This page features articles on this site which mention the Yorkshire Coast.
20th anniversary of the bombardment
German bombardment - 20th anniversary The following article appeared in the 16th December, 1934 edition of the Scarborough evening news and daily post. It was entitled "THE BOMBARDMENT" THE BOMBARDMENT - TOMORROWS TWENTIETH ANNIVERSAR...
Where anchorsmiths got their materials - By John Rushton One of the earliest recorded anchorsmiths on the Yorkshire coast was at Scarborough as early as 1391.This was in the reign of King Richard the Second. He may well have been at the haven for ...
Attacks On Trawlers in Scarborough in WW2
Attacks On Trawlers in Scarborough in WW2 It was Scarborough's fishing fleet that first felt the effects of the war as far as enemy action was concerned. Fishing was only allowed between the hours of sunrise and sunset. The first incident occu...
Aviation in Yorkshire: Sir George Cayley and Robert Blackburn The hard flat sands of the Yorkshire Coast lent themselves as useful runways for the early pioneers of flight. Indeed the 'Father of flight', Sir George Cayley, wrote a...
Britain's First seaside resort
Britain's First Seaside Resort As the first seaside resort in Britain, 50 years before Brighton, Scarborough pioneered "bathing machines" for women, who entered the ocean clad in vast garments, helped by servant women, from horse dra...
Carrying Coal along the Yorkshire Coast
Carrying Coal along the Yorkshire Coast The Northumberland and Durham coal fields have a long history. They made a huge difference to the Yorkshire coastal ports, not least by using them as havens of refuge in storm and war. Early coal deliveries ...
Charles Dickens account of a shipwreck at Filey
Charles Dickens account of a shipwreck at Filey Charles Dickens wrote many factual books. This article was published in "Household words"in 1851 It was precisely on the 5th of November, 1821, that a terrible gale from the north-we...
Charles Dickens account of Filey and Scarborough graveyards
Charles Dickens account of Filey and Scarborough graveyards Charles Dickens wrote many factual books. This article was published in "Household words" in 1851 The sea-side churchyard is a strange witness of the perilous life of the mar...
Coble boats of Filey, Flamborough and Runswicks Bay
The coble boats of Filey, Flamborough and Runswicks Bay Filey bay is famed for its coble boats with the slipway known as 'Coble Landing'. Its a beautiful site in the summer with the fishing pots stacked up on the little boats and tractors....
Filey and the sea This page features articles on this site which mention Filey or areas close by in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bottom may just mention Filey once. • The history of ...
The history of Filey Lifeboats From the book "Filey - a Yorkshire fishing town" by Irene E Allen and Andrew A Todd THE FILEY LIFEBOAT It was inevitable that Filey men should have been regularly involved with the Filey Lifeboat, eit...
Fishermen of Scarborough and the U-Boats by Godfrey Arthur
Scarborough fishermen and the U-Boats by Godfrey Arthur An Article by Arthur Godfrey This year has seen the seventieth anniversary of the darkest days that Yorkshire fishermen have ever known, for in the three years of World War 1 beginning w...
Fishing farming and tourism in the early Filey - 1805
Fishing farming and tourism in the early Filey - 1805 Filey fishermen are mentioned in ancient documents long before any are known at Scarborough. Even today, some old Scarborough fishing families have Filey roots. And yet Filey was as much a farm...
German raid - stories from Scarborough
German raid - stories from Scarborough Some snippets of news taken from the Scarborough papers after the German bombardment in 1914 DAMAGE AT THE CRESCENT Houses in Belvoir-terrace and The Crescent suffered greatly. Mrs Keble of No. 6 Belvoi...
Havens on the North Yorkshire coast.
Havens on the North Yorkshire coast. An old historian called Holinshed listed "such ports and creeks as our seafaring men do note for their benefit" upon the coast of Yorkshire in 1596. This was in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, t...
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 ...
History of the Scarborough fishing industry
The history of the Scarborough fishing industry For hundreds of years the Scarborough fishing industry chugged along at the same pace. The fishermen paid tithes to the monastries for the right to fish the seas. The industry never really took off b...
Instructions to sailors - Flamborough Head
Instructions to sailors - Flamborough Head Dutch fishermen came every year, for centuries, to follow the herring down the east coast. Their larger vessels were called busses and they developed very effective fishing techniques. Their merchantmen s...
Jack Flint The following article was printed on March 9 1867 in "All the year round" Counterfeits and counterfeit antiques have been known to the world in every age. Mr. John Evans, F.R.S., has exposed the manufacture of all kinds of ...
There is a very extensive site maintained by Lars Bruzelius at Upsala, Sweden. His Maritime History Virtual Archives at: http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Nautica.html has many pages of information about maritime history, museums,...
Migrations of fishing families - Filey - Yarmouth and Ramsgate
Migrations of fishing families - Filey - Yarmouth and Ramsgate From the book "Filey - a Yorkshire fishing town" by Irene E Allen and Andrew A Todd MIGRATION OF FISHER FAMILIES The willingness of Filey fishermen to cover large dista...
