Beachey Head

English Proper noun Beachey Head en Beachy Head. en Roger Coke A Detection of the Court and State of England, During the Reigns of K. James I. Charles I. Charles II. and James II. As Also the Inter-regnum.Consisting of Private Memoirs, &c. with Observations and Reflections. Wherein Are Many Secrets Never Before Made Publick: As Also, a More Impartial Account of the Civil Wars in England, than Has yet Been Given. fourth edition (Continued thro’ the Reigns of King William and Queen Mary, and to the Death of Queen Anne 1) II London Printed for J. Brotherton and W. Meadows,at the Black Bull, in Cornhill 1719 Beachey Head, Sea-Fight there between the Engliſh, Dutch and French, 478 en a True Patriot Matter of Fact for the Multitude London Printed for J. Wright,opposite Old Bond Street, Piccadilly 1798 36 In the year 1690 the French totally defeated our fleet, joined to that of the Dutch, off Beachey Head. II VII 155 “I should be very happy, aunt---but Brighton is almost by Beachey Head; and if I could get so far, I could not expect to be welcome in such a smart place as that---poor scrubby midshipman as I am.” en John Walker; Alexander Walker Sailing Directions for the English Channel and Coast of France; with an Accurate Description of the Coasts of England, South of Ireland, and Channel islands.Compiled from Trigonometrical Surveys & Original Documents. To Which Are Added, Detailed Accounts of All the Lights, Shoals, Banks, Rocks, &c., to the Present Time. London W[illia]m H[oughton] Allen & Co.,7, Leadenhall-Street; Liverpool: J. & A. Walker,72, South Castle-Street 1844 30 From Rye about six miles is Haddock Cliff and the high land of Fairlight; between which and Beachey Head the coast is composed of coarse shingle, with small rocks interspersed.