View of Flushing from the Greenbanks Hotel
Introduction
The photograph on this page of View of Flushing from the Greenbanks Hotel by Sarah Smith as part of the Geograph project.
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View of Flushing from the Greenbanks Hotel
Image: © Sarah Smith Taken: 14 Jun 2016
The village was founded in 1661 but it was then called Nankersey until Dutch engineers arrived to build the village quays. They changed the name to Flushing and it has stuck ever since. The original Nankersey can still be found in the names of the choir and rowing clubs.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.163548
Longitude
-5.069829