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Association for the Protection of Sea-Birds

Association for the Protection of Sea-Birds

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The Association for the Protection of Sea-Birds was formed in the late 1860s[1] by The Rev. Henry Frederick Barnes-Lawrence the incumbent at Bridlington Priory[2] to stop the practice of shooting sea birds for sport, a practice which was legislated for in the Sea Birds Preservation Act 1869.[3] As well as promoting the society in Yorkshire Barnes-Frederick also set up a branch in Ryde where he had been a Curate.[4]

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    National Archives
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    The Saviour of "those fair birds of God" Wilson, M p5 Bridlington, Bridlington Priory, 2005
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    'RYDE, SATURDAY, 29 May 1880' Isle of Wight Observer (Ryde, England), Saturday, 29 May 1880; pg. 4; Issue 1425


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