Scarborough embraces so many interesting objects, that it is difficult to distinguish their value and importance. The new pier is a work of astonishing magnitude. Its foundation is sixty feet in breadth, and at the curvature, where there is the greatest force of the sea, it is sixty-three feet. The breadth at the top is forty- two feet, and the elevation of the pier forty feet. The ponderous rocks used in building this pier were taken from a quarry called the White Nab, about two miles distant; a great natural curiosity, and worthy of observation. The Rev. Mark Foster, in his poem entitled Scarborough, has given a fine description of the pier:

— "Shooting thro’ the deep,

The mole immense expands its massy arms

And forms a spacious haven. Loud the winds

Murmur around, impatient of controul,

And lash and foam and thunder. Vain their rage,

Compacted by its hugeness, every stone

With central firmness rests."

The view of Scarborough from the sea is thus expressed:

"The gazing seaman here entranced stands,

Whilst fair unfolding from her concave slope,

He Scarborough views. The sandy pediment

First gently rais’d above the wat’ry plain,

Embraces wide the waves, the lower domes

Next lift their heads: then swiftly roof o’er roof,

With many a weary step the streets arise

Testudinous, till half o’ercorae the cliff,

A swelling fabric, dear to heaven, aspires

Majestic even in ruin."

This alludes to St. Mary’s church. The town is well built, and various circumstances concur to render it a charming slimmer retreat. The principal streets in the upper town are spacious, and well paved with excellent flagged footways on each side, and the houses have in general a handsome appearance. The new buildings on the cliff stand almost unrivalled in respect to situation, having in front a beautiful terrace, elevated near a hundred feet above the level of the sands.

The celebrated mineral waters here owed their discovery to the following circumstance: "Mrs. Farrow, a sensible and intelligent lady, about the year 1620 used to walk along the shore, and observing that the stones over which the waters passed received a russet colour; and having an acid taste and taking a purple tincture from galls, thought probably they might have a medicinal property. Having therefore made an experiment herself, and persuaded others to do the same, it was found efficacious in some complaints, and became the usual physic of the inhabitants. It was afterwards in great reputation with the citizens of York, and was so generally recommended, that at length several persons came from a great distance to drink it, preferring it even to the Italian, French, and German spas." Such was the origin of this famous fountain of health.

The spas consist of two wells; the north, or chalybeate well; the south, or saline well.

No place on the British coast affords a situation more commodious for bathing than Scarborough. The sand is clear, smooth, and level, and the inclination of the beach scarcely perceptible. No considerable river dilutes the brine, nor is the beach so extensive as to be uncomfortably hot under a summer’s sun. The sea in the month of August is many degrees cooler than at Brighton, and possibly than at Weymouth, or any place southward of the Thames.

The parish church of St. Mary was formerly a spacious and magnificent pile. The ruins in the eastern part of the church-yard, the dismembered appearance of the western end, the subterraneous arches, and the great quantity of foundation stones discovered in the new burial-ground, sufficiently prove that the church in its present state is only a small part of a vast edifice which may have formed both that and the Cistertian Abbey. The present steeple at the east end occupies the former place of the transept tower. The Independents, the Baptists, Friends, and Roman Catholics, have their respective places here for religious exercises. Scarborough had formerly three other churches.

The ancient and stupendous castle here was once the glory, and its venerable ruins are yet the ornament, of Scarborough. These are situated at the eastern end of the town, on a promontory 300 feet high on the southern, and 330 on the northern side, above the level of the sea, presenting a vast range of perpendicular rock completely inaccessible. Its western aspect also presents a high, steep, and rocky slope, commanding the town and bay. The level area at the top of the hill contains upwards of nineteen acres of excellent soil, gently sloping near twenty feet. Here are two batteries on the southern, and one on the northern side of the castle-yard. The approach to the castle is by a gateway on the summit of a narrow isthmus on the western side, above the town. Without the ditch is an out-work, which was the ancient Barbican. At a small distance within the gate is the drawbridge, and under it a very deep fosse, extending along the whole line of the wall. Within the drawbridge is an easy ascent to the Keep or Dungeon, a very lofty square tower, the walls of which are twelve feet thick. The numerous semicircular towers upon the embattled wall on the western side, with apertures from whence arrows and other missiles were discharged, are falling rapidly into decay. Upon the whole, this ancient castle, before the invention of artillery, was absolutely impregnable.

The trade of Scarborough, notwithstanding the convenience of its port, is on a contracted scale. The exports consist chiefly of corn, butter in firkins, hams, bacon, and salt fish. The imports are coals from Newcastle and Sunderland, groceries from London; timber, deals, hemp, flax, and iron, from the Baltic; brandy and geneva from France and Holland. The fishery on the Scarborough coast has been in a declining state for some years. Another impediment to the commerce of this place has been the want of a communication with the interior of the country by water. The markets are held twice a week, on Thursday and Saturday. The population, by the return of 1811, was 6,573 for Scarborough, and 357 for Falsgrave, exclusive of its fluctuating number of seamen, supposed about 500. The climate is not only healthy, but Scarborough is remarkable for the longevity of several of its inhabitants. The celebrated spa here, however, has been one of the chief supports of this place, as it undoubtedly possesses benefits above the fluctuating revenues of commerce.

