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SKEGNESS , a seaside resort in the S . See also:Lindsey, or Horncastle See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Lincolnshire, See also:England; 131 M . N. by E. from See also:London by the See also:Great See also:Northern railway . Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1go1) 2140 . Since 1873, when railway connexion was given with Firsby on the See also:Grimsby See also:branch See also:line, the See also:place has undergone a See also:complete transformation, and now possesses See also:good hotels and a See also:pier . There are broad, See also:firm sands, on which See also:account Skegness is much visited . On See also:bank holidays and similar occasions thousands of excursionists come from the manufacturing towns within reach . It is said that a former Skegness, an important haven, was obliterated by the encroachments of the See also:sea; See also:Leland, See also:writing in the See also:middle of the 16th See also:century, states that proofs of this were then extant . |
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