Scarborough newspapers - a rich source of history

Local newspapers have been recording events for more than 150 years. Scarborough and other Yorkshire libraries have good collections of the old papers, often on microfilm. Readers can be booked and research combined with a good deal of entertainment. Here are a few items from Victorian editions of a newspaper called the Scarborough Gazette. Life was a little different then.

10.8.1848 Galvanic ring mania at Scarborough

24.8.1848 Model of Ancient Jerusalem showing at Oddfellows Hall

12.10.1848 Burial mound to be opened on the Northstead estate

19.10.1848 Cholera

26.10.1848 Wombwells menageries in Walkers Field

8.11.1848 Two coffins found in south transept of St. Mary's church

28.10.1852 Tenders invited for Scarborough Market Hall

31.5.1855. Foresters anniversary at Thirwall' s Fleece inn

21.6.1855 4,5 & 6 Hanover Place for sale £250 each

28.6.1855 New Victoria Hotel to let, with pleasure ground

12.7.1855. A detachment of the 6th Regiment of foot arrived

26.7. 1855. Advertisement for an Isle of Man holiday

30.8. 1855 John Park of Scarborough sends letter from America

8.11.1855 Henry Wilson' s letter from Australia on "the Drink"

31.7. 1856 John Uppleby of Crescent house obituary. Ex Town clerk

4.9. 1856. Account of a visit to the Aquarium

4.6. 1857 1000 attend a temperance meeting

28.6.1860 Rocks being blasted away in front of the spa

7.2.11861. Scarborough ratepayers association formed

28.2.1861. New Museum extension proposed

25.10.1860 Merchants row improvements discussed

19.1.1865. Mummy shown at Mechanics institute

2.2.1865 Steam corn mill to let in Seamer lane

9.3.1865 Shore to shore tunnel proposed, north bay to south bay

8.6. 1865 Scarborough and Whitby Railway Company prospectus

15.6. 1865 Burton Christy minstrels at the Spa
29.6. 1865 The Valley Bridge

14.9.1865 Scarborough Regatta

12.10.1865 Visit of Queen Emma of Hawaie
26.10.1865 Foundation stones laid for Borough Gaol



OTHER ARTICLES
• The 200 year history of scarboroughs RNLI
• Coastal erosion in the 19th Century around the North Bay and Scarborough Castle area
• Strange customs amongst the Scarborough shipbuilders
• The history of the Scarborough Spa pump rooms
• The Yorkshire smuggler - the smuggling of contraband
• Harwood Brierleys description of Scarborough harbour at the opening of the 20th century
• Stories of human interest from the sea port of Scarborough
• The port of Scarborough in the late 15th Century
• The early years of the Scarborough Lifeboat
• Sailing ships - a true ghost story
• Watching for ships by the harbour walls in Scarborough
• The national RNLI and the Scarborough lifeboat of 1861.
• Seabathing in scarborough - an article by John Rushton
• Thomas Crimlisk - First of the Crimlisks
• Havens on the North Yorkshire coast. An article on scarboroughs maritime history by John Rushton
• Whitby history - The journal of Captain Cook - extracts from Tahiti
• Funny stories from the age of sailing ships in Scarborough
• The history of the Scarborough fishing industry
• The history of the herring fishing in the North Sea

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