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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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