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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
HOBHOLE, a cave in Runswick bay, N. R. Yorkshire; 6 miles NW of Whitby. It measures 70 feet by 20; occurs in lias shale, overlain by ironstone; was formed by the eroding action of the sea waves upon the shale; is accessible at low water, and presents interesting features; and was formerly famous, in popular superstition, for the imagined presence of a spirit to whom mothers brought infants to be cured of hooping cough.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a cave" (ADL Feature Type: "caves") |
| Administrative units: | Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Hob Holes |
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