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The Ancient Parish of SCARBOROUGH
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"SCARBOROUGH, a parish in the wapentake of Pickering Lythe, and liberty of Scarborough, in 54 degrees 17½ minutes N. latitude, and 22 minutes W. longitude, 17 miles from Pickering, 21 from Whitby, and 22 from Malton. The origin of this place is not known, but its ancient name Scearburg, is of Saxon derivation. Scear or Scar, signifying a rock, and Burgh; fortified place. Fairs, Holy-Thursday, and November 23, for Toys, &c. Bankers, Messrs. Woodall, Tindall, Taylor, & Cook, draw on Messrs. Sir Peter Pole, Thornton, & Co. Bartholomew-Lane. Principal Inns, George, Blacksmiths' Arms, Blue-Bell, New-Inn, Pied-Bull, Talbot, London-Inn." (There is further information for Scarborough)."FALSGRAVE, (or Wallsgrave) in the parish of Scarborough, wapentake of Pickering Lythe, and liberty of Scarborough; ½ mile SW. of Scarborough. A very ancient village, which before the Norman conquest, was part of the possessions of Count Tasti, of Northumberland, and brother to Harold, king of England, in the 40th year of Henry III. it was disafforested, and annexed to the liberties of Scarborough. Pop. 345.
A fine stream of water is conveyed from this village in channels of hollowed stones, to the town of Scarborough. -Hinderwell."
"STEPNEY HOUSE, in the parish of Scarborough, wapentake of Pickering Lythe, and liberty of Scarborough; ¾ mile WSW. of Scarborough."
"WHEAT CROFT, (High and Low), 2 farm houses in the township and parish of Scarborough; 1½ miles SE. of Scarborough."
[Description(s) edited mainly from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson. ©2010]
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- An unpublished book " Scarborough's war years, 1939-1945" by Richard James Percy. This book describes the blackout, evacuees, fortifications, bombing, etc. Whilst it deals with the Scarborough area, it will be of interest to others as an example of what went on during the war years.
- Associated with this, you might also like to read the documents on " Evacuation from Newcastle and Gateshead in 1939".
- Here are photographs of churches in this parish:
- St. Mary's Church, Scarborough, view 1.
- Internal view looking down the nave
- The East Window
- The font
- St. Mary's Church, Scarborough.
- A plaque on the outside wall of the church is inscribed:
- "The Parish Church of Scarborough (1170-1200) was originally built with imposing twin towers possibly by the Masons as the Castle. Extensions and alterations, including the removal of the twin towers, were carried out during the fourteenth century. The Central Tower and the Chancel were destroyed by artillery during the Civil War when the Parliamentarians used the Church for their batteries to attack the Royalist held Castle. The existing tower was rebuilt in 1670 and the extent of the original Chancel is marked by masonry."[Rosemary Hayes, 2000]
- Another plaque is inscribed:
- "St Marys Chapel. First built about AD 1000 and rebuilt in the 12th century and again in the 14th century, it stands in the ruins of a Roman Signal Station built AD 370, to give warning of Anglo-Saxon raiders. Before this time the headland was occupied about 500BC by Iron Age settlers from the Low Countries or the Rhineland."[Rosemary Hayes, 2000]
- A plaque on the outside wall of the church is inscribed:
- St. Columba's Church, Scarborough.
- St. James with Holy Trinity Church, Scarborough, view 1. (The Church's website is here.)
- St. James with Holy Trinity Church, Scarborough, view 2.
- Holy Trinity Church, Scarborough, now dis-used.
- The Church of St. Martin on the hill, Scarborough.
- St. Saviour's Church, Scarborough (view 1).
- St. Saviour's Church, Scarborough (view 2).
- Holy Apostles' Church, Scarborough.
- St. Michael's Church, Wheatcroft.
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Scarborough.
- The former Elim Pentcostal Church, Scarborough, now a day nursery.
- St. Andrew's United Reformed Church, Scarborough (formerly Congregational).
- The Albemarle Baptist Church, Scarborough.
- The Albemarle Baptist Church, Scarborough from an old card.
- The former Primitive Methodist Church, Scarborough.
- The Wesley Methodist Church, Scarborough.
- Westborough Methodist Church, Scarborough.
- Queen Street Methodist Church, Scarborough. (The Church's website is here.)
- South Cliff Methodist Church, Scarborough.
- The former Unitarian Church, Scarborough (now flats).
- St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Scarborough (view 1).
- St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Scarborough (view 2).
- The Ebenezer Baptist Church, Scarborough. (The Church's website is here.)
- St. Edward's Roman Catholic Church, Scarborough.
- The former St. Thomas's Church, Scarborough, now the Sea Cadets' Headquarters.
- The Kindom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Scarborough.
- The former Wesleyan Mission Chapel, Scarborough, opened 1882. Now a Gospel Hall.
- Emmanuel St. John's Methodist United Reformed Church, Scarborough.
- The Assembly of God Pentecostal Church, Scarborough.
- The former Eastborough Congregational Church, Scarborough.
- The ex-Wesleyan Bethel Church, Scarborough. This building is now a cafe.
- The Quaker Meeting House, Scarborough. (The Church's website is here.)
- St. Mary's Church, Scarborough, view 1.
- Transcript of Scarborough Ebenezer Baptist Church History
- Transcript of Scarborough Albemarle Baptist Church History
- Transcript of Scarborough Columbus Ravine Baptist Church History
- A transcript of Scarborough-Old Meeting-House Congregational Church History
- A transcript of Scarborough- Bar Church Congregational Church History
- A transcript of Scarborough-South Cliff Congregational Church History
- Transcript of the entry for Scarborough in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Scarborough Christ Church in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Scarborough.
- The List of Vicars in St. Mary's Church, Scarborough.
- Here is a transcription of the booklet " A new Juvenile Scarborough Guide" from 1833.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory of 1823, of the North Riding.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Pigot's 1829 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the White's Directory of 1840, Yorkshire section.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Bulmers Directory of 1890. of the North Riding.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the The Scarborough Gazette of 1905,
- There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1829 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1835, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Stephen Whatley's Gazetteer 1750, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Bulmer's 1890 History and Directory of the North Riding.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Scarborough to another place.
- A detailed description of Scarborough Castle, its history and its people from Archive.org.
- For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
- Anthony Springall has set up a site which, among other things related to Scarborough, includes detailed Street maps of the area immediately surrounding and including Scarborough. (now on the Archive.org site)
- For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
- For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
- Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TA030880 (Lat/Lon: 54.277277, -0.419623), Scarborough which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- The World War I Memorial Plaque in St. Mary's Church, Scarborough.
- The Memorial plaque for a Scarborough Lifeboatman in St. Mary's Church, Scarborough.
- The World War I Memorial Plaque in St. Mary's Church, Scarborough.
- The Another World War I Memorial Plaque in St. Mary's Church, Scarborough.
- The 1914-19 War Memorial on the summit of Oliver's Mount, Scarborough.
- The War Memorial next to Scarborough Roman Catholic church.
- Christine Metcalfe has transcribed
- the names of the Scarborough Bailiffs from 1600 to 1810 and
- the names of the Members of Parliament for Scarborough, from 1298 to 1807.
from The History and Antiquities of Scarborough and the Vicinity published in 1811.
- This parish is covered by the following Society: