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Sunk Island is a Crown Estate village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies south of Ottringham and to the north of the Humber Estuary. The Greenwich Meridian passes through the east of the parish.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sunk Island, Greenwich Meridian Marker )〕 According to the 2011 UK census, Sunk Island parish had a population of 228, an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 224.〔 〕 ==History== Sunk Island originated as a sand bank in the Humber Estuary; at first it was open sea, then accumulated until visible only at low tides, then at all tides. Colonel Gilby raised the outer banks, making it useful for pasturage, under lease/gift from the crown.〔Philosophical Transactions, vol 30, p. 1015〕 By the reign of Charles I of England, it was said to form a island, from the mainland.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】SUNK ISLAND: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1892. )〕 From 1663, the land around it was gradually drained, and by the mid-18th century, the channel separating it from the shore had entirely silted up. It was parished in 1831.〔 A fort was built at the outbreak of the First World War. Today, the settlement consists of a church, a few houses and various farms. Cottages were built 1855–7 by Samuel Sanders Teulon. The parish church of the Holy Trinity, designed by Ewan Christian in the 1870s,〔 〕 is a Grade II listed building. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sunk Island」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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