Here it may be proper to remark, that by a singular accident which occurred in December 1737, this remarkable spa had like to have been lost. It is situated about a quarter of a mile from the town, on the sands, and fronting the sea to the east, under a high cliff; the back of it, west: the top of the cliff being above the high water level fifty-four yards. The staith or wharf projecting before the spa-house, was a large body of stone-work bound by timbers, and was a fence against the sea for the security of the house. It was seventy-six feet long and fourteen feet high, and in weight, by computation, 2463 tons. The house and buildings were upon a level with the staith, at the north end of which and near adjoining to it, upon a small rise above the level sands, and at the foot of the stairs that lead up to the top of the said staith, and to the house, were the spa-wells. On Wednesday, December 28, in the morning, a great crack was heard from the cellar of the spa-house, and, upon search, the cellar was found rent; but, at that time no farther notice was taken of it. The night following another crack was heard; and in the morning the inhabitants were surprised to see the strange posture it stood in, and got several gentlemen to view it, who, being of opinion the house could not stand long, advised them to get out their goods; but they still continued in it. On Thursday following, between two and three in the afternoon, another crack was heard, and the top of the cliff behind it rent two hundred and twenty-four yards in length, and thirty-six in breadth, and was all in motion, slowly descending; and so continued till dark. The ground thus rent contained about an acre of pasture land, and had cattle feeding upon it, and was on a level with the main land, but sunk near seventeen yards perpendicular. The sides of the cliff nearest the spa stood as before, but were rent and broken in many places, and forced forward to the sea. The ground, when sunk, lay upon a level, and the cattle next morning were still feeding on it, the main land being as a wall on the west, and some part of the side of the cliff as a wall to the east; but the whole, to view, gave such a confused prospect, as could hardly be described. The rent of the top of the cliff aforesaid, from the main land, was two hundred and twenty-four yards. The rent continued from each end down the side of the cliff to the sands, was measured on the sands from one end to the other, one hundred and sixty-eight yards: to wit, sixty-eight south of the staith and spa wells, and one hundred to the north of the spa. As the ground sunk, the earth or sand, on which the people used to walk under the cliff, rose upwards out of its natural position, for above one hundred yards in length, on each side of the staith, north and south; and was in some places six, and in others seven, yards above its former level. The spa-wells rose with it; but as soon as it began to rise, the water at the spa- well ceased running and was gone. The ground thus risen was twenty-six yards broad; the staith, which was computed at 2463 tons, rose, entire and whole, twelve feet higher than its former position; (but rent a little in the front), and was forced forwards towards the sea twenty yards.

The most reasonable account then given for this phenomenon, and the occasion of the destruction of the staith and spa-house, and the loss for some time of the spa-spring, is as follows: —When this staith, or wharf, was lately rebuilt (it being thrown down by the violence of the sea), Mr. Vincent, engineer for the building of the new pier at Scarborough, was desired to rebuild this staith, at the spa; and, digging a trench to lay the foundation thereof, with great difficulty cleared it of water; and, when he had done it, could at several parts thereof, very easily stick his cane or stick up to the handle; from whence it is concluded, that all the earth under the staith was of a porous, spongy, swampy nature, and was much the same below the foundation of the spa-house, and all under the sides of the cliff adjoining, as well north as south. Allowing this to be the fact: the solid earth, sinking on the top of the cliff as before-mentioned (which was of so vast a weight, as by computation to amount to 261, 360 tons), pressing gradually upon and into the swampy boggy earth beneath it, would of course, and did, raise the earth and sands, as before noticed, and so effect the mischief that has been particularized. But, fortunately for the town, after a diligent search, and clearing away the ruins, the spa- spring was again discovered; and on trial they found the water rather improved than impaired by the disaster. And it has since been in a more flourishing condition than ever.

The proverb of a Scarborough warning, which denotes a sudden surprize, did not take its rise from this event, but from the seizing of its castle by Thomas Stafford, with a handful of men, in the reign of Queen Mary I. when the town had no notice of his approach, and was therefore unprovided for its defence.

Scarborough, it has been observed, possesses the double attraction of sea-bathing and mineral waters; and though not so fashionably frequented as some others, it contains more votaries of health than of dissipation among its visitors. Scarborough Castle had a stately tower, which served as a land-mark to mariners; but as it was much injured in the wars between Charles the First and his Parliament, the whole now presents a bold picturesque mass of ruins. A barrack in the centre of the line wall is capable of holding 120 men. The air of this spot is remarkably pure and piercing; and it also commands a beautiful birds-eye view of the town, shipping, and the German Ocean constantly traversed by innumerable sails. The pier is very commodious, and the harbour being one of the best in this part of the kingdom, is much resorted to in stormy weather, by the vessels navigating the coast. The flame from the light-house adjoining is apparent every night as soon as there are twelve feet of water in the harbour. The ships belonging to the place are chiefly employed in the Baltic and coal trade. Corn, dried flesh, and other articles, are exported coastways. The fisheries for ling, cod, haddock, soles, turbot, and herrings, are very considerable, and employ many hands, and about fifteen hundred sea-faring people are employed in the town and port. A manufactory of sail-cloth, three rope- walks, and several ship-yards, are to be found here; and from the latter, vessels of 600 tons have been launched.

The sudden tides and short breakings of the sea, which often come with great impetuosity, render it advisable to employ both guides and machines. Morning, as at other places, is the usual time for bathing and drinking the waters. The shore is a fine hard sand, and during low water is much frequented by the company, for walking or riding.

For warm sea-water bathing, a very neat and commodious suite of rooms has been lately established on the cliff, by Messrs. Wilson and Traves, surgeons. The terms are three shillings for the bath, and sixpence for the attendant. Dr. Thompson is the resident physician. Here is likewise a shower-bath and every necessary accommodation.

The spa is about a quarter of a mile south of the town, on the sands, at the foot of a high cliff. This spa, consisting of two wells, was discovered about two centuries ago, and it has been in high reputation ever since. One of the wells is more purgative, and the other more chalybeate; the latter being nearest the town, is called the chalybeate spring, and the other the purgative. The aperient, is that which is generally called the Scarborough water; at the fountain they have both a brisk pungent chalybeate taste, but the purgative is also rather bitter; the quantity usually drank, is from two to four pints. These waters are found effectual in hectic fevers, weaknesses of the stomach and indigestion, in all relaxations of the system, nervous, hysteric, and hypochondriacal disorders; in the green sickness, scurvy, rheumatism, and asthma; in gleets, fluor albus, and other preternatural evacuations, and in habitual costiveness.

A person under the name of governor resides during the season at the spa, and receives a subscription of seven shillings and sixpence from each person, one- third of which is appropriated to the water-servers, the rest to the corporation for the repairs of the place. From the purgative well, salts are prepared, which are much esteemed as a gentle aperient. The heat of these springs is between forty-five and forty-six degrees, or five less than the mean heat of springs in general.

