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 The Grand Hotel at Scarborough Scarborough is a town located on the North Sea coast of North Yorkshire, England. The modern town lies 30 to 70 metres above sea level, on limestone cliffs. The older part of the town lies around the harbour and is protected by a rocky headland. It is served by Scarborough railway station with services from York on the North TransPennine route and Hull on the Yorkshire Coast Line. Image File history File links Dot4gb. ...
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Scarborough and Whitby is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
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York is a city in Northern England, at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. ...
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Scarborough has a population of around 50,000, and is the major holiday resort of the Yorkshire Coast. It is home to residential communities, business, fishing and service industries plus a burgeoning digital and creative economy. The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...
The town has a North Bay and a South Bay. The South Bay is the main focus and contains many arcades and entertainment facilities and is overlooked by the town itself — a vibrant shopping centre. The North Bay has traditionally been 'the quiet end' of the resort and is home to Peasholm Park which has recently been granted funding to be restored to its Japanese-themed glory. The park still features a mock maritime battle (based on the Battle of the River Plate) re-enacted on the boating lake with large model boats and fireworks throughout the summer holiday season. The North Bay Railway is a miniature railway which runs from the park to the Sea Life Centre at Scalby Mills. Combatants Nazi Germany United Kingdom New Zealand Commanders Hans Langsdorff Henry Harwood Strength 1 pocket battleship (Panzerschiffe) Admiral Graf Spee 1 heavy cruiser 2 light cruisers Casualties 1 pocket battleship scuttled 36 killed 1 heavy cruiser Exeter heavily damaged 72 killed The Battle of the River Plate (December 13, 1939...
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The North Bay is linked to the South Bay by an impressive Victorian promenade, built around the headland and soon to be home to the controversial large-scale sculpture The Wave, consisting of "21 steel members, each element a deconstructed section of a wave, which when viewed as an overall composition recreates the wave cycle". Overlooking both bays is Scarborough Castle, which was bombarded by the German warships Derfflinger and von der Tann in the First World War. Both bays have excellent sandy beaches and some superb rock-pooling opportunities at low tide. The keep of Scarborough Castle. ...
Slightly less well known is the South Cliff Promenade situated above the Spa and South Cliff gardens, affording stunning views of the South Bay and old town. Its Victorian splendour is still intact and the mix of quality hotels and desirable apartments form the backdrop to the ITV drama The Royal which can often be seen filming in the area. The South Bay has the largest illuminated "Star Disk" anywhere in the UK. It is 26 metres across and is fitted with subterranean lights representing the 42 brightest stars and major constellations that can be seen from Scarborough in the northern skies. The Royal is a British medical drama. ...
History The town was founded around 966 AD as Skarðaborg by Thorgils Skarthi, a Viking raider, though 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, the new settlement was soon burned to the ground by a rival band of Vikings under Tosti, 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. Scarborough recovered under King Henry II who built a stone castle on the headland, and granted charters in 1155 and 1163, permitting a market on the sands, and establishing rule by Burgesses. Events April 14 or April 30 - Mieszko I, first duke of Poland, baptised a Christian Births Fujiwara no Michinaga, Japanese regent Deaths King Dubh I of Scotland Categories: 966 ...
Thorgils Skarthi (the hare-lipped) (correctly Þorgils Skarði) is described in the Kormáks saga. ...
The term Viking commonly denotes the ship-borne explorers, traders, and warriors of the Norsemen who originated in Scandinavia and raided the coasts of the British Isles, France and other parts of Europe from the late 8th century to the 11th century. ...
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Harald III Sigurdsson (1015 – September 25, 1066), later surnamed Harald Hardråde (Old Norse: Haraldr harðráði, roughly translated as Harald stern council or hard ruler) was the king of Norway from 1047[1] until 1066. ...
This article is about the 11th century census. ...
Events May 25 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo, Spain back from the Moors. ...
Henry II of England (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189) ruled as Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy, and as King of England (1154–1189) and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland[citation needed], eastern Ireland, and western France. ...
Events Frederick I Barbarossa crowned Holy Roman Emperor. ...
