Meadleys Memorials of Scarborough history

One of Scarboroughs main historical books is 'Meadleys Memorials'. This book often follows the usual format of essay writing. But He also has sections with short and interesting clippings from various years.

On 5th October, 1798 a grand illumination took place at Scarborough to celebrate Nelsons victory at Alexandria.

On 28th December 1737 an 'Earthquake' took place at the Spa. A great mass of the cliff, containing near an acre of pasture land, with cattle perpendicularly several yards. As the ground sunk the Spa Waters were lost for a time.

The Gentlemens Magazine records the death of Henry Sedgefield, an ancient Scarborough Mariner living in Edinbrough, who died at the age of 107 years old in September 1787.

In 1798 Longwestgate was paved from Mr John Owstons House to St Marys, by order of Mr Wm Hall and Mr Robert Tindall, bailiffs of Scarborough

On 23rd June 1840, a fine pony, belonging to John Leadley, took fright and was drowned whilst runing into the sea, entangling its foot in its bridle after throwing its rider.

On May 23, 1783, 'The Harmony' was launched but accidentally jammed off two mens limbs. One lost his leg above the knee and another above the ankle. The vessel was launched the next day.

In 1777 the Brittania left the port of Scarborough for Greenland. It returned on 25th July after a voyage lasting over four months. They caught 3 whales and took 60 butts of blubber.

John Wesley, the famous methodist preacher, first visited the town in 1761. One of his first converts was Benjamin Varley a local fisherman in Castlegate.

Never Say Die! During the war between England and France, a Scarborough vessel, carrying coal, was attacked by a French Privateer. The mate of the Collier asked for one shot with his rusty old gun. That one shot was granted. Shortly after the collier was captured. The Privateer then realised his vessel was sinking and had to abandon his own ship. The prisoners had to be quickly transferred back to the collier.

DEATH BY LIGHTNING: A fatal accident occurred at Scarborough, through lightning, in the summer of 1805, when William Church, an honest and industrious old man, who was at work under the bottom of ship being built by Mr John Tindall, was suddenly killed by an electric fluid. The following lines were written on the occasion:- "Think not by rigorous judgement
OTHER ARTICLES
• Stories of human interest from the sea port of Scarborough
• Charles Dickens account of Filey and Scarborough graveyards
• The 200 year history of scarboroughs RNLI
• The port of Scarborough in the late 15th Century
• The Harwood and Bullamore fishing family history in Scarborough
• The fishermen and fisheries of Robin Hood's Bay in 1838
• World war one outbreak. The war effort in Scarborough
• The history of the Scarborough Spa pump rooms
• Funny stories from the age of sailing ships in Scarborough
• Captain Cook and his early life in Staithes and Whitby
• The Allen and Truman Scarborough fishing families
• Charles Dickens account of a shipwreck at Filey
• The Captain and his wife
• German U-boat sinks 11 Scarborough Trawlers in one night in World War One.
• Witches and black cats in the Old Town in Scarborough - superstitions
• Thomas Crimlisk - First of the Crimlisks
• Hotels And Places Of Entertainment - Scarborough in World War Two
• Filey and the gales of 1860,1867,1869 AND 1880
• The Crimlisk fishing family history in Scarborough Filey and Hull

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