Though lodgings are numerous, they are frequently well filled at a customary rate, rising from ten shillings and sixpence to fifteen shillings for a room, and half that price for servants’ apartments; but the proprietors will not break their suites of rooms whilst there is any prospect of letting them entire. The principal lodging- houses are on the cliff, most of which have full sea views; in Harding’s-row, Newborough-street, Long- room-street, Tanner-street, Albion-place, Queen- street, &c. At the numerous boarding-houses servants are provided for at half price. Provisions of all kinds, especially fish, are cheap at Scarborough. The principal inns are the Black Bull without the gates; the New Inn, the George, Newborough Arms, Blacksmith's Arms, and Talbot, Queen-street; and the Golden Bull, High-street. All these are posting- houses, though several other persons let horses for hire. At the coffee-house the corner of Tanner-street the newspapers may be read for a very moderate subscription. The assembly-room is annexed to the hotel, which is large and commodious. Here is also a neat theatre, and the taste for the elegant amusements of the stage is said to be very prevalent here.

There are also three circulating libraries, to which the subscription is very moderate; and an industrious gardener has laid out his grounds, which are of considerable extent, in walks, to which any person subscribing two shillings and sixpence may be admitted for the season. Here those who are fond of fruit may purchase it fresh on the spot.

Among the amusements of the visitors here, fishing as well as sailing is considered not the least; apparatus for sea-fishing may be readily procured, with proper attendants. Those who prefer angling, may have recourse to the Derwent, about a mile from the town, which abounds with trout, pike, &c. and permission is seldom refused on application to the proprietors. The most fashionable promenades are on the sands both to the north and south of the town. Excursions are also often made to Hackness-hall, the seat of the late Sir Richard Bempte Johnson, Bart. in a retired valley about six miles from Scarborough; to Wickham, a spacious house built on the site of an old abbey, belonging to Mrs. Langley. Brompton is the residence of Sir George Cayley, Bart.: these and Scampston, the favourite seat of the late Sir William St. Quintin, may all be seen in a morning’s ride. Parties also are frequently made to Castle-Howard, the seat of the Earl of Carlisle, twenty-six miles distant. Duncomb-park, another seat built by Vanburgh, lies thirty miles from Scarborough. The family have embellished it with the finest productions of art. Among other curious objects, is the dog of Alcibiades, finely executed in marble, originally brought from Rome by the late Mr. Jennings.

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SCARBOROUGH is a fashionable watering place, large and well-built town, and a municipal and parliamentary borough, and is also a parish and the head of a union and a county court district, in the Whitby division of the Riding, East Pickering Lythe petty sessional division, rural deanery of Scarborough, archdeaconry of the East Riding and diocese of York, distant from London 231 miles by rail, Beverley 45 ¼, Bridlington 22 ¾, Driffield 34 ½ north, Derby 130 ½, Filey 9 ½ north-west, Harrogate 60 ½, Hull 53 ½, Knaresborough 59 ½, Leeds 76 ¾, Liverpool 149, Malton 21, Normanton 67 ¼, Pickering 22 ½ west, Sheffield 95 ¾, Thirsk 49 west, York 42 ¾ north-east. Scarborough is approached by the North Eastern Railway, which has a direct line from York via Malton and also communication with Filey Bridlington, Driffield, Beverley and Hull; a line from Scarborough to Whitby, opened in 1885, completes the coast line northwards to Middlesbrough: a branch line has been opened from Seamer to Pickering, connecting the line between Malton and Thirsk via Helmsley and Gilling.

The borough was incorporated by Henry II. whose charter was confirmed and extended by succeeding monarchs; under the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 (5 and 6 Wm. IV. c. 76) the town is now governed by a mayor, six aldermen and eighteen councillors. Quarter sessions are held for the borough and petty sessions are also held here. The borough is divided into six wards, the municipal and parliamentary boundaries being conterminous: the borough returned two members to Parliament from 23 Edward I. (1295), but under the provisions of the “Redistribution of seats Act, 1885,” the number was reduced to one. The town in partly lighted with gas, supplied by the Scarborough Gas Co., formed in 1836 and incorporated in 1851, from their works at Falsgrave, erected in 1873; there is also an Electric supply Co. Ltd. which provides electricity for lighting and other purposes, from their works at Falsgrave: the water supply is derived from the valley of the Derwent, from whence it is obtained by a system of artesian wells and pumping stations situated at Irton, Cayton and Cayton Bay; the town has also a system of drainage; the main outfall, 5 feet in diameter, discharging into the sea at a point 1 ¼ miles north of the town. The Scarborough Tramway Co. has laid down an electric tramway through most of the important thoroughfares, and cars have now been running since 21 May, 1904.

Scarborough is situated on the north and south sides of a rocky promontory, jutting out into the North sea and forming two unequal bays, and is sheltered from the north and east winds by a lofty headland, nearly 300 feet in height, called “the scaur,” the huge craggy cliffs of which render it almost inaccessible: on the top of this rock is a green plain of about 19 acres, on which stood the noble castle, now in ruins. The streets of the older part of the town, immediately below the castle, rise in tiers from the shore in the form of an amphitheatre: the modern town extending to the south and north-west consists of two principal thoroughfares, uniting at Palsgrave, beyond the railway station, and a large number of streets, proceeding from these at right angles. The peculiar situation of the town on both sides of the promontory gives it the effect of two watering places in one. The sea Wall and Marine Drive, constructed in 1904 round the Castle hill, at a cost of about £100,000, connects the North and south Marine Drives, and forms a continuous thoroughfare from the spa to Peasholme of nearly three miles in extent. The sands on either side are extensive, and afford excellent bathing: there are pleasure steamers and boats of all kinds, and the amusements on shore, especially during the season, are as varied as they are abundant: the place is also much frequented on account of its spa, or mineral springs, discovered in 1660, and still maintaining a high reputation, and the air is singularly fine and bracing.

The promenade pier, on the North sands, opened 1 May, 1869, was destroyed by a great storm on 7 Jan. 1905. The north side has been greatly improved by the addition of the Clarence Gardens and Royal Albert Drive, opened in 1890, at a cost of upwards of £50,000; and comprising pleasure grounds with flower beds, an orchestral pavilion, and a rustic bridge connecting two of the embankments: the whole of the paths slope to the foreshore and terminate in the promenade and road called the “Royal Albert Drive”: a band performs in the pavilion twice daily during the season.

The Southernmost part of the town is separated from the Test by a deep and picturesque ravine, beautifully laid out and planted, and spanned by two elegant bridges.

