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Scarborough - Town and South Bay

Scarborough - Town and South Bay
The Grand Hotel
HFF from the Grand Hotel, Scarborough

St. Mary's Church
Midday plus eight

Scarborough Castle
Great Tower and castle walls from the barbican - Scarborough Castle (1 x PiP)

Scarborough Lighthouse
Scarborough Harbour Reflections 2

Scarborough Harbour
Safe Haven below the castle walls Scarborough


Scarlborough Early History

Scarborough was reportedly founded around 966 AD as Skarðaborg by Thorgils Skarthi, a Viking raider, though there is no archaeological evidence to support these claims, made during the 1960s, as part of a pageant of Scarborough events. The origin of this belief is a fragment of an Icelandic Saga. In the 4th century there had briefly been a Roman signal station on Scarborough headland and there is evidence of much earlier Stone Age and Bronze Age settlements. However any new settlement was soon burned to the ground by a rival band of Vikings under Tosti (Tostig Godwinson), Lord of Falsgrave, and Harald III of Norway. The destruction and massacre meant that very little remained to be recorded in the Domesday survey of 1085. The original inland village of Falsgrave (now part of Scarborough) was also Saxon rather than Viking.

Scarborough recovered under King Henry II, who built an *Angevin stone castle on the headland and granted the town charters in 1155 and 1163, permitting a market on the sands and establishing rule by burgesses. Edward II granted Scarborough Castle to his favourite, Piers Gaveston. The castle was subsequently besieged by forces led by the barons Percy, Warenne, Clifford and Pembroke. Gaveston was captured and taken to Oxford and thence to Warwick Castle for execution.

*The Angevins were a royal house of French origin that ruled England in the 12th and early 13th centuries; its monarchs were Henry II, Richard I and John.

In the Middle Ages Scarborough Fair, permitted in a royal charter of 1253, held a six-week trading festival attracting merchants from all over Europe. It ran from Assumption Day, 15 August, until Michaelmas Day, 29 September. The fair continued to be held for 500 years, from the 13th to the 18th century, and is commemorated in the song Scarborough Fair:

Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
—parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme....

Celia Pavey - Scarborough Fair (with lyrics)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9_bluYa9Xc

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 Doug Shepherd
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Many thanks for your generous comments Tanja, much appreciated. Unfortunately my time for photography is short at the moment, hence my dipping into the archives;-(
3 years ago.
 Cheryl Kelly (cher12861 on flickr)
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Superb series!
3 years ago.
 Doug Shepherd
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Glad you like the series Cheryl, thank you.

All the best, Doug
3 years ago.
 Günter Klaus
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Wow,da hast du eine richtig schöne Aufnahme gemacht lieber Doug,herrlich ist dieser Anblick und mir gefällt msehr gut,wie du im Vordergrund diese Büsche und Gräser mit reingenommen hast :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Nachmittag,ganz liebe Grüße Güni :))
2 years ago.
 Doug Shepherd
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Thanks so much for your very kind comment Güni, always appreciated.

Wishing you a good evening, Doug
2 years ago.

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