The Lost Towns of the Yorkshire Coast - And Other Chapters Bearing Upon the Geography of the District #220850

From his preface to "The Lost Towns of the Humber," it is apparent that the intention of the late J. R. Boyle was to publish a companion volume on the "Lost Towns and Churches of the Yorkshire Coast"; in fact, I am given to understand the first chapter was actually put into type, and the frontispiece (Hornsea Church) was engraved for the work, but it got no further. The proof of the chapter was lost, and I regret I never saw it.<br><br>Upon many occasions I urged Mr. Boyle to complete the work, but as circumstances have prevented this, I have ventured to do it myself. I am well aware of the fact that the present work must lack much that would characterise it were it prepared by the author of "The Lost Towns of the Humber," but there is a considerable amount of information now available which may not be so readily accessible to future workers. I am familiar with many aspects of our coast that, through the ravages of the sea, will be denied to succeeding workers. A number of cliff measurements, documents, plans and charts have also, in various ways, come under my notice, many of which have not been previously known.