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	Spurn
		's newer, fancier digs on the Upper West Side, spurn saw its largest audiences to date through the 3-week, 12-show run.
		While spurn VI was the first co-production with veteran cast member
		We told you before, never again mention spurn VII.
	www.spurn-nyc.com /2005.html (102 words)

	SPURN BIRD OBSERVATORY
		Following visits to Spurn by several members of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union in the late 1930's, a communal log for ornithological observations was instituted in 1938.
		Realising the potential of the Spurn peninsula for the regular observation of bird migration a group of enthusiasts, notably Ralph Chislett, George Ainsworth, John Lord and R.M. Garnett, had the idea of setting up a bird observatory, with the Warren Cottage at the northern end of the peninsula as an ideal headquarters.
		In 1984 a famous Spurn landmark, the Narrows "Hut", a wooden migration watch shelter which had stood at the Narrow Neck for twenty-three years, was set fire to by person or persons unknown and completely destroyed, it was replaced the following year by a more solid construction made from breeze-blocks.
	www.spurnpoint.com /Spurn_bird_observatory.htm (1000 words)

	Spurn (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Spurn is a narrow sand spit on the tip of the coast of Yorkshire, England that reaches into the North Sea and forms the north bank of the mouth of the Humber estuary.
		Spurn Point Lifeboat Situated on the north bank of the entrance to the River Humber.
		Spurn Point A unique place in England, situated on the north bank of the entrance to the River Humber, ideal for bird watching, sea fishing, walking or just a day out with the family.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Spurn.html (463 words)

	BBC - Hands on Nature - Spurn Point
		Spurn Point is one of the most striking features of Britain's coastline, stretching for three and a half miles across the Humber Estuary.
		Spurn is a relatively small place but it's got lots of variety, and, if you know where to look, there's some great plants and animals.
		Spurn is also a good place to look for amphibians such as Newts which live on the saltwater shoreline here.
	www.bbc.co.uk /handsonnature/estuaries/spurn_point.shtml (583 words)

	Spurn Head
		Spurn Head, or Spurn Point, is a three and a half mile peninsula, composed of sand and shingle, stretching out between the North Sea and the River Humber in a south-westerly direction.
		Until 1975 the pilots worked from a vessel moored off Spurn but in that year they moved to a shore base on Spurn itself, established in one of the old World War I buildings on the Point, and a jetty was constructed for the pilot boats to work from.
		The book is organised chronologically and an early chapter covers life on the peninsula in the nineteenth century, including a description of Spurn at the beginning of the century; the lighthouses, the lifeboat from its beginnings, life on the Point for the coxswain and crew, and the lighthouse-keepers and their families.
	www.wilgilsland.co.uk /Spurnhead.htm (2871 words)

	Definition of Spurn
		Spurn, a designated Heritage Coast, is a nature reserve, owned since 1960 by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and covering 113 hectares (1.13 km²) above high water and 181 hectares (1.81 km²) of foreshore.
		The mud flats are an important feeding ground for wading birds, and the area has a bird observatory, for monitoring migrating birds.
		In WWI 2 9.2" batteries were added at either end of Spurn Head, with 4" and 4.7" QF guns inbetween.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Spurn (450 words)

	Spurn Point - Icons of England
		No, not local MP John Prescott — it’s Spurn Point, three and a half miles of sand and shingle banks, held together by marram grass and sea buckthorn, and only 50 metres wide at some points.
		The Ministry of Defence sold Spurn to the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust in the 1950s, but the Point’s sea defences — originally built by the Victorians — cannot cope with the non-stop battering from the open sea.
		One minute it's going to be washed away by the sea, the next there's a battle to preserve it for the wildlife that lives on it.
	www.icons.org.uk /nom/nominations/spurn-point (189 words)

	Definition of spurn - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
		Etymology: Middle English, from Old English spurnan; akin to Old High German spurnan to kick, Latin spernere to spurn, Greek spairein to quiver
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	www.m-w.com /cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=spurn (67 words)

	Spurn
		Spurn Head ‘hangs like a rudder’ for six kilometres off the end of Holderness, built by the sands and gravels eroded from the cliffs and transported south by longshore drift
		In the past Spurn Head seems to have grown and been washed away in a regular cycle, slowly moving towards the east to keep pace with the erosion of the Holderness cliffs.
		For over 100 years the position of Spurn has been fixed by artificial sea defences.
	www.hull.ac.uk /erosion/html/spurn.html (137 words)

	The Eggcorn Database » spurn
		The fear of being left behind in the “digital divide” is real and has in itself spurned policy changes now that it can be seen how important the Internet has become to world economies.
		Based on writer Ernest Hemingway’s real life love affair with a nurse that reportedly spurned him to write some of his best novels, the film hopes to receive the same critical response as the director’s previous films.
		Perhaps the spurn eggcorn is at times based on spur, at times on spawn, and at times is a blend of the two.
	eggcorns.lascribe.net /english/138/spurn (306 words)

	Spurn: Sketch Comedy Veterans Return to Off-Broadway Stage
		Performing at the 13th Street Reperatory Company, co-producer Ross A. McIntyre is thrilled to introduce the ways of spurn to a new audience and welcome old fans.
		Spurn, the Off-Broadway sketch comedy group, returns to the city stage on October 4th in a highly anticipated three-week review.
		Created in 2001, spurn has been presenting madcap whimsy the likes of which America has never seen.
	www.emediawire.com /releases/2006/10/emw449868.htm (362 words)

	Remains of the Spurn Head railway
		There are two or three places on Spurn where rails can still be seen set into the later concrete road.
		If anyone is interested in the line or the area it is well worth acquiring a copy from the Butterfly Conservation Yorkshire Branch(!), even if you have one of the previous ones.
		Not far from Spurn is the Kilnsea sound mirror, one of a number of acoustic mirrors I've taken photographs of.
	www.ajg41.clara.co.uk /spurn.html (339 words)

	Spurn Point: A cyclic coastal landform.
		The frequently relaid road to the tip is testament to the rapid movement of the spit neck.
		Spurn Point is a narrow sandy promentory aproximately five kilometers long.
		In the initial stage of its formation spurn point begins as a sandy promentory which grows southwards then begins to curve westwards.
	www.fortunecity.com /greenfield/ecolodge/25/spurn.htm (564 words)

	Internet Geography - GeoTopics - Coasts
		The area known as Spurn forms the southern extremity of the Holderness coast and includes the unique feature of Spurn Head, a sand and shingle spit 5.5km long, reaching across the mouth of the Humber.
		Spurn is made up of the material which has been transported along the Holderness Coast.
		Spurn Head is an example of a feature geographers call a spit.
	www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk /topics/spurn.html (145 words)

	THE DANTE CLUB Lost Chapters
		"Spurn!" bellowed Langley of the Boston Recorder, who was sitting with one of the Recorder's junior reporters and a short-mustachioed, slight fellow Spurn did not recognize.
		Spurn scanned the room up and down for anyone who would have pocketed more on the story than Langley.
		Now, Spurn had only to dispatch some Telegraph lackeys to the courts to find out which judge had been absent from his chambers for the past week, and they would arrive at Healey in no time.
	www.matthewpearl.com /dante/lostchapters.fourth.html (1802 words)

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