Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KIRK-HOLE

KIRK-HOLE, a cavern on the coast of Flamborough parish, E. R. Yorkshire. It is large and very interesting; and it got its name from a tradition that it penetrates to the site of the parish church.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a cavern"   (ADL Feature Type: "caves")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Kirk Hole

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