Scarborough Harbour - a bibliography compiled by John Rushton
(SMHC would welcome details of other publications bearing on the history of the the port.)( The volumes listed are in most cases available at Scarborough Public Library,Scarborough Room.)
-Acts of Parliament relating to Scarborough Harbour 1732, 1751, 1752, 1763,1778,1801, 1806,1823, 1824, 1875,
-John Dean. A genuine account of the ship Sussex, in the service of the Hon.east India company, from the time she was deserted by the officers and the greatest party of the crew & c; with a narrative of what happened to the fifteen brave sailors who stayed on board.By John Dean, the only one now alive. 1740.(A Scarborough man)
-Revised rules of Shipwright's Society,Scarborough, 1794
-James Cattell..Nelson's Victory,from a sailor belonging to Scarborough to his sister.1798
-W.Chapman.Report on the harbour of Scarborough & on the means necessary for its improvement.1800
-John Bottomley.Three letters on the subject of the harbour at Scarbrough.1816 with additonal letters 1816-20.
-Anon .Mr.Chapman's report on the measures necessary to the final completion of Scarborough harbour.August 1810, to which is added a supplementary report, in August 1811
-John William Norrie. New and complete sailing directions for the east coast of England,from London to the downs, Flamborough head and Scarborough etc. 1817
-Anon.The Acts of Parliament which have been passed relative to the pier and harbour of Scarborough.1824
-Anon.Articles of agreement between the members of the Seamen's Association of the ports...and Scarborough.1825
-Anon. Report on the antient,the intermediate and the present state of the harbour of Scarborough, and on the measures requisite for its final improvement.1829
-W. Chapman.Additonal Supplement to Mr. Chapman's Report.1831
-Anon.The ancient and present state of Scarborough harbour.1831
-R.Knox.An essay on Scarborough Harbour,1832
-T.O.Blackett.A plan of the harbour,with part of the town of Scarborough,surveyed by Thos O.Blackett,under the direction of William Chapman,civilengineneer(1831)
-Anon.Presentation of the Scarborough Piers Testimonial to William Henry Brockett Esq. (on removal of the passing tolls on Tyne and Wear).1846
-Map.England east coast Scarborough.surveyed by E. K. Calver,Master under the direction of Captain Washington, HMS Blazer 1843.1846
-Tidal Harbours commission,2nd Report.whitby & Scarborough.1846
-R. Knox.A plan of Scarborough Harbour,with an explanatory essay,1855
-List of Scarborough Pier Commissioners , 1860
-Anon.Scarborough Fishermen's Relief Fund.1869
-W.Sharrah. Tales of the sea: being an account of the great storm in Bridlington bay, when thirty vessels were wrecked...the capsizing of the Whitby and Scarborough lifeboats, wrecks at Whitby. 1876
-R.Aytoun & P.J.Messent Report etc on the bad condition of the outer pier of Scarborough 1890
-F,Miller. Under German shell -fire: the Hartlepools,Scarborough and Whitby under German shellfire
-G. Forrest Frank (Ed).The Scarborough Sea dogs (Scarborough Weekly Post 1919- 1920 )
-James Buckley. The Outport of Scarborough,1602-1853 .1953.
-James Buckley . Ships registered at Scarborough.1786-1916
-Arthur Godfrey. Scarboro paddle trawlers. 1974.
-Arthur Godfrey. The Scarborough lifeboats.1975
-Capt J.Lamb. Scarborough harbour adapts to the seventies.
-W.H. James. Scarborough Sailing Club:a history,1976
-Scarborough's War Years 1939-45 .R.J. Percy.
-The German attack on Scarborough Dec 6,1914.J.H.Jones 1989
-Jeff Morris. The story of the Scarborough lifeboats,1992
-Bombardment,the day the east coast bled. Mark Marsey.1999
Other articles that you may find interesting
•Yorkshire coast timeline - Scarboroughs maritime heritage
•When the Colliers came to Scarborough
•Scarborough fishermen and the U-Boats by Godfrey Arthur
•The RNLI rescue of The Rohilla,1914 at saltwick bay - Whitby
•The 200 year history of scarboroughs RNLI
•Scarborough's harbour and the coal trade. Thomas Hinderwell
•German U-boat sinks 11 Scarborough Trawlers in one night in World War One.
•Three Scarborough trawlers sunk by mines in 1920
•smuggling of contraband along the Scarborough coast
•Scarboroughs first Lifeboat and its first rescue in 1801
•Scarboroughs Lifeboat - the huge storms of October 28th 1880
•The national RNLI and the Scarborough lifeboat of 1861.
•Fighting the Scots in Scarborough Waters in the early 16th century. John Rushton
•Was there a roman port in scarborough? By John Rushton
•Scarborough captains and shipbuilding - maritime heritage
•The need for canals in the scarborough area - discussions in the late 1700's
•Thomas Hinderwell - history of Scarboroughs fisheries
•Scarboroughs Heyday of Inns,smuggling and illicit stills
•Kolberg lays a minefield off Scarborough
•Scarborough newspapers - a rich source of history