The Cliff bridge, for foot passengers only, crosses the Ramsdale Valley from St. Nicholas cliff to the spa and is a graceful structure, erected in 1827, 414 feet in length by 13 ½ wide, with an adjoining toll bridge on the landward side: both the bridge as well as the spa, promenade and pleasure grounds, to which it gives access, belong to a public company. The promenade, from the entrance at the bridge to the terminal point on the sands, is about one-third of a mile in length and is protected by a sea wall of rough hewn sandstone: at each end is an ornamental pavilion for the band, which plays every morning and evening during the season.

Ramsdale Valley bridge, crossing the same valley a little farther inland, was opened in July, 1865, and purchased by the Corporation in 1891: it is a handsome structure, consisting of three spans of 180 feet each, formed of wrought iron trellis girders, and is approached by four stone arches of 30 feet each: its total length is 800 feet: the centre rises about 80 feet above the level of the valley.

An inclined tramway or lift, 300 feet long, with a decline of one in three, and worked by hydraulic power, was constructed in 1874, at a cost of £8,000, to convey passengers to and from the spa and sands and the top of south cliff: and near the Grand Hotel is the Central tramway, laid down in 1881.

The Spa.-The first spa buildings, erected in 1700, were destroyed in 1735 by an irruption of the sea, and in 1737 were almost entirely swept away by a landslip; in 1739 they were rebuilt, but in 1808 and 1825 were again laid waste by high tides; in 1827, simultaneously with the building of the Cliff bridge, another spa was erected; this however, was wrecked by a violent storm in 1836, and was not renewed till 1839, when the present sea wall was constructed; in 1858 a large hall, designed by the late Sir Joseph Paxton, with other buildings, was added, but the ball being destroyed by fire in 1876, new spa buildings were erected in 1877—80 at a cost of about £70,000, from the designs of Messrs. Verity and Hunt, architects, of London; these are in the Italian style, and consist of a central block with domed towers at the angles, and north and south wings of lower elevation, the whole front on the ground floor being surrounded by an open verandah, bordered with flower beds; the buildings comprise a large and lofty hall, with a spacious gallery on three sides and an orchestra, and will hold 3,000 persons; there is also a theatre, 100 by 60 feet, a well appointed restaurant with dining and billiard rooms, a cafe and shops: the flat roof of the principal block also forms a terrace of considerable extent, from which delightful seaward views are obtained. The spa consists of two medicinal springs, situated some feet below the surface, at the northern end of the promenade and reached by a flight of stone steps: they are said to have been discovered by a lady named Farrar in 1620, and are of chalybeate and saline character.

The People’s Palace and Aquarium, near the Cliff bridge, built in 1877, at a cost of over £120,000, on a site granted by the Corporation, is a subterranean building in the Indian style, from designs by Mr. Eugene Birch, architect, of London: the building is about 500 feet in length and 250 in width and covers an area of 3 acres, and includes a monkey house and aviary, a series of caverns and a grotto, constructed under the direction of Mr. Phillips, artist, and there is now a spacious swimming bath, 75 by 2.5 feet, a large refreshment room, with billiard tables, a dancing pavilion and several manor attractions.

The principal hotels are the Grand and the Royal on St. Nicholas cliff; the Prince of Wales and the Crown on the Esplanade; the Pavilion, near the railway station; the Balmoral, late Bull, hotel, and the George in the main thoroughfare; the Salisbury, in Huntriss row, and the Castle, in Queen street.

The Harbour, at the eastern end of the south sands, is formed by three piers projecting from the foot of the Castle hill, which provide an inner and outer harbour: the east or outer pier, constructed of massive blocks of rough hewn stone, is segmental in form, and shelters both harbours, which are dry at low water: the middle or Vincent’s pier, dividing the old and new harbours, includes a Lighthouse, in which a flash-light signal is exhibited every eight seconds whenever there is twelve feet of water at the end of the pier. Here is the harbour master’s office. The west pier, forming the boundary of the old harbour on that side, is chiefly devoted to the fish trade, and has large sheds: at the shore end of the west pier a block of offices have been erected, which are occupied by fish salesmen and the various railway companies. The lifeboat station is in the Foreshore road.

The number of fishing boats registered under Part IV. of the “Merchant shipping Act, 1899,” on Dec. 31, 1911, was 202 of 2,232 tonnage, requiring 677 men and boys to work them. The number of vessels registered as belonging to the port, Dec. 31, 1911, was 35 of 1,400 tons.

In 1911 in the general coasting trade 225 vessels, of 64,056 tons, entered the port with cargoes and in ballast and 226 of 63,436 tonnage cleared.

In 1911 75,152 cwts. of herrings of the value of £39,975 were exported.

The ancient churches of St. Clement, St. Helen, St. Nicholas, St. Sepulchre and St. Thomas have wholly disappeared, but the sites of some of these are still indicated in the names of modern streets.

The parish church of St. Mary, standing on the upper part of the hilly promontory on which the old town is built, is an ancient edifice of stone, formerly belonging to a monastic house established here in the reign of King Richard I. and confirmed to the Cistercians in the 13th Edward I. 1285, previously to which it had been in the gift of the king: the church was originally about 240 feet in length, and consisted of choir with aisles, nave of six bays, with south and two north aisles, four gabled chapels projecting from the south aisle, transepts, south porch with parvise, and a central and two western towers, all having spires: in the history of the fabric each period of ecclesiastical architecture can be traced, from the Transitional Norman of the time of Stephen to the Perpendicular of the reign of Richard II.: of the choir, destroyed during the siege at the time of the great Rebellion, only portions of the eastern walls now remain: the nave is without triforium, but has an Early English clerestory: the northern arcade and two bays on the Bouth side are Transition Norman, the rest Early English: the south transept (now used as a vestry) belongs to the Transitional Decorated period and has bold angle buttresses, surmounted by crocketed pinnacles: the spacious stone porch retains its parvise, and has stone seats: adjoining and projecting equally is the chapel of St. Mary; next follow in order the chapels of St. James the Great, St. John the Baptist and St. Stephen, but these three are shallower and in a line with each other: all the chapels have massive stone-ribbed groining and are roofed with stone slabs disposed in ridges, and several retain piscinae, aumbries and founders’ tombs: the central embattled tower, erected in 1669, contains a fine peal of 8 bells, shown in the Great Exhibition of 1851, and a clock, erected in 1856, at a cost of about £200: the organ was built in 1870 at a cost of £1,050: the lower stage of both the Early English western towers remains, but in each case has been built across by modern buttresses erected to support the west front: in the church are over 100 small modern brass inscriptions, chiefly on the walls, and similar brasses are found on many tombs in the churchyard: there were probably cloisters adjoining the church: on the Restoration of Charles II. a brief was issued by the king to restore the church; the choir, however, was never rebuilt: in 1850 the whole church was restored, under the direction of Mr. Ewan Christian, at a cost of £8,000: a churchyard, crowded with tombstones, surrounds the church on all sides, but is divided by paths into eight irregular inclosed portions, the easternmost of which, separated from the rest by a road, contains the grave of Anne Bronte (Acton Bell), authoress of “Agnes Grey,” and third daughter of the Rev. Patrick Bronte, incumbent of Howarth, Yorks; she died May 28, 1849, aged 28: the church has 1,550 sittings. The living is a vicarage in the gift of the Archbishop of York, net yearly value £482, with residence, and held since 1913 by the Rev. Cecil Henry Hamilton Cooper M.A. of Keble College, Oxford.

