Beachey Head

English

Proper noun

Beachey Head

  1. Obsolete form of Beachy Head.
    • 1719, 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. […], volume II, fourth edition ([…]), London: […] J. Brotherton and W. Meadows, […]:
      Beachey Head, Sea-Fight there between the Engliſh, Dutch and French, 478
    • 1798, a True Patriot, Matter of Fact for the Multitude, London: […] J. Wright, […], page 36:
      In the year 1690 the French totally defeated our fleet, joined to that of the Dutch, off Beachey Head.
    • 1814 July, [Jane Austen], chapter VII, in Mansfield Park: […], volume II, London: […] T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 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.”
    • 1844, 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. […], London: W[illia]m H[oughton] Allen & Co., […]; Liverpool: J. & A. Walker, […], page 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.
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