It also appears in the English place name Skegness - 'beard point', from the way in which a series of tombolos forms, towards the nearby Gibraltar Point.
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During this time he had the opportunity of auditioning for Sir Norman Wisdom whilst he was appearing at Skegness Pier.
There was formerly a Seacroft railway station between Havenhouse and Skegness, but it is now closed.
There has never been a direct line from Skegness to Mablethorpe also on the coast; travellers to Mablethorpe went via either a branch line from Willoughby (from the south which opened in October 1886), or Louth (from the north which opened in September 1888).
Lumley - after Lord Lumley, the ninth Earl of Scarbrough a major local landowner who was responsible for developing Skegness as a major Victorian holiday resort.
There was a Seacroft railway station located just outside Skegness but this has also now closed.
George Raynor managed Skegness Town from 1958 to 1960 between spells as the national team manager for Sweden.