Christ Church (a chapel of ease), in Vernon place, is an elegant structure, erected about 1829, in the Gothic style of the 13th century, partly by private subscription and partly by the Commissioners for building churches: it consists of chancel, added in 1873, nave and aisles and a western tower with pinnacles containing a clock and one bell; it was enlarged in 1873 by the erection of a chancel at a cost of £3,000: there are sittings for 1,300 persons, of which over 600 are free.

St. Paul’s Mission Chapel, erected in 1879, at a cost of £1,600, has 300 sittings.

St. Johns Mission Chapel, in St. Sepulchre street, was erected in 1884 at a cost of £3,426, and will seat about 400.

St. Columba Mission Chapel, in Dean road, erected in 1907, is an iron structure, and will seat about 200.

St. James’s church, Seamer road, was erected in 1885, at a cost of £2,000, as a mission chapel, in the parish of All Saints: in 1893 a district was assigned by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and the church enlarged and consecrated on St. James’ day, 1894, by the Archbishop of York; it now consists of chancel, nave and aisles, and affords 300 sittings. The register dates from the year 1893. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £230, in the gift of the Archbishop of York, and held since 1910 by the Rev. Arnold Pawson M.A. of Cains College, Cambridge.

Holy Trinity is an ecclesiastical parish, formed Aug. 22, 1882: the church in Westbourne grove, erected in 1879, at a cost of £17,366, is a building of Hackness stone with freestone dressings, in the Gothic style of the 13th century, from designs by the late Mr. Ewan Christian, and consists of apsidal chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles and a western tower with spire: the east window is stained: the church affords 820 sittings. The register dates from the year 1879. The living is a perpetual curacy, net yearly value £450, in the gift of trustees, and held since 1906 by the Rev. Charles William Arden Clarke M.A. of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

The Victoria Memorial Hall was erected in 1903 in memory of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, and is used for mission, parish and other purposes; it cost about £2,000, and will seat 400 persons.

The ecclesiastical parish of St. Martin-on-the-Hill was formed in 1863; the church, consecrated in 1863, is an edifice of stone, in the late Early English style, from designs by G. F. Bodley esq. B.A. and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, north chapel, north and south porches, vestry and a western tower, 100 feet in height; a new organ, reredos of oak and alabaster, and a rood screen, all designed by Mr. Bodley have teen provided since 1889: there are 1,100 sittings. The register dates from the year 1863. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £614, with residence, in the gift of trustees, and held since 1889 by the Ven. Charles Coleridge Mackarness M.A. of Exeter College, Oxford, archdeacon of the East Riding, and canon and prebendary of York.

St. Michael’s mission chapel, Wheatcroft, erected in 1879, at a cost of £1,068, is a structure of brick with stone dressings in the Gothic style, and affords 250 sittings.

St. saviour’s ecclesiastical parish was formed in March, 1904: the church, in Gladstone road, is a structure of red brick with sandstone dressings, in the Early English style, consisting of north aisle only, and was consecrated in 1902. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £167, in the gift of the Archbishop of York, and held since 1902 by the Rev. William Frechville Ramsden M.A. of Christ Church, Oxford.

St. Thomas’s ecclesiastical parish was formed Aug. 27, 1844; the church, in East Sandgate, erected in 1840, is a building of red brick, consisting of small chancel, nort\. aisle, nave and a turret at the east end containing one bell: the church was repaired in 1889, at a cost of £750, and affords 676 sittings. The register dates from the year 1832. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £155, with residence, in the gift of the vicar of Scarborough, and held since 1911 by the Rev. Harold. Frederic Edward Wigram M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge.

The Catholic church, in Castle road, dedicated to St. Peter, was opened in 1858, and is a building of stone, in the Gothic style, consisting of apsidal chancel, clerestoried nave of five bays, aisles terminated by chapels, north porch and an unfinished tower: all the windows are stained, and the church will seat about 600 persons.

A new Catholic church, to be dedicated to St. Edward the Confessor, is now (1913) in course of erection on the south cliff: the building is in the Romanesque style, and is designed to seat 350 persons.

There are Baptist, Congregational, Wesleyan, Wesleyan Association Methodist and Unitarian chapels and places of worship for Plymouth Brethren and the society of Friends.

The Bar Congregational chapel, built in 1851, is a large building of stone, in the Early Decorated style, and affords 1,100 sittings. The south Cliff Congregational chapel, opened in 1868, is a stone building, in the Early Decorated style, consisting of nave, aisles and a lofty tower, with spire 170 feet in height and will seat 1,050 persons. The Congregational chapel in Manor road, erected in 1899, is a red brick building with stone facings, in the Gothic style, and has sittings for 350 persons. Ebenezer Baptist chapel in Long Westgate, built in 1827, has sittings for about 400 persons; Albemarle Baptist chapel, in Albemarle crescent, erected in 1865, is an edifice in the Geometric Decorated style, with a tower and spire reaching a height of 110 feet, and has 670 sittings. The Baptist chapel in Columbus ravine was erected in 1910 to seat 640 persons.

