This page features articles on this site which mention the Cloughton coastline in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bottom may just mention Cloughton or Hayburn Wyke once.
1954 Scarborough Lifeboat disaster
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 out of no where and the lifeboat would be there to help just in case. On the 8th December 1954 such...
Burniston and Cloughton and its shipping and seafaring history
Burniston & Cloughton - shipping and seafaring history This page features articles on this site which mention the Cloughton coastline in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bottom may just ...
Hayburn Wyke's role in the bombardment
German bombardment on Scarborough - Hayburn wyke An article entitled "THE DASH ON SCARBORO: As witnessed from Cloughton and Hayburn Wyke. New facts disclosed." from 24th December, edition of the Scarborough Mercury A remarkable fact w...
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...
Here is the third "position paper" for the 2012 Harbour Research project. Corrections and additions are welcomed. The purpose of the document, with others to come, is to seek people who will undertake serious research on aspects...
Here is the fourth "position paper" for the Harbour Research project. Corrections and additions are welcomed. The purpose of the document, with others to come, is to seek people who will undertake serious research on aspects of the history ...
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...
Lifeboat - the huge storms of October 28th 1880
Scarboroughs Lifeboat - the huge storms of October 28th 1880 In Scarborough's Art Gallery there are some huge paintings of the storm of October 1880. The scene is littered with the ten ships which went down on the South Bay. It looks like a sc...
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Mercury account of bombardment
The Mercury reports on the bombardment On the 15th December,1914 Mr A Bell was going about his normal daily work as road foreman in Burniston when an erect gentleman with a white hair and moustache stopped beside him. He said looking towards ...
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...
Sailors graves on the Scarborough coastline.
Sailors graves on the Scarborough coastline. There is something quite moving about a sailors grave. Many of course die at sea often at places which are aptly named such as Killerby Cliffs or Sailors Grave (Jacksons Bay). But the sea often gives up...
Smuggling of contraband along the Scarborough coast
Smuggling of contraband along the Scarborough coast Few records exist of the smuggling which happened on the North East coast. It was an activity which was carried on in secret and supported often by Customs Officers in secret. The memories of the...
Burniston and Cloughton and its shipping and seafaring history
Burniston & Cloughton - shipping and seafaring history This page features articles on this site which mention the Cloughton coastline in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bottom may just ...
Characters of the Filey fishing industry
Characters of the Filey fishing industry From the book "Filey - a Yorkshire fishing town" by Irene E Allen and Andrew A Todd THE "BUGGINS" - BONZO PARTNERSHIP Throughout the winter months, irrespective of weather conditio...
The Filey Flither girls A few years ago Yorkshire TV released a program made by a husband and wife Glen Crawford and Ann Morell-Crawford. This documentary presented an evocative and haunting insight into the lives of the Filey flither girls. These...
Hayburn Wyke's role in the bombardment
German bombardment on Scarborough - Hayburn wyke An article entitled "THE DASH ON SCARBORO: As witnessed from Cloughton and Hayburn Wyke. New facts disclosed." from 24th December, edition of the Scarborough Mercury A remarkable fact w...
Heyday of inns, smuggling and illicit stills in Scarborough
Scarborough's Heyday of Inns, Smuggling and Illicit stills Since Roger the Vintner sold ale and wine in 1175 to the burgesses of the new borough of Scarborough this town has imported wine, and, until recent years, brewed ale. The early Norm...
Here is the eighth "position paper" for the 2012 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...
Lifeboat - the huge storms of October 28th 1880
Scarboroughs Lifeboat - the huge storms of October 28th 1880 In Scarborough's Art Gallery there are some huge paintings of the storm of October 1880. The scene is littered with the ten ships which went down on the South Bay. It looks like a sc...
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...
Sailors graves on the Scarborough coastline.
Sailors graves on the Scarborough coastline. There is something quite moving about a sailors grave. Many of course die at sea often at places which are aptly named such as Killerby Cliffs or Sailors Grave (Jacksons Bay). But the sea often gives up...
Yorkshire Film Archive, Scarborough to Whitby Railway: http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/sentimental-journey-whitby-scarborough Cloughton station: http://www.cloughtonstation.co.uk/railway.html https://www.railsco...
Scarborough's heydays of inns,smuggling and illicit stills
Since Roger the Vintner sold ale and wine in 1175 to the burgesses of the new borough of Scarborough this town has imported wine, and , until recent years, brewed ale. The early Normans brought the taste for wine, after their conquest of England, ...
Seafaring casualties from Scarborough in World War One
Scarborough seafaring casualties in World War One R.I.P. - Skipper Robert Heritage - Second Hand John Chamberlain Barker - Third Hand Arthur Houghton Wright - Chief Engineer Frederick Nathan Mills - Second Engineer James Robert Hunter - Deck...
Scarborough seaman's hospital This article is entitled "Sewing a Safety Net:Scarborough's Maritime Community, 1747-1765" and was written by Charles R. Foy [note 1]. It appeared in the International Journal of Maritime History, XX...
Smuggling of contraband along the Scarborough coast
Smuggling of contraband along the Scarborough coast Few records exist of the smuggling which happened on the North East coast. It was an activity which was carried on in secret and supported often by Customs Officers in secret. The memories of the...
Smuggling trade in Yorkshire and Scarborough
The Yorkshire and Scarborough smuggling trade This page features articles on this site which mention smuggling or words related to smuggling in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bottom may just me...
Tip Heritages epic swim only to die of exposure at Speeton
Tip Heritages epic swim only to die of exposure at Speeton In June, 1915 the Condor blew up. It was sunk by a U-Boat off Cloughton. All the crew were lost. These were the bare facts. Yet what is easily forgotten is an epic attempt by the skipper T...
Tunny fishing in Scarborough in the 1930's
Tunny fishing in Scarborough in the 1930's In the early 1930's someone discovered that huge Tunny fish lived in the North Sea. They were not easy to capture and so big game anglers turned this into a sport. This was a useful sideline for t...
Women's work in the Filey fishing industry
Womens Work In The Filey Fishing Industry From the book "Filey - A Yorkshire Fishing Town" by Irene E Allen and Andrew A Todd Women and daughters seemed to have have helped carry gear down to the boats. Kendall writing in 1870 su...
WW1 mercantile deaths - Scarborough men
surname forename initials age date_of_death rank regiment unitshipsquadron cemeterymemorial gravereference additionalinformation APPLEBY JOHN ROWLEY J R 19 05/04/1918 ...
