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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sandsend like this:
SANDSEND, a sea-port village in Lythe township and parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 3¼ miles N W of Whitby. Extensive alum-works are adjacent.
Sandsend is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sandsend itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sandsend, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26903
Date accessed: 16th February 2026
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