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    Holderness Drain is the main feature of a Land Drainage scheme for the area of Holderness to the east of the River Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire...
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    Holderness is an area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, on the north-east coast of England. An area of rich agricultural land, Holderness was marshland...
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    low-lying area to the west of Leven had been drained in the 1760s by the construction of the Holderness Drain, which ran broadly parallel to the River Hull...
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    scheme for the Holderness level, and the main Holderness Drain was completed by October 1767. Work continued on building banks and drains until 1772, by...
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    century. The Engine Drain was cut c. 1675, with windmills aiding drainage of the area. In the 1770s construction of the Holderness Drain incorporated part...
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    dual carriageway Preston Road, which crosses the north–south running Holderness Drain in approximately the middle of the estate. The modern Archbishop Sentamu...
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    Lambwath Stream (or Lambwath Drain), is a small beck in the Holderness area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The stream is unusual in that despite...
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  • Look up drain in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Drain may refer to: Drain (plumbing), a fixture that provides an exit-point for waste water or for water...
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    small drain feeding waters eastwards only and Sunk island and Cherry Cobb Sands had become fertile lands attached to the mainland of South Holderness. This...
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    Dock Marina River Hull Victoria Dock Alexandra Dock Goxhill Haven Holderness Drain King George Dock Old Fleet East Halton Skitter Hedon Haven Killingholme...
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    represented by the Holderness Drain to the west; the Old Fleet Drain to the east; and the trackbed (now cyclepath) of the former Hull and Holderness Railway to...
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    Malton, York and Leeds. Holderness Area Rural Transport, a charity, provides a community transport service for North Holderness, taking people to medical...
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    river. The Holderness Drainage scheme to the east was completed in 1772, with a second phase in 1805, and the Beverley and Barmston Drain to the west...
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    resort area, Holderness is home to the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center and is located on Squam Lake. Holderness is also home to Holderness School, a co-educational...
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    net costs for the sending country are sometimes referred to as a "brain drain". In occupations with a surplus of graduates, immigration of foreign-trained...
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    authorised by Act of 1880 — Dredging and Taking Water from River Humber and Holderness Drain — Relieving Company from Obligation to Make Part of Embankment on Eastern...
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    with an outlet to the Humber. Water to fill the dock came from the Holderness Drain, which was intended to minimise the silting up of the dock that would...
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    obligations; the maximum extent of the line was to just beyond the Holderness Drain on Hedon Road, a short branch to Drypool Bridge was also later built...
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    A165 Holderness Road beyond which is the urban area of Summergangs and the public park East Park. The eastern boundary approximates with the Holderness Drain...
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    Hedon was the main port for south Holderness between the 12th and 13th centuries, and was the busiest port in Holderness before the docks at Hull were built...
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    of Holderness Road, Drypool. 53°45′22″N 0°18′37″W / 53.756184°N 0.31038°W / 53.756184; -0.31038 (Holderness Road Methodist church) Holderness Road...
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    Prior methods to accomplish this were expensive or caused a passive energy drain on the battery, whereas this solution is purely mechanical and affordable...
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    Hedon (category Holderness)
    Hedon is a town and civil parish in Holderness in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 5 miles (8 km) east of Hull city...
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  • bitter break-up, she shot him and dumped his partially-burned body in a drain. 91 25 "Shawna Nelson" August 3, 2008 (2008-08-03) When her long-term lover...
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    uncertain about running. He felt his son Beau's recent death had largely drained his emotional energy, and said, "nobody has a right ... to seek that office...
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    largest town center on the lake is Holderness. The lake is located northwest of much larger Lake Winnipesaukee. It drains via a short natural channel into...
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    Paull (category Holderness)
    Paulle, Paghel, Paghill, Paghil, Pagula) is a village and civil parish in Holderness, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, lying on the north bank of...
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    Hornsea (category Holderness)
    York East Riding, vol. 7, Holderness Wapentake, Middle and North Divisions English, Barbara (1979), The Lords of Holderness 1086–1260, Oxford University...
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    said River. Ottringham in Holderness Draining and Embanking Act 1807 47 Geo. 3 Sess. 2. c. cxxx 14 August 1807 An Act for draining embarking and improving...
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  • Three Magic Ships sail through Teletubbyland. The water then goes down the drain and the Magic Windmill stops spinning. The "Tubby Bye-Bye" sequence takes...
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