Ravenspurn
Sign in to savethumb|Cross erected commemorating Henry IV of England|Henry IV's landing at Ravenspurn; the cross was later removed to Holyrood House in [[Hedon]] Ravenspurn was a town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, which was lost due to coastal erosion, one of more than 30 along the Holderness Coast which have been lost to the North Sea since the 19th century. The town was located close to the end of a peninsula near Ravenser Odd, which had been flooded in the 14th century. The peninsula still survives and is known as Spurn Head. The North Sea lies to the east of the peninsula, the Humber estuary
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thumb|Cross erected commemorating Henry IV of England|Henry IV's landing at Ravenspurn; the cross was later removed to Holyrood House in [[Hedon]] Ravenspurn was a town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, which was lost due to coastal erosion, one of more than 30 along the Holderness Coast which have been lost to the North Sea since the 19th century. The town was located close to the end of a peninsula near Ravenser Odd, which had been flooded in the 14th century. The peninsula still survives and is known as Spurn Head. The North Sea lies to the east of the peninsula, the Humber estuary to the west.
The nearest major city was Kingston upon Hull.
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