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Filey Research Paper

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Since Victorian times, Filey has been one of the North’s most popular seaside resorts where holidaymakers can enjoy beautiful sands which are both safe and clean. Its long crescent-shaped beach extends south from Filey Brigg to the start of Bempton Cliffs, a distance of about six miles. Filey's entry in Domesday Book is ‘Fiuelac,’ thought to mean 'the five leys,' 'ley' being the Anglo-Saxon word for a clearing in a forest or meadow. However, it was the Romans who first recognised the importance of Filey. In the fourth century AD, they established a signal station on the headland at Carr Naze to warn of invasion by sea-borne raiders from across the North Sea. Moreover, the rocky Spittal below, running out from the Brigg, most likely served as

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