Sunk Island
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Sunk Island is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies 3½ miles south of Ottringham and 1 mile to the north of the River Humber.
According to the 2001 UK census, Sunk Island parish had a population of 224.
[edit] History
Sunk Island originated as a sand bank in the River Humber, by the reign of Charles I of England, it was said to form a seven acre island, one-and-a-half mile from the mainland. From 1663, the land around it was gradually drained, and by the mid-18th century, the channel separating it from the shore had entirely silted up. It was parished in 1831. A fort was built at the outbreak of World War I.
Today, the settlement consists of a church, a couple of houses and various farms.
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