| Description | Comprises a history of Withernsea including list of occupiers in 1706 and 1837, the church with list of incumbents 1291-1909, some entries from the parish registers, extracts from the overseers' and constables' accounts, the lifeboat
Also similar information covering the parishes of Owthorne, Hollym, Tunstall, Holmpton, Easington, Kilnsea and Spurn, Burstwick, Roos, Burton Pidsea, Halsham, Winestead, Hedon, Preston, Patrington, Keyingham, Ottringham, Paull, Skeffling, Welwick and Sunk Island.
Includes appendices: observations on the population, Tennysons of Holderness, Overtons of Easington, Quakers in Holderness, the old Poor Law system, ravages by the sea and Humber, old postal system |