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Lothingland is an area in the English counties of Suffolk and Norfolk on the North Sea coast. It is bound by the River Yare and Breydon Water to the north, the River Waveney to the west and Oulton Broad to the south, and includes the parts of Lowestoft north of Lake Lothing.
The area close to the bay is called Remsenburg, and the more bucolic inland area is still called Speonk. During the twentieth century, its most famous resident was the English writer P.G. Wodehouse. He wrote many of the escapades of Bertie Wooster and his manservant, Jeeves, from a home on Basket Neck Lane
Ocean Bay Park is a hamlet in the town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, New York, United States. It is located on Fire Island, a barrier island separated from the southern side of Long Island by the Great South Bay. To reach Ocean Bay Park, one must take a ferry or water taxi from Bay Shore. Housing includes group houses and family homes.
In Suffolk County, there still remain pockets of old money from the Gilded Age, including the country seats of families from the Vanderbilts, Havemeyers, and others. [ citation needed ] The South Shore is also home to the seaside resort of The Hamptons on its east end, located on the South Fork of Long Island. [ 2 ]
Brooke is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. Brooke is located 4.7 miles (7.6 km) west of Loddon and 6.4 miles (10.3 km) south-east of Norwich . Brooke CP also includes the smaller village of Howe .
Oak Beach is a small community and census-designated place located near the eastern end of Jones Beach Island, a barrier island between the Atlantic Ocean and the Great South Bay of Long Island. [1] The community is part of the village of Babylon in Suffolk County, New York, United States.
Smith Point County Park is a beachfront park facing the Atlantic Ocean on the east end of Fire Island, along the central south shore of Long Island, near Shirley, New York, United States. It is the largest park owned by Suffolk County. The park derives its name from Smith Point, a peninsula on the Long Island mainland that extends into Bellport ...
It was built in 1751, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick dwelling with a hipped roof in the Georgian style. It has two 20th century one-story brick wings. The original interior woodwork of Brooke's Bank survives almost completely intact. During the American Civil War, it was shelled by the USS Parmee, a Union gunboat on the Rappahannock River.