LC control no. | n 88080647 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Geographic heading | Seaford (England) |
Geographic subdivision usage | England--Seaford |
Variant(s) | Seaford, Eng. |
Associated country | Great Britain England |
Associated place | East Sussex (England) |
Found in | G.W. May, Ltd. Seaford, 1973. Parish of Sutton with Seaford. Magazine, June/July2015: t.p. (Seaford) Wikipedia, viewed 29 September 2017 (Seaford, East Sussex; coastal town on south coast of England; it lies east of Newhaven and Brighton and west of Eastbourne; historically, its reputation as a port serving southern England suffered due to its harbour silting up and raids by French pirates; its residents developed a reputation for looting shipwrecks in 16th century; in 19th century Seaford revived with the advent of the railway and it became a small seaside resort) LC data base, 12-12-88 (hdg: Seaford, Eng.) Barth. gaz. Brit., 1986 (Seaford, E. Sussex, residential town and resort on bay of same name; 3 m SE of Newhaven) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 50°46ʹ00ʺN 000°06ʹ00ʺE) Collins Britain atlas and gazetteer, 1999 (Seaford, E.Suss.; town, resort on bay of same name, 3m/5km SE of Newhaven; the old harbour was left dry following a storm in 16c, when a new harbour was created at Newhaven) |
Geographic area code | e-uk-en |