urmson (1915-2012), philosopher