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1874 - great storm along the coasts of England
A great storm in 1874 along the coasts of England A great storm on December 8th 1874 and stories around the country at Scarborough, Grimsby, Grimsby, and Whitby At Scarborough the gale sprung up most suddenly. The seamen who noticed the change ...
The Brigantine along the Scarborough and Whitby coast This page features articles on this site which mention Brigantines in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bottom may just mention brigs once. ...
Clayburn family The Clayburn family were a big fishing family in the 1800's and with that were stalwarts of the lifeboat. Here are two excerpts which feature the Clayburn family "The north-eastern coast of England suffered during Satur...
Scarborough's Hick family: a shipping family This article is written by John Hick. It describes his family and their shipping interests in Scarborough. Usually it is only noble or notable families that have a family tree going back bef...
Here is the eleventh "position paper" for the Harbour Research project. Corrections and additions are welcomed. The purpose of the document is to seek people who will undertake serious research on aspects of the history of the ha...
Position Paper.- Harbour Research No 12. J. Rushton 2012 Scarborough and the Royal Navy etc. Additions and corrections are welcomed to this introductory note on connections between Scarborough and the royal Navy. The ...
From Hull to Nova Scotia Before the railways reached the coast in 1845, the Yorkshire emigrant seeking fresh opportunities in Canada or the new United States of America, sailed from Whitby, Scarborough or Hull. Emigration agents advertised in the ...
John Paul Jones account of Flamborough battle
John Paul Jones account of Flamborough battle Some extracts from the Family magazine, Volume 3 about John Paul Jones John Paul was born at Arbigland, in Scotland, on the sixth of July, 1747, and the scenery and associations of his birthplace, a...
Ketch is swamped off Scarborough
Ketch is swamped off Scarborough The following article was printed in the Scarborough Mercury on the 15th November 1901 and was entitled "The terrific tempest - in Scarborough Bay - exciting scenes and gallant lifeboat rescues. Terrible tales...
The early years of the Scarborough Lifeboat This chapter first appeared in Godfrey Arthurs book the Scarborough Lifeboats Since medieval times, the town of Scarborough had been important to mariners for its "harbour of refuge", where ...
Naval battle off Flamborough Head - Captain Paul Jones
Naval battle off Flamborough Head - Captain Paul Jones The following short extract appeared in 'The life of Paul Jones' By John Henry Sherburne 1825 On the morning of the 23d a fleet of forty-one sail appeared off Flamborough Head, bear...
Personal account of 1880 storm at Scarborough
Personal account of 1880 storm at Scarborough From a letter written by a schoolboy in the latter part of the nineteenth century printed in Rowntree's 'History of Scarborough'. I feel I must write you an account of what happened this...
Articles on this website that mention the harbour: 1954 Scarborough Lifeboat disaster. One of the duties of the lifeboat is to escort fishing boats back to port during bad weather. Storms can whip up ...
Robin Hood's Bay - articles on fishing, lifeboats and the village
Robin Hood's Bay This is a list of articles on this website that mention Robin Hood's Bay. Brigantines The Brigantine along the Scarborough and Whitby coast This page features articles on this site which mention Briga...
Rowing lifeboats in Scarborough
Scarboroughs rowing lifeboats THE ROWING LIFEBOATS OF THE RNLI The following history is reprinted from Arthur Godfreys book "The Scarborough Lifeboats" The RLNI began in 1824, but as we have seen Scarborough already had a well esta...
Sailors rescued in the Baltic - Thomas Hinderwell
Scarborough sailors rescued in the Baltic - Thomas Hinderwell Thomas Hinderwell was a famous Scarborough historian. He was also a shipowner and personally involved in the establishment of the first lifeboat in Scarborough. His animated account of ...
There were many types of boats and ships built in Scarborough and thanks to Trinity House we have a comprehensive list of them from the early 1700s up until 1880. Below is a sketch outlining the different types, brigantine, snow etc. &nb...
Tindall shipbuilding This page was compiled from research done by James Buckley, when he was warden of the Trinity House Trust and chariman of the Governors of Graham Sea Training School. It is a ful list of Tindall ships built between 1771 and 18...
Tindalls the shipbuilders by John Rushton.
Tindalls the shipbuilders by John Rushton. The Tindall family were major contributors to the maritime history of Scarborough. A University student could usefully produce a thesis on the family. We can only offer a preliminary glance. There is a st...
Whitbys early history - a fishing town
Whitby's Early History - a fishing town Is indebted for it's origin to an abbey founded there in the year 650. The Saxon name of the place was Streanshalt, (Sinus Pharij or 'the Bay of the Watch-Tower.' It was afterword called Pres...
