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  • The happy people, whilst they strained their eyes through glasses, desired him to observe different spots on the hardly-perceptible line which they called Flamborough Head and the hills of Yorkshire.

    Thaddeus of Warsaw Jane Porter 1813

  • The derivation of the name Flamborough has been conclusively shown to have nothing at all to do with the English word 'flame,' being possibly

    Yorkshire Gordon Home 1923

  • This town stands in a very picturesque situation, a little south of a famous promontory called Flamborough Head, of which there is a beautiful view from the pier of the town.

    Charles I Makers of History Jacob Abbott 1841

  • Flamborough in one way or another every year, "Flamborough," said he,

    How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success Major A.R. Calhoon

  • Though Jenkinson, in the 'Vicar of Wakefield,' cheated his kind-hearted neighbour Flamborough in one way or another every year, "Flamborough," said he, "has been regularly growing in riches, while I have come to poverty and a gaol."

    Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance Samuel Smiles 1858

  • Green flight would be out over Flamborough Head by now, hunting.

    Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010

  • Green flight would be out over Flamborough Head by now, hunting.

    Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010

  • Green flight would be out over Flamborough Head by now, hunting.

    Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010

  • One of the most unpleasantly hit regions in the UK is Flamborough, East Yorkshire, which is experiencing an epidemic of rats running out of control.

    Gordon's rat problem. An open letter from Southport author, Pat Regan Thatsnews 2009

  • One of the most unpleasantly hit regions in the UK is Flamborough, East Yorkshire, which is experiencing an epidemic of rats running out of control.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Thatsnews 2009

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