Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PEAK

PEAK, a place on the coast of N. R. Yorkshire; at the S extremity of Robin Hood's bay, 7½ miles S S E of Whitby. Extensive alum works are here. The adjacentheadland is called Old Peak.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a place"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Ravenscar

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