The Primitive Methodist chapel in St. Sepulchre street, rebuilt in 1856, seats about 1,200 persons. The chapel in Aberdeen walk, opened in 1861, will seat 1,040. The chapel in St. John’s road, built in 1879, at a cost of £2,400, affords 850 sittings. Gladstone Road chapel, built in 1881, at a cost of about £1,800, has 400 sittings. Seamer Road chapel, built in 1904, has 560 sittings.

The Claremont United Methodist chapel, in the Castle road, built in 1860, will seat 1,000 persons. The Wesleyan Centenary chapel, Queen street, opened in 1840, is a plain rectangular structure of tone, and has 1,300 sittings.

The Westborongh Wesleyan chapel, opened in 1836, is a large and handsome building in the Italian style, with a stone portico in front, and will seat about 1,300 persons.

The south Cliff Wesleyan chapel, opened in July, 1886 is a building in the Gothic style, erected at a cost of £7,560, from the designs of Messrs. Morley and Woodhouse, architects, of Bradford, and will seat 680 persons; the chapel was renovated in 1904, and an oak chancel screen erected.

Falsgrave Wesleyan chapel, a building of stone in the Gothic style, was erected in 1879, at a cost of about £3,000.

The Unitarian chapel, in Westborough, near the railway station, erected in 1876, is a building of fed brick, with stone facings, in the French Gothic style, and has 250 sittings.

Thera are salvation Army barracks in Alma parade, holding 1,500 persons.

The Cemetery, formed in 1857, from a plot of ground on the north-west side of the town and covering 12 acres, was enlarged in 1872 by the addition of 10 acres situated on the other side of the roadway, and connected with the older portion by a bridge and the whole grounds are beautifully laid out with flower beds, trees and shrubs; there are two chapels of stone, in the late Gothic style, from designs by Mr. J. P. Pritchett, architect, of Darlington, one of which is consecrated; the two buildings are connected by a stone groined archway, from which rises a tower with spire. There is also a small chapel, designed by Mr. F. A. Tugwell A.R.I.B.A. in the new part of the cemetery, which is under the control of a burial board of nine members.

The Court House is in Castle road, and here the quarter sessions are held.

The Town Hall, in St. Nicholas street, was formerly a mansion, but has been altered and enlarged for the transaction of most of the official business of the town; the building contains offices for the town clerk, borough surveyor, borough accountant, education department, water engineer and Tate collectors: but the offices of the medical officer of health and inspector of nuisances are in King street, and those of the police and the inspector of weights and measures are at the Court House. On the lawn in front of the Town Hall is a bronze statue of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, 8 feet 6 inches in height, a replica of that at the end of Blackfriars Bridge, London, and unveiled in 1903.

St. Nicholas Public Hall, which occupies the site of the old Town Hall, in St. Nicholas street, was erected by the Corporation: the ground floor is occupied as shops.

The Market Hall, in St. Helens square, is a large building of Whitby stone, 151 feet long by 111 wide, with A roof of iron and glass: it is open daily for the sale of provisions of all kinds, and on Thursdays is well attended.

The Central Fire station, North Marine road, built in 1901, is an edifice of red brick with stone facings; the equipment comprises one steam and one motor engine, hose carts, and fire escapes; the staff consists of a captain (chief constable), a permanent engineer and assistant engineers, 5 volunteer firemen and 15 constables. There is also a branch station at Alga terrace, south cliff, and one at Falsgrave. The cattle market and public slaughter-house are in Wrea lane.

There are Philosophical and Archaeological societies, a Literary Institute and a Horticultural society.

The Literary Institute, in Vernon place, has an extensive library, a lecture hall, seating 350 persons and a penny news-room.

The Young Mens Christian Association has premises in Brunswick terrace; those of the Young Women’s Christian Association are in Aberdeen walk.

The Scarborough Club, on St. Nicholas cliff, facing the Grand Hotel, is a good building and extremely well appointed. Visitors are permitted to join the club as temporary members under special conditions.

The Constitutional Club, in Huntriss row, opened by the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury K.G. 20 Dec. 1888, is a handsome building in the Renaissance style.

The Liberal Club, situated in Westborongh, erected in 1894—5, from designs by Messrs John Hall & son, at a cost of 11,500, and opened by Lord Rosebery, is a handsome structure of red brick with local stone dressings, and has a large concert hall, holding 500 persons; reading, billiard, games and ladies’ rooms, a council chamber, secretary’s office &c.

The Museum, at the bottom of St. Nicholas cliff, is a rotunda of the Roman Doric order, surmounted by a dome and was originally erected in 1828—9, at a cost of £1,400, and a library and geological annexe were subsequently added; it contains a valuable and interesting collection of local and other antiquities, and geological specimens, illustrating the strata of this district. It was founded in 1828, when the collections of the late Thomas Hinderwell were presented by his nephew, T. Duesbury, to the Scarborough Philosophical and Archaeological society; the geological exhibits are very complete, and the minerals include jaspers and agates from the neighbourhood; the antiquities comprise some relics of the ancient British period brought from the tumuli and barrows of the district, notably a tree-coffin, formed from a portion of the trunk of an oak split into two, one part forming a lid and hollowed out apparently with flint implements; this coffin on its discovery in 1834 contained a skeleton in good preservation, which is still exhibited. The museum contains in addition some specimens of flint implements, and of Celtic pottery, comprising incense cups and cinerary urns; also interesting pieces of “Scarborough ware,” made in this neighbourhood in the 14th century and discovered on the North cliff in 1854, when portions of the kilns of this local industry were brought to light: there is also a small but interesting palimpsest brass, found in 1810 near the site of the destroyed church of St. Nicholas: the obverse has an inscription to Brother William of Thornton, c. 1360: the reverse shows part of a Flemish marginal inscription: the old Ducking stool belonging to the town, preserved here, is an armchair of oak with open seat, and is one of the few remaining evidences of this method of punishment in use during the middle ages, and mostly reserved for scolding women.

The Theatre Royal and the Grand Opera House are in St. Thomas street, and the Londesborough Theatre is in Westborough.

There are several lodges of Freemasons: the “Old Globe” Lodge, No. 200, the “Denison” Lodge, No. 1,248, the “Leopold” Lodse, No. 1,760, and the “St Nicholas” Lodge, No. 2,586, all meet at the Masonic hall, St. Nicholas cliff.

The Royal Northern sea Bathing Infirmary, on the Sandside, was established for the reception of patients residing in all parts of England, but is not available for persons residing in Scarborough; it will hold 102 patients and is supported principally by voluntary contributions.

