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FILEY
, a seaside resort in the Buckrose See also:parliamentary See also:division of the See also:East See also:Riding of See also:Yorkshire, See also:England, 91 m
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S.E. of See also:Scarborough by a See also:branch of the See also:North Eastern railway
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Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 3003
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It stands upon the slope and See also:summit of the cliffs above Filey See also:Bay, which is fringed by a See also:fine
See also:FILICAJA
sandy See also:beach
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The See also:northern See also:horn of the bay is formed by Filey I See also:Brigg, a narrow and abrupt promontory, continued seaward by dangerous reefs
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The See also:coast-See also:line sweeps hence See also:south-eastward to the finer promontory of Flamborough See also:Head, beyond which is the watering-See also:place of See also:Bridlington
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