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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. S.E. of See also:Scarborough by a See also:branch of the See also:North Eastern railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 3003. 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. 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. 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. The See also:church of St See also:Oswald at Filey is a fine cruciform See also:building with central See also:tower, Transitional See also:Norman and See also:Early See also:English in date. There are pleasant promenades and See also:good See also:golf links, also a small See also:spa which has fallen into disuse. Filey is in favour with visitors who See also:desire a quiet resort without the See also:accompaniment of entertainment See also:common to the larger watering-places. See also:Roman remains have been discovered on the cliff north of the See also:town; the site was probably important, but nothing is certainly known about it.

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