The south Cliff Baths, in Ramshill road, are contained in a red brick building with stone facings, erected in 1876 at a cost of 7,000.

The Territorial Force stationed in the town comprise the North Riding Battery, 2nd Northumbrian Royal Field Artillery, with head quarters in Castle road, and the 5th Battalion Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment), which have the head quarters of the battalion and E and F Companies in North street.

There are several local charitable institutions, founded partly by benevolent persons of past times: of these, the Scarborough Amicable society, founded in 1729 by Robert North esq. bestows doles on the deserving poor, and has also formulated a scheme of scholarships enabling poor children to attend secondary school or places of higher education: these institutions are now aided by the inhabitants and many distinguished visitors.

The Scarborough Hospital and Dispensary, established in 1851 and enlarged in 1883, was entirely rebuilt in 1893, and now contains 56 beds: it is provided with a Röntgen rays apparatus, which can be used by local practitioners for a small fee.

Scarborough Cottage Hospital and Convalescent Home, at spring Hill road, was founded and partially endowed by the late Mrs. Anne Wright, and first opened in 1870, is a structure of brick, erected at a cost of £1,300; a new wing was added in 1879, at a cost of £600, and another in 1904: there are beds for 60 patients: the hospital is chiefly supported by voluntary contributions and is under the management of a committee.

The Municipal Borough sanatorium, in Newby lane, Scalby, was opened in 1904, at a cost of £14,000, and will hold 44 adult patients.

The Royal Northern sea Bathing Infirmary and Convalescent Home, in Foreshore road, was established in 1812, and has 106 beds.

The seamen’s Hospital, in Castle road, is a spacious building, consisting of a centre and two wings: it was built in 1752, and has rooms for 36 poor seamen and their wives, or seamen’s widows belonging to Scarborough.

The Trinity House, in St. Sepulchre street, rebuilt in 1833, is another maritime charity for the same object as the seamen’s Hospital, and has 31 rooms and a spacious board room, which is also used for various purposes in connection with the interests of seamen; both are under the management of 15 trustees elected annually by the ship owners and masters.

Wheelhouse Free Almshouses, in Dean road, consist of 40 comfortable dwellings for the poor of Scarborough, arranged in the form of a parallelogram, and were erected principally through the munificence of Mrs Elizabeth Buckle and the late G. Wheel house esq. of Deptford.

In Londesborough road is a home, erected in 1907, for eight poor persons.

There are also a number of small free tenements, particulars of which will be found under Almshouses.

The park comprises the two sides of the Ramsdale valley; it is prettily laid out in winding walks, amply furnished with seats, is well planted with trees and shrubs and has a sheet of water at the western end. The St. Nicholas gardens, opened in 1902, form a charming pleasaunce with winding paths and numerous seats, and afford a good sea view.

In Conduit street stand the remains of an ancient cross, now known as the “Butter Cross;” it consists of a tall obelisk-shaped crocketed shaft, with remains of panelled niches at the base.

Scarborough Castle appears to have been built about 1127 by William (le Grosse) 2nd Earl of Aumarle, or Albemarle, and lord of Holderness, who commanded at the battle of the standard in 1138, and died in 1179: on the accession of Henry II. in 1154, he attacked the Earl in the castle, and capturing it after a severe struggle attached it to the Crown, and the existing keep and the older portions of the structure were probably erected by Mm at a later period. In 1312, Edward II. visited the fortress, and leaving it in charge of Gaveston proceeded to York, but the Earl of Pembroke closely invested the place, and the garrison being on the point of starvation surrendered: for about three centuries after 1378 the castle was left to decay, and in 1553, during the rebellion of Sir Thomas Wyat, it was surprised and held for three days by the Earl of Stafford. During the civil war, being held for the king, it was twice besieged and taken, in 1645 and 1648, and on the last of these occasions the keep was maned and partially destroyed. The castle stands on a broad platform immediately above the East cliff, about 600 yards in length from north to south, and 300 yards in width, the whole area being about 19 acres, and varying in height from 300 to 336 feet above the level of the sea; on the north and east it is defended by the sea and the precipitous cliffs on which it is placed, and on the west and south by the keep and a continuous curtain wall, from 20 to 25 feet in height, on the crest of the steep face of the ravine which lies between the castle and the town, strengthened at intervals by a number of semi-circular towers, or turrets, of different sizes, the largest of which was called the “Queen’s tower”; near the centre of the Southern portion of the curtain wall, and south of the present barracks, stood a building about 100 feet long by 40 wide, called “the Kings Hall,” the foundations of which, and of a smaller structure attached to one angle of it were discovered in May, 1888; for the protection of the keep on the east side a part of the castle area was walled in and ditched, forming an inclosed oblong space called, the “ballium,” or “bailey”: the approach to the castle, which is along the ridge of the north cliff, overlooking the bay on one side and the town on the other, is fortified by parapet walls, converging towards the west, and forming a raised and protected causeway, carried across a break in the ground by a bridge, where anciently there were drawbridges, at a height of about 25 feet; beyond this point the road widened towards the barbican, its whole length from the keep being about 70 yards; the barbican itself occupies a somewhat steep position at the outer end of the causeway, and being prolonged for about 30 yards to the west of the gateway, assumes the shape of an isosceles triangle; the gateway consists of a recessed arch between two semicircular towers, but there does not appear to have been any portcullis or drawbridge; the wall to the right has two small turrets, but the north wall a simple parapet only; the causeway and barbican may perhaps date from the reign of Edward I. but have been considerably altered. The keep is a huge square tower of red sandstone, about 56 feet square, and varying in height from 70 to 90 feet, according to the level of the ground, the walls having a uniform thickness from base to summit of 11 feet; it appears to have consisted of a basement and three superincumbent floors, the west side, however, has wholly disappeared, and the sides adjacent are imperfect, but the foundations remain entire; the structure was lighted by round headed windows, many of which remain, and the eastern side is strengthened by flab buttresses, probably once rising into turrets at the angles; the entrance, still existing, is on the south side, but the projecting building which protected it is now gone. Towards the eastern extremity of the castle area may be traced the site of the chapel and the castle well.

The area of the parish and municipal and parliamentary borough is 2.362 acres of land, 11 of water and 189 of foreshore; rateable value, £245,568; the population of the municipal and parliamentary borough in 1901 was 38,160, and in 1911, 37,201, which included 16 officers and 269 inmates in the workhouse, and 82 on board vessels.

The population of the municipal wards in 1911 was:-Central, 5,296; East, 5,313; North, 6,164; North-West, 9,298; South, 4,625; West, 6,505.

The population of the ecclesiastical parishes in 1911 was:-St. Mary (parish church), 15,841; All Saints, Falsgrave, 5,072; Holy Trinity, 1,630; St. James, 2,087; St. Martin-on-the-Hill, 2,538; St. Saviour, 7,651; St. Thomas, 2,297.

The number of electors on the parliamentary register in 1912 was 6,430.

Petty sessional Courts held at the Court house every Monday, Wednesday & Friday at 11 a.m. The Magistrates also sib when necessary on Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays at the same time, to hear night charges & other eases or applications which will not admit of delay.

Petty sessions are held every Thursday at the Court house at 12 noon.

The following places are included in the Petty sessional Division:-Allerston, Ayton-East, Ayton-West, Brompton, Broxa, Burniston, Cayton, Cloughton, Ebberston, Gristhorpe, Hackness, Harwood-Dale, Hutton-Bushell, Irbon, Lebberston, Osgodby, Sawdon, Scalby, Seamer, Silpho, Snainton, Stainton-Dale, Suffield-cum-Everley, Troutsdale & Wykeham.

SCARBOROUGH UNION

Board day every Thursday 11 a.m. at the board-room at Dean road.

The Union comprises the following places in the North Riding:-Ayton (East), Ayton (West), Brompton, Broxa, Burniston, Cayton, Cloughton, Gristhorpe, Hackness, Harwood Dale, Hutton Bushell, Irton, Lebberston, Scalby, Scarborough, Seamer, Silpho, Snainton, Stainton Dale, Suffield-cum-Everley, Troutsdale & Wykeham; & in the East Riding:-Filey, Folkton, Ganton, Muston, Sherburn & Willerby. The area of the union is 88,216 acres; rateable value, 1912, £357,790, viz.: North Riding, £319,818; East Riding, £37,972; population in 1901 was 51,110, & in 1911, 50,633.

The Workhouse, in Dean road, consists of a larffe block of buildings in the Elizabethan style, erected in 1838, & available for 300 inmates.

TERRITORIAL FORCE.

North Riding Battery, 2nd Northumbrian Royal Field Artillery; head quarters, Castle road; Major Stanley-North Smith, commanding; Hon. Surg.-Col. Thomas McCraith Foley V.D. medical officer; J.Hall, srgt.-instr.

5th Battalion Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment) (comprising A, B, C, D, E, F, G & H Companies); head quarters, North street.

Scarborough Companies:-E & F, Lieut. G. C. Barber; Sergt.-Major H. W. Wilson, permanent staff instructor Territorial Force Reserve.

5th Battalion Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment); Captain. J. A. R. Thomson.

ALMSHOUSES

Clink’s Hospital, Mill street, North Marine road.

Kendall’s, St. Mary’s street.

North’s Tenements, Tollergate.

Robinson’s, Long Westgate.

St. Thomas’, Hoxton road.

Sedman’s, Cross street.

Spinsters’ Hospital, St. Thomas’ walk.

Taylor’s Free Dwellings, Cook’s row.

Trott's Hospital, St. Marys walk.

Wheelhouse & Buckle’s, Dean road.

HOSPITALS & CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS &c.

Scarborough Hospital & Dispensary, Friars entry, Queen street, J. A. Calantarients M.D.Edin. W. C. E. Taylor F.R.C.P.Edin., M.R.C.S.Eng. Frederic Dale B.A., M.D., F.R.C.S.Eng. & Frank William Albion Godfrey M.B., C.M.Edin, consulting surgeons; Robert Cuff M.B., M.R.C.S.Eng, consulting ophthalmic & aural surgeon; Charles E. Salter M.D., B.S.Lond., F.R.C.S. Eng. Leonard Thomason Giles M.A., M.B., B.C. Camb., F.R.C.S.Eng. Henry B. Maingay F.R.C.S.Eng, L.R.C.P.Lond. & John H. Thornley M.B., Ch.B.Edin. medical officers; Walter B. Griffin F.R.C.S.Eng., L.R.C.P.Lond, assistant hon. Surgeon; Cecil Ashby & C. Browne-Mason L.D.S.R.C S.Eng. hon. dental surgeons; William Sayner, hon. Sec.; Miss A. M. Richardson, matron.

Corporation sanatorium, Newby lane, Scalby, Stanley Fox Linton M.B., B.Sc., Ch.B.Vict. & L’pool, D.P.H. Camb. medical officer; Miss Mary Pavyer, matron.

Home for Orphan & Friendless Girls (Protestant Undenominational), 19 Park St. Sister Kate Smith, matron.

Ida Convalescent Home, Filey road, built in 1910 & enlarged in 1912, has 20 beds; Miss Mary Isabella stones, matron.

Merchant seamen’s Hospital, Castle road, John Stephenson, hon. Sec.

Royal Northern sea Bathing Infirmary & Convalescent Home, Foreshore road, Robert Cuff M.B., M.R.C S. Eng. medical officer.

Scarborough Cottage Hospital, spring Hill road, F. Godfrey M.B. hon. consulting physician; Geoffrey W. Thompson M.D. & C. R. Edmondson M.B., C.M. hon. physicians; C. Browne-Mason L.D.S.R.C.S.Eng. hon. dental surgeon; vacant, sec.; Mrs. Jessie Leavis, lady superintendent.

Trinity House Hospital, St. Sepulchre street, John Stephenson, hon. Sec. 5 Falconer chmbrs. Huntriss row.

Wilson’s Mariners’ Asylum, Castle road.

PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of services

St. Mary’s (Parish Church). Castle road, Rev. Cecil Henry Hamilton Cooper M.A. vicar; Revs. Richard Edgar Browne Russell M.A. Philip Charles Walker M.A. Henry Robson M.A. John Ernest Williamson M.A. & Alexnnder Ferguson M, A. curates; 8 & 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; daily, 8 a.m. & 5 p.m.

All Saints, Falsgrave, Rev