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Foreland before they could discover the light. They added that before the lantern was placed there and when the fire was kept in the open air the wind kept the fire in a constant blaze which was seen in the air far above the lighthouse. Complaints of this sort were so loud and frequent that the governors of Greenwich Hospital sent Sir John Thomson to examine and make arrangements on the subject. He ordered the lantern to be taken away and things to be restored to nearly their former state, with the light to continue burning all the night until daylight.
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Foreland lighthouse was the last Trinity House manned lighthouse in the UK but was automated in a ceremony presided over by the Duke of Edinburgh in 1998. Dermot Cronin and Tony Homewood were the last Principal Lighthouse Keepers that manned North Foreland lighthouse. The actual last manned
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of five flashes every twenty seconds, which it retains to the present day. The fixed optic of 1860 continued in use, so the lamp itself was made to flash (rather than this being effected by the rotation of a lens). The light source was a
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was established adjacent to the light house in 1901. Its call sign was 'GNF'. The transmitting function was later moved about a mile inland, although the medium wave receiving aerial remained operational until closure in 1991.
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Church of England parish map (ecclesiastical parish) finder.
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883:. Charles Knight. 19 April 2018
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988:. 15 August 1864. p. 14.
773:List of lighthouses in England
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2087:St Anthony's
2077:Round Island
2062:Portland Low
1992:New Brighton
1932:Killingholme
1757:Bidston Hill
1669:Europa Point
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2107:Scarborough
2032:Plover Scar
1967:Lundy South
1962:Lundy North
1927:Inner Farne
1917:Hurst Point
1872:Happisburgh
1762:Bishop Rock
1742:Beachy Head
1732:Anvil Point
1627:South Stack
1602:St Tudwal's
1592:Point Lynas
1519:Start Point
1454:Lundy South
1449:Lundy North
1424:Hurst Point
1394:Flamborough
1354:Bishop Rock
1344:Beachy Head
1334:Anvil Point
1314:Lighthouses
1211:29 November
1137:BBC News UK
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659:Bournemouth
630:Present day
616:Beachy Head
591:Netherlands
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492:first-order
402:Forelands.
394:granted to
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217:Constructed
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174:Coordinates
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2290:Categories
2260:51°22′29″N
2202:Withernsea
2152:Spurn Head
2132:South Gare
2072:Roker Pier
2007:Orfordness
1922:Ilfracombe
1912:Hunstanton
1892:Heugh Hill
1812:Crow Point
1782:Bull Point
1767:Black Nore
1752:Berry Head
1747:Belle Tout
1674:Les Hanois
1587:Nash Point
1414:Heugh Hill
1374:Crow Point
1359:Bull Point
1349:Berry Head
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102:Lighthouse
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2207:Winterton
2182:Tynemouth
2147:Southwold
2102:St Mary's
2012:Pakefield
1982:Nab Tower
1957:Lowestoft
1952:Longstone
1947:Longships
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1887:The Heugh
1867:Hale Head
1852:Gorleston
1822:Eddystone
1817:Dungeness
1777:Bow Creek
1651:Gibraltar
1577:Monkstone
1539:Wolf Rock
1514:Southwold
1464:Nab Tower
1444:Lowestoft
1439:Longstone
1434:Longships
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1379:Dungeness
1244:6 January
801:1°26′42″E
612:Dungeness
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484:astragals
440:John Yenn
388:Charles I
332:Intensity
300:First lit
233:Automated
187:1°26′42″E
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2172:Tater Du
2067:Rampside
2027:Peninnis
1977:Maryport
1857:Gunfleet
1737:Bamburgh
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1637:Trwyn Du
1612:Skokholm
1607:Skerries
1572:Holyhead
1567:Flatholm
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1484:Peninnis
1339:Bamburgh
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1169:Archived
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1056:21 March
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733:See also
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477:In 1832
448:Portland
273:Heritage
265:Operator
257:Markings
135:Location
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2092:St Bees
2022:Pendeen
1987:Needles
1937:Leasowe
1907:Hoylake
1882:Harwich
1847:Godrevy
1582:Mumbles
1557:Bardsey
1504:St Bees
1479:Pendeen
1469:Needles
1399:Godrevy
1326:England
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644:Harwich
511:Margate
456:glazing
160:OS grid
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2212:Whitby
2187:Walney
1942:Lizard
1807:Cromer
1802:Coquet
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1534:Whitby
1429:Lizard
1369:Cromer
1364:Coquet
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1827:Farne
1772:Blyth
1549:Wales
1389:Farne
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846:3 May
499:optic
400:South
340:Range
295:Light
249:Shape
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