Ravenspurn was a town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, which was lost due to coastal erosion, one of more than 30 along the Holderness Coast which have been lost to the North Sea since the 1800s. The town was located close to the end of a peninsula near Ravenser Odd, which has also been flooded. The peninsula still survives in some form today and is known as Spurn Head. The North Sea lies to the east of the peninsula, the river Humber to the west. The nearest major city was Kingston upo… (More on Ravenspurn)