
What is recorded here
The wreck of the Laura, Speeton Sands, Reighton is shown and named in a reusable Geograph picture. The saved point is the picture's recorded map point.
The *Laura* was a 19th-century wooden schooner wrecked in 1861 near Speeton Sands, Reighton, after running aground during a storm. It carried agricultural produce and general cargo; no lives were lost, and the wreck remains a notable example of coastal trade in the North Sea fishing and transport network of the period.
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Places near here
The wreck of the Laura seen from Speeton Sands, Filey BayShipwreck · 55 yd
Stern post and section, Wreck of The LauraShipwreck · 59 yd
Speeton SandsBeach / strand · 307 yd
Black CliffCliff · 440 yd
Middle CliffCliff · 542 yd
Church of St LeonardListed building · 1195 yd
Statue niche, St Leonard's SpeetonMonument or public art · 1195 yd
Reighton SandsBeach / strand · 1.1 mi
The Dotterel Shepherd SculpturePublic sculpture · 1.5 mi
Buckton HallListed building · 1.7 mi
Wasters PlantationWood · 2.1 mi
Hoddy Cows Spring SSSINature reserve · 2.2 miOther information
Photo: habiloid · CC BY-SA 2.0