A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
AYRE (Point of), the northern extremity of the Isle of Man. A lighthouse stands on it, erected in 1818, with lanthern 106 feet above high water, showing a revolving two-minute light, alternately bright and red, visible at the distance of 15 miles. The Whitestone and Stranakiley sands are adjacent.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Administrative units: | the Isle of Man CrProt |
| Place names: | AYRE | AYRE POINT OF | POINT OF AYRE |
| Place: | Point of Ayre |
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