This page features articles on this website that mention smuggling in some way.
My grandfather's house at 32 Sandside The following story was surrounded with great mystery. It was handwritten by a man who lived in an old folks home in Scarborough. One of the carers at that home gave it to the Scarborough Maritime Heritage...
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...
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...
Bullamore fsihing family The following is intended to complement Ian Hollingsworth’s article about the Harwood and Bullamore fishing family history by setting details of another ‘strand’ of the family. Mr Hollingsworth’s...
Burniston and Cloughton and its shipping and seafaring history
Burniston & Cloughton maritime 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 mention Cloughto...
Cayton Bay This page features articles on this website that mention Cayton Bay in some way. 1954 Scarborough Lifeboat disaster 1954 Scarborough Lifeboat disaster One of the duties of the lifeboat is to escort fishi...
Filey and the sea This page features articles on this website that mention Filey in some way. 1799 - a great storm off Filey Bridge and a famous rescue A great storm off Filey Bridge and a famous rescue in 1799 The following ...
Flamborough Head This page features articles on this website that mention Flamborough in some way. 200 year history of Scarborough's RNLI The 200 Year History of Scarborough's RNLI BACKGROUND Many meetings and much private...
German U-boat sinks 11 Scarborough Trawlers in one night in World War One.
German U-boat sinks 11 Scarborough trawlers in one night - World War One. On 25th September, 1916 practically all of the Scarborough Trawling fleet was wiped out in a single night by a U-Boat attack. Eleven trawlers were sunk from Scarborough amon...
Scarborough fishing families - The Harwood family This page features articles which mention the Harwood families in some way. 1799 - a great storm off Filey Bridge and a famous rescue A great storm off Filey Bridge and a famous rescue ...
Here is the tenth "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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Here is the fifth "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 harbo...
Scarborough hospital for mariners 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...
Inns, smuggling and illicit stills
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...
Scarborough fishing families - the Johnson family This page features articles on this site which mention the Johnson fishing family in some way. A to Z listing of Famous Scarborough people SMHC Archive File information held o...
Lady Dock - a small slipway on the North Bay's Marine Drive
The Lady Dock - a small slipway on the North Bay's Marine Drive At the beginning of the 21st Century the Marine Drive sea defences were reinforced. During these changes the 'Lady Dock' - a small slipway on the North Bay was built over....
Scarborough's Old Town This page features articles on this website that mention Scarborough's Old Town in some way.. 1954 Scarborough Lifeboat disaster 1954 Scarborough Lifeboat disaster One of the duties of the lifeboat ...
The pirate of the Morning Star Benito De Soto, The pirate of the morning star in the Pirates own book 1837 The following narrative of the career of a desperate pirate who was executed in Gibraltar in the month of January, 1830, is one of two le...
Pirates This page features articles on this website that mention pirates in some way. Books on Pirates & smugglers Links to books & useful websites on pirates & smugglers A general history of pyrates ... Br...
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 ...
The Red Lion in fashionable Redcar - 1700's John Kirton held the Red Lion at Redcar for several years before 1769. That year, he added two dining rooms, one 32 feet by 18 feet by 13 feet, the other somewhat smaller but with a sea view. His hos...
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...
A short history of Scarborough Scarborough has a major fort, an important portand was the first seaside resort. Since the 12th century, the great rock carried a Norman castle, visited by the mediaeval Kings from Henry II to Richard III, who m...
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, an...
Scarborough's Old Town and its connection to the sea
Scarborough's Old Town and its connection to the sea Scarboroughs rich maritime heritage revolves around the Old Town. This comprises the area around the harbour and on the castle hill. The Old Town extends as far as Friargate and Scarboroughs...
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 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...
Stories of human interest from the sea port of Scarborough
Stories of human interest from the sea port of Scarborough Some stories of human interest from Bakers history of Scarborough • 1694 - John Collings was executed at Tyburn, York for stealing lead and copper from St Marys Church, Scarboroug...
Trinity House, Seamen's hospital
Trinity Seamen's Hospital Historians have offered conflicting views over the reach and efficiency of the Seamen's Sixpence programme. Established in 1696, it was intended to assist disabled mariners, the widows of seamen who lost their liv...
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. ...
Yorkshire Coast history 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...
