Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Hornsea within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Hornsea, small town and par., with ry. sta., East-Riding Yorkshire, on the North Sea, 15½ miles NE. of Hull by rail, 3332 ac. (330 water) and 231 foreshore, pop. 1836; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; is mentioned in records of the 13th century, and in modern times has become a favourite sea-bathing place. The sea has encroached here very greatly.
A village in Holderness [North Hundred] hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.