// Events Owain Gwynedd is recognized as ruler of Wales. ...
Burgess was originally a freeman of a borough. ...
Edward II gave Scarborough Castle to his favourite, Piers Gaveston. In his castle at Scarborough Gaveston was besieged by the barons, captured and carried to Oxford for execution. Edward II, (April 25, 1284 – September 21, 1327), of Caernarfon, was King of England from 1307 until deposed in January, 1327. ...
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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, the 15th of August, until Michaelmas Day, the 29thSeptember. The Fair continued to be held for 500 years, from the eleventh to the eighteenth century, and is commemorated in the song "Scarborough Fair": The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ...
An arrangement of the first verse of Scarborough Fair Scarborough Fair is a traditional English ballad, as well as a traditional English fair. ...
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An arrangement of the first verse of Scarborough Fair Scarborough Fair is a traditional English ballad, as well as a traditional English fair. ...
- "Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
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Scarborough and its Castle changed hands seven times between royalists and parliamentarians during the English Civil War, of the 1640s, enduring two lengthy and violent sieges. Following the civil war much of the town lay in ruins. The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between Parliamentarians (Roundheads) and Royalists (Cavaliers) from 1642 until 1651. ...
Events and Trends The personal union of the crowns of Spain and Portugal ends due to a revolution in the latter (1640). ...
In 1626, Mrs Elizabeth Farrow discovered a stream of acidic water running from one of the cliffs to the south of the town. This gave birth to Scarborough Spa, and Dr Wittie's book about the Spa waters published in 1660 attracted a flood of visitors to the town. Scarborough Spa became Britain's first seaside resort, though the first rolling bathing machines were not noted on the sands until 1735. The coming of the Scarborough-York railway in 1845 increased the tide of visitors. Events September 30 - Nurhaci, chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty dies and is succeeded by his son Hong Taiji. ...
// Events January 1 - Colonel George Monck with his regiment crosses from Scotland to England at the village of Coldstream and begins advance towards London in support of English Restoration. ...
The bathing machine was a device which flourished in the 19th century to allow people to wade in the ocean at beaches without violating Victorian notions of modesty. ...
Events April 16 - The London premiere of Alcina by George Frideric Handel, his first the first Italian opera for the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. ...
1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
When the Grand Hotel was completed in 1867 it was one of the largest hotels in the world and one of the first giant purpose built hotels in Europe. Four towers represent the seasons, 12 floors represent the months, 52 chimneys represent the weeks and originally 365 bedrooms represented the days of the year. 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
During World War I, the town was bombarded by German warships of the High Seas Fleet, an act which shocked the British. Combatants Allied Powers: British Empire France Italy Russia United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Commanders Ferdinand Foch Georges Clemenceau Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Paul von Hindenburg...
German battlecruiser Derfflinger scuttled at Scapa Flow. ...
In June 1993 Scarborough made headlines around the world when a landslip caused part of the Holbeck Hall Hotel, along with its gardens, to fall into the sea. Although the slip was shored up with rocks, and the land has long since grassed over, evidence of the cliff's collapse remains clearly visible from the Esplanade, near Shuttleworth Gardens. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
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The Holbeck Hall Hotel was a clifftop hotel in Scarborough, England which had scenic views of the sea and surrounding area. ...
Modern Scarborough has a high Latter-day Saints population and there is a Church of the Latter-day Saints situated in the town. A Latter-day Saint is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and should not to be confused with the different, though similar term Latter Day Saint. ...
Culture Dramatist Alan Ayckbourn is based in Scarborough where he has lived for a number of years. He has produced some sixty plays in Scarborough and is the artistic director of the famous Stephen Joseph Theatre, where almost all his plays receive their first performance. The town also plays host to the annual National Student Drama Festival, which takes place at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, the Spa Centre and other venues around the town. Sir Alan Ayckbourn CBE (born April 12, 1939) is a popular and prolific English playwright. ...
The Stephen Joseph Theatre is a theatre in the round in Scarborough that was founded by Stephen Joseph and was the first theatre in the round in Britain. ...
// History The National Student Drama Festival began in 1956 and takes place on a yearly basis in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. ...