British naval policy 1914 Article from the 23rd December, 1914, in the Scarborough Pictorial which describes the describes the Governments version of what happened when Scarborough was bombarded by the Germans. THE OFFICIAL VERSION - HOW THE EN...
Old Town and the fishing community - article list
Scarborough's Old Town and the fishing community This page features articles on this site which mention Scarboroughs Old Town or the fishing community in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bott...
Scarborough pirates This page features articles on this site which mention the pirates in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. • The pirate of the Morning Star • A Whitby Pirate - John Stephenson ...
Articles on this website that mention the harbour: 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 ...
Scarborough pubs archive file list. Contact us for more information (updated 2015). Pubs, Addresses and Information Scarborough Public Houses Hotels An Historical and Descriptive Guide to Scarbo...
Radio 270 - pirate radio station off Scarborough
Radio 270 - pirate radio station off Scarborough Most people associate pirate radio with Radio Caroline but in truth there were pirate radio stations all arouind the UK. Radio Scotland went on air on New Years Eve. Then Radio 270 intended to start...
Robin Hood's Bay fishing in 1838
The fishermen and fisheries of Robin Hood's Bay in 1838 Views of ports and harbours By William Finden, 1838 - old text about Robin Hood's Bay fisheries The above is the name of a fine bay on the Yorkshire coast, between Whitby and Scarb...
Was there a Roman port in Scarborough? By John Rushton The Romans had merchant shipping around Britain and maintained a war fleet known as " the ClassisBritannica", perhaps based on Dover . The inland Roman fortress and town that w...
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 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...
Saltburn by the sea Old Saltburn was a tiny hamlet, when Henry Pease brought his children to pick up fossils and seashells. They would gaze out from Huntcliff for seals and go for tea and "fat rascals" at the Ship Inn. He loved the pictu...
A short history of Scarborough Scarborough has a major fort, an important portand was the first seaside resort. Since the 12thcentury, the great rock carried a Norman castle,visited by the mediaeval Kings from Henry II toRichard III, who made...
Schooners, Cutters, Yawls This page features articles on this site which mention Sailing ships in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bottom may just mention sailing ship once. • A voyage o...
Scarborough & the Yorkshire Coast have a healthy vibrant shell fishing industry. Local fishermen still go out in small boats and lay crab & lobster pots along the coast. Below are a few links to shell fishing history in the UK. ...
Articles on shipbuilding along the coast This page features articles on this site which mention shipyards or shipbuilding in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bottom may just mention shipbuilding ...
Shipping ironstone down the coast
Shipping Ironstone down the coast A forgotten industry along the Yorkshire coast was the graving of ironstone from cliff fall, andperhaps in places from the cliff face. The rock wasloaded on ships for delivery to the iron works ofcounty Durham in ...
Ships from Scarborough in the Yorkshire coastal trade of 1638-9.
Scarborough ships in the Yorkshire coastal trade of 1638-9 The port of Scarborough was born as a fishing community and remains one yet. That side of its life saw many ups and down over time. The rich story of line, trawl and drift fishing fro...
Smugglers of Yorkshire - the smuggling of contraband
The Yorkshire smuggler - the smuggling of contraband This article was first published by the Scarborough Evening News in 1968. Written by our own John Rushton it is now reprinted here. Smuggling was not new in the eighteenth century - it existe...
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...
Scarborough's sub aqua club is one of the oldest in Britain. They have dived many wrecks on the Yorkshire Coast and have a huge collection of bells and artefacts. In 2015 they put on a display in the Maritime Heritage Centre about UB2...
Trawling and overfishing - Filey fishing
Trawling and overfishing - Filey fishing From the book "Filey - a Yorkshire fishing town" by Irene E Allen and Andrew A Todd THE FISHING HAS BEEN SPOILED BY THE TRAWLING Most modern fishing is based on the trawling principle, which...
Tunny fishing in Scarborough This page features articles on this site which mention Tunny fishing. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bottom may just mention tunny once. • Theakston's guide...
U-boat wreck map - Yorkshire Coast
U-boat wreck map - Yorkshire Coast ...
The Whitby & Saltburn coastline This page features articles on this site which mention Whitby or areas close by in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bottom may just mention Whitby once. ...
A shipwreck near Whitby - epic account printed by Hinderwell Deliverance from Shipwreck,near Whitby. Copy of a letter from Captain Cannon of Dunbar, respecting his remarkable deliverance from Shipwreck near Whitby. This was printed in Thomas Hinde...
First World War & Scarborough This page features articles on this site which mention World War One in some way. 100th anniversary event - images 2014 Bombardment Centenary Event In 2014, the Scarborough Maritime Heri...
Yorkshire Coast history This page features articles on this site which mention the Yorkshire Coast. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bottom may just mention Runswick once. • Runswick Bay superstit...
One of the finest maritime books written is 'Shipwrecks of the Yorkshire Coast' by Arthur Geodfrey & Peter Lassey (published in 1974 by Dalesman Books). They spent many years researching details about the wrecks along the Yorkshire ...
