Articles by Scarborough historian John Rushton

Please send any interesting stories or articles or photos - contact our webmaster at hairybobby2000@yahoo.co.uk - There are over 80 articles on this site written by eight different authors. They feature ancient Scarborough history (mostly written by Scarborough Historian John Rushton), articles on epic lifeboat rescues, family histories, U-Boat attacks, and trawler history (relying on George Westwoods archives).

This page features articles written by John Rushton. They mostly deal with the older history of Scarborough.

SCARBOROUGH PORT AND HARBOUR - by John Rushton

•Was there a Roman port at Scarborough : By John Rushton
•Scarborough History : A very general history covering the Civil war,collier trade,Norman Castle,Seaside resort By John Rushton
• A great storm - A great tempest in the 1100's at Scarborough.
•Scarborough church tithes of fish
• Scarborough ships in 1336 - : A list of ships in the port
• Mediaeval monasteries - Scarborough fish as a food in Yorkshire monasteries
• The Port of Scarborough in the 1400's
•Early fishermen- The wills of two early fifteenth century fishermen in Scarborough.
•Shopping in scarbough - Luxury shopping in scarborough
• The "David" of Scarborough

• Whale arches

• A Scarborough merchant - Early historical material on maritime trade
•Wars in Scotland and France - Wars fought in local Scarborough waters during the early 16th century
•Tudor mariners - The fortunes of the Bedome family in the time of King Henry V111 at Scarborough
• Scarborough Coal trade - Newcastle's monopoly on coal in Elizabethan times
• Sir Martin Frobisher - The Yorkshireman's visits to Scarborough
• The case for a Navy in 1577 - - Why was the Navy needed
• Scarborough Cargo - 1643
•Master mariners in Scarborough - A list from 1665
•Coals from Newcastle - Scarborough's trade in coal down the north east coast
•Scarborough colliers : The growth of the collier fleets and Scarborough harbour growth
•Tindall shipbuilders : The Tindall shipbuilding family
•Shipping ironstone in Scarborough - A forgotten industry along the Yorkshire coast
• Scarborough ships in the Baltic - the 18th century
•A Harbour Quarrel - Exploring real life in scarborough's maritime history
• Scarborough seafront - a list of businesses in the old town
• Scarborough shipbuilding : A list of ships built in the 1800's
•Scarborough Industries - corn factors,fishmongers, timber merchants, rope & twine makers, Sail cloth manufacturers and more
•Scarborough Captains and Owners - Some famous names in scarborough shipping and their trade
•Smuggling in Scarborough - smugglers along the Yorkshire coast at Scarborough, Robin Hood's Bay and Whitby
•Scarboroughs Heyday of Inns,smuggling and illicit stills
•Scarborough Harbourside A description of the quayside at the turn of the 20th century
• Battleships visit Scarborough - The Royal Navy proves a major attraction for visitors
•Scarborough anchorsmiths - The earliest recorded anchorsmith and where he obtained his raw materials

SCARBOROUGH BOROUGH AND SEASIDE RESORT - collected by John Rushton

• The earliest Scarborians - showing scarborough's rich maritime heritage
• The kings rents - Payment of kings rents in scarboroughs port
•Scarborough Spa - The early experience of Scarborough's spa waters
•Borough of Scarborough : Its developement
•Scarborough Bathing - descriptions of Scarborough's early spa bathers
•John Parkin - The story of a sailmaker turned bailiff
• Life in Scarborough - descriptions of real life events such as hangings and shipwrecks
•Scarborough in the 1820's - descriptions from John Coles diary of the resort
•Gristhorpe man - The phrenological study of Gristhorpe man in victorian times
• North side Landslip - A landslip in 1880

THE YORKSHIRE COAST - mostly by John Rushton

• Yorkshire Coast Timeline - Maritime heritage events
• Havens on the Yorkshire Coast - The development of North east coast inlets such as Staithes,Whitby, Filae and Scarborough
•Flamborough Head - Instructions to dutch sailors fishing for herring along the east coast in the 1600's
• Saltburn - Henry Peases love of the tiny hamlet turned it into a thriving resort.
• Redcar - The fortunes of the Red Lion pub
• Coatham - A forgotten haven
• Old Filey - A Journal entry describing a climb up the cliffs in 1779.
•Paying rent in herrings - Whitby
•A whitby will - A rich man with a conscience
•Holderness Beacons - The early warning system for preventing the spanish armada invading England
•Canals around Scarborough (discussions amongst traders in the late 1700's)
•Filey - The development of Filey. The first tourists and settlers
•What mariners brought back - some relics in Scarborough and in Whitby's Pannett Museum
•Sea coal - Trading of coal along the yorkshire coast
•Bloodhound trials - a description of Ravenscars bloodhound trials
•Emigration to the new world - Emigration to the New World from the Yorkshire coast

HISTORICAL SOURCES

Newspapers - Historical sources readily available at Scarborough Library
Bibliography - A list of historical sources for Scarboroughs maritime heritage

If you wish to write your own historical article then many sources are available at Scarborough Library. Local newspapers go right back to 1839 on Microfilm. Its really not so difficult. This site is open to articles written by everyone. Personal accounts are a rich source of maritime heritage. They bring to life the world of the fisher people. If you want help and advice on writing articles then contact our webmaster at hairybobby2000@yahoo.co.uk or phone 07790979067.

None of the articles or contents of this webite are necessarily representative of the views or opinions of the SMHC committee or its members. Any individual can submit an article and they are not necessarily edited for content or opinion by the SMHC team.