The area is also home to hundreds of "artists" working in a wide variety of media and boasts several galleries. The presence of the University of Hull Digital Arts and Yorkshire Coast College's Arts provision in the town help fuel a vibrant music and arts scene.
Arts, business and education collaborate every year to produce Digital Scarborough - a celeberation of the town's digital activities including a wide range of events from business networking to film showings and gigs with dj's and vj's.
The town is home to a significant jazz festival each September and an eclectic rock and pop festival on the beach in the summer which features at least 50% local talent alongside internationally known artistes. In Summer 2005 Scarborough played host to the Sonic Arts Network Expo featuring cutting edge performances and installations. Sonic Arts Network http://www. ...
These fairly recent developments married to a long established museum and visual arts provision hint at Scarborough's desire to re-invent itself as a creative and arts-based town. In 2006 work started on Wood End Museum - former home to the The Sitwells - to convert it into a creative centre including workspace for artists and the digital cluster plus an exhibition space. The town's Rotunda Museum is currently undergoing a £multi-million redevelopment that will see it become a national centre for geology. From left: Edith Sitwell (1887 - 1964), Sir George Sitwell, Lady Ida, Sacheverell Sitwell (1897-1988), and Osbert Sitwell (1892-1969). ...
The films Little Voice and A Chorus of Disapproval were filmed on location in Scarborough and the surrounding area. [1][2] Little Voice is a 1998 British film directed by Mark Herman, and adapted from Jim Cartwrights play The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. ...
Education The town has a small higher education institution, the University of Hull, Scarborough Campus, (formerly North Riding College and University College Scarborough) and is home to Yorkshire Coast College and Scarborough Sixth Form College. The five main public secondary schools in Scarborough are Graham School, Raincliffe School, Scalby School, Pindar School and St. Augustine's Catholic School. There are also two private schools, Scarborough College (from 3yrs to 18yrs) and Bramcote (from 7yrs to 13yrs). Scarborough College recently abolished A-levels and next year will go over to the International Baccalaureate (IB). The University of Hull Scarborough Campus is a higher education institution in the North Yorkshire town of Scarborough - and (as its name suggests) a remote campus of the University of Hull. ...
// Background Scarborough Sixth Form College is located on the outskirts of Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. ...
Education in Scarborough is notable for its commitment to the digital economy with 2006 seeing the formation of the University of Hull's School of Arts and New Media at the Scarborough Campus. Scarborough is the UK mainland's first wireless campus.
Sport The Scarborough Amateur Rowing Club was founded in May 1869, and is the oldest surviving Rowing Club on the North East Coast. For more than 100 years sea rowing has taken place on the Yorkshire coast between the Tees and the Humber, beginning with friendly rivalry between the fisherman and the jet miners from Blyth (sometimes known as the German Ocean Race) the sport has progressed to what it is today. Rowing takes place throughout the summer months.
Scarborough Football Club was the first team to be promoted into the league after the dismissal of a rule stating that teams in the league could choose whether or not the team having come top of what is now the Conference should be promoted. Scarborough Football Club was then relegated from Division 3, (now Coca-Cola league 2) in 2001. They were then relegated from the Conference down to the Conference North in 2006. One of their greatest achievements was winning the FA trophy at Wembley stadium. Their best achievement in the FA cup was in January 2004, when they played Chelsea in the 4th round. They lost this match 1-0, with John Terry scoring the goal from a header. Scarborough Football Club are an English football team currently playing in the Nationwide Conference. ...
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Fred Feast (October 5, 1929 - June 25, 1999) was a British actor, born in Scarborough. ...
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Mark Richardson (born on 28 May 1970, in Leeds, Yorkshire, England) is the drummer for British rock group Feeder. ...
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Joel Ross (born Joel Hogg in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, 31st May 1977) is a British radio DJ. Along with Jason King (known on air as JK), he presents the coveted UK Top 40 show on BBC Radio 1 each Sunday. ...
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From left: Edith Sitwell (1887 - 1964), Sir George Sitwell, Lady Ida, Sacheverell Sitwell (1897-1988), and Osbert Sitwell (1892-1969). ...
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