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English: West tower of St Nicholas' parish church, Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, seen from the south-east.
The headstone in the foreground is that of Samuel Bowser, his wife Eliza and their niece Martha Elizabeth Sutton. All drowned on 25 October 1859 when the billy boy (a type of sailing boat) in which they were sailing sank in the North Sea near here. An event in the Great Storm of 1859 (Royal Charter Storm).
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Camera location53° 43′ 41″ N, 0° 01′ 59″ E  Heading=315° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
Object location53° 43′ 41″ N, 0° 01′ 59″ E  Heading=315° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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current00:41, 1 February 2010Thumbnail for version as of 00:41, 1 February 2010480 × 640 (97 KB)GeographBot (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |description={{en|1=St. Nicholas Church & the wreck of the billy boy. In the churchyard of St. Nicholas Church, Withernsea is the grave of Samuel Bowser, his wife Eliza and their niece Martha Elizabeth Sutton who all d

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