   read's island is an island situated just outside the ancholme sluice, on the humber estuary in england. some  suggest it is an artificial island. however, the site of the current read's island was for very many years a large sandbank going by the name of "old warp" and is shown on the 1734 customs map of the humber where read's island now lays, and extending further downstream. grass was then seen growing on old warp by the early part of the 19th century. with the humber estuary being a drain for a large part of the midlands, including the river trent and all of its tributaries, and the river ouse draining a major part of yorkshire, england, and being very tidal, it was a simple task and a matter of waiting a few years for some strategically placed piles of bricks and concrete to start off this island (some say). it was certainly protected and further land reclaimed from the humber as its island status grew, and by the 1861 census there was one wooden cottage on the island, with a fresh water well. german prisoners of war rebuilt the brick flood walls during the 1914-1918 war. the major part of read's island is in the parish of winteringham despite the closest village being south ferriby. historically, there is an approximate 20 year cycle whereby the main shipping channel alternates from just north of read's island to the south channel, between the island and the shoreline in south ferriby and winteringham parishes. it has b
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