A curious full length portrait of this Walter Strickland is at Boynton. It would appear that, as he died childless, the Lordship of Flamborough, purchased by his wife, Anna Morgan, was inherited by the Stricklands of Boynton. It passed to a younger branch of the family, the first of whom, Walter Strickland, lived at Beverley in an old house which occupied the site of the present Savings' Bank in Lair Gate.* The family residence at Flamborough at this time was the "Manor Farm," but the part thus used has been pulled down. The last of this branch of the family, Col. Strickland, † bequeathed the property to his widow for her life, and at her death to his kinsman and namesake Walter, third son of Sir George Strickland, Bart. Col. Strickland's widow died in * From a monument in St. Mary's Church, Beverley. Walter Strickland, of Flambrough, Esqr., He married Elizabeth Daughter of † See Pedigree. Regard to his Memory, ordered this Monument to be erected. He died the 31st Day of January, 1730, aged 63. The East window of the South Aisle of the Chancel was filled with painted glass to his memory, and below it is a brass inscribed : "To the Glory of God and in grateful remembrance of Walter Strickland, who died 1793. Given by Frances Elizabeth Cottrell Dormer, Grand-daughter of his kinsman and heir, 1873." (See p. 21). 1807, when Mr. Walter Strickland *1 became possessor of the estate. He married Frances Western,*2 co-heiress, of Cokethorpe Park, Oxon, and died in 1839. His son Walter, who died in 1870, married Katherine Thornhill,*3 but left no family.† He bequeathed his estate at Flamborough to his only surviving sister, Frances Elizabeth, widow of Charles * Four Brasses are placed on the East wall of the Chancel, with the following inscriptions; from the South end :— 2. I. 3. In Memory of WALTER STRIckland, Heir to Walter STRICKLAND, Died at Cokethorpe, Octr. 26th 1839, aged 67. In Memory of FRANCES, WIFE OF WALTER STRICKLAND, CO-Heiress, where she died, April 24, 1836, In Memory of KATHERINE, WIDOW OF WALTER STRICKLAND, of Cokethorpe, Oxfordshire, and Flamborough, Yorkshire, aged 70 years. In Memory of FRANCES ELIZABETH, WIDOW of Charles Cottrell Dormer, of Rousham, Oxfordshire, Died at Flamborough, Oct. 20th, 1892, in her 87th year. + It was to the memory of this Walter Strickland that painted glass was placed in the East window of the Chancel of Flamborough Church. The inscription on the brass plate below it is as follows: "The mortal Remains of Walter Strickland of Cokethorpe in Oxfordshire, and Flamborough in Yorkshire, were buried in Standlake church. The stained Glass was Placed in this Window by the Direction of his sorrowing Widow. "In my Father's House are many mansions, if it were not so I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you." (See p. 19). Cottrell Dormer, of Rousham, Oxfordshire.*4 She determined to make Flamborough her home, and began there a life of activity at an age when many persons are giving up all active pursuits. There being no residence upon the Strickland property at Flamborough, she built the Danes' Dyke House, A.D. 1873. She died on October 20th, 1892, at the age of 87. Her grave is at In bringing to a conclusion Flamborough, in the new burial-ground. She was succeeded by her grandson, Clement Adelmar Cottrell Dormer, the present owner. this little sketch of my mother's family, perhaps I may be allowed to quote the Strickland family motto "A la volonte de Dieu " (As God wills). FRANCES ELIZABETH COTTRELL Dormer. THE GEOLOGY OF FLAMBOROUGH HEAD. IN N writing a chapter on the Geology of Flamborough Head, a few words must first be said on the Physical Geography of the district. Taking, as the base, a line from Bridlington to a point nearly due north, where the Chalk turns inland at Speeton, this noted promontory has the shape of a rightangled triangle, extending out to sea nearly six miles, the south side being at right angles to the base, and the hypotenuse, or longer side, stretching from the lighthouse at the extreme Head to Speeton Gap. It is remarkable that the whole coast line from the extremities of the above base line, that is to say, from Sewerby to Speeton, is practically inaccessible, except in some five places, namely, Danes' Dike, the South and North Landings, and Selwick and Thornwick Bays. The cliffs at Bempton, Buckton, and Speeton rise perpendicularly from the sea, and attain a height of over 400ft. On the north side, from Sarnwick to the Head, the cliffs, which are here considerably lower, being only 125ft. high at most, are deeply indented by the action of the sea waves, and exhibit numerous caves and outlying stacks of rock, but on the south side nothing of the kind occurs. Here there are no bays, no caves, no outliers, only the bare precipitous cliff. Along the promontory, as defined above, run two pre glacial valleys, one terminating at the Danes' Dike Gap, where the late Mrs. Cottrell Dormer, the Lady of the Manor, built a residence; and the other, parallel to the coast line on the north, terminating at the extreme Head. These valleys have been so obliterated by the accumulation of boulder clay in the Ice Age, that, with the exception of the former, which has since been in part re-excavated, they are not easily discerned by the uninitiated. Mr. Lamplugh, now of the Geological Survey, has thrown much light upon the latter in his communications to the Geological Society of London, as indeed he has upon the whole glacial conditions of Flamborough Head. It may be noted that the whole sequence of the Cretaceous formation, as it exists in Yorkshire, may be studied in the area in question. The following table exhibits the various beds in order, with their localities, and some characteristic fossils. In drawing up this table, care has been taken to bring it up to date as much as possible, and to incorporate the researches of Messrs. Hill, Blake, Judd, and Lamplugh, in their several papers on the Chalk of Yorkshire, and especially on the Speeton Clays, which are unique in England. It is, however, only an epitome, the limited space allowed not admitting of any enlargement. As the beds have a southerly dip, the highest are found in the cliffs at Sewerby, the lowest at Speeton. A. UPPER CRETACEOUS. 1. Upper Chalk. Comparatively soft. From Sewerby to |