HUMBERSIDE


Meaning of HUMBERSIDE in English

n.

Region and former administrative county, eastern England.

It extended along the North Sea coast from Flamborough Head south across the mouth of the River Humber ; its administrative centre was Kingston upon Hull . The Yorkshire Wolds, high rolling plains, rise from white chalk cliffs at Flamborough Head. Prehistoric peoples were followed by Roman settlements, Anglo-Saxons, and Scandinavians.

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