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Holderness

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Holderness

Fertile lowland area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, between the North Sea and the estuary of the River Humber. Towns in the area include the coastal settlements of Hornsea and Withernsea.



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"In Holderness I was born," the man replied; "men call me Reynold Greenleaf.
"I am a man of the north country, from the town of Beverley and the wapentake of Holderness," he answered.
``If your holy scruples can dispense with using the Jew's tablets, for the pen I can find a remedy,'' said the yeoman; and, bending his bow, he aimed his shaft at a wild-goose which was soaring over their heads, the advanced-guard of a phalanx of his tribe, which were winging their way to the distant and solitary fens of Holderness.
 
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