Coast Changes in the North of Eugldnd. 



Barrow Haven and Chalk Point, and stones have been deposited 

 to protect Ihe banks near Barton CHffs. Apparently erosion in 

 the estuary of the Humber is not very serious, for (in July 1903) 

 the loss of land at Barton-on-Humber is said to have been 

 imperceptible since 1899, while at Killing-holme no chang-e has 

 been recorded in the same time. At Cleethorpes, however, 

 about twenty feet of bank have been washed away in this 

 period ; but the sea-wall is now being extended for 3^ mile 

 E.S.E. to protect the part in question. 



Lincolnshire and the Wash. — Along the remainder of the 

 Lincolnshire coast, the borders of the Wash, and the Norfolk 

 coast as far east as Salthouse at Lower Sheringham, the losses 

 of land are also insignificant. From Northcotes Point (south of 

 the Humber estuary), as far south as Ing-oldmells Point, losses 

 occur at Sutton-le-Marsh and Chapel St. Leonards. Elsewhere 

 the coast-line is stationary. At Anderby there are no g-roynes, 

 and the shore is fringed with sandhills covered by g-orse and 

 grass ; while from Theddlethorpe northwards it is protected by 

 groynes at intervals. At Chapel parts of the sandbank are 

 washed away during each winter, but the shore is protected by 

 groynes and faggots, which help to make up the banks. No 

 sand is removed for any purpose, hi the neighbourhood of 

 Sutton and Mablethorpe the low sandy beach suffers a similar 

 loss, and the shore, moreover, is unprotected by groynes. As 

 at Chapel, no sand or shingle is allowed to be removed. 



On the remaining Lincolnshire coast, and that of Norfolk as 

 far as Salthouse, but one loss is on record, viz., between Old 

 and New Hunstanton. The contrary is the case in many parts 

 of the Wash ; thus, from Lynn Cut to Wooten Creek the sea 

 has apparently been receding during the last five years, and 

 land once under water is now covered only by high spring tides. 

 Banks are built to keep back the sea and reclaim the land for 

 cultivation. The same system is adopted east of Sutton Bridge 

 (near the mouth of the river Nene), where the last inclosure 

 (1899) was made in 1865. From the south point of Fleethaven 

 to the Lighthouse (river Nene), Drove End Detachment, C.G.S. , 

 the land is reported to be gaining on the sea. It is protected 

 by banks near Freiston and Butterwick on the western side of 

 the Wash. At Ingoldmells C.G.S. piers tend to keep the sand 

 and shingle up to the banks. Beach material (or mud locally) 

 is removed from the neighbourhood of Ingoldisthorpe, the river 

 Witham, and Skegness. The low coast of the last-named place 

 is unprotected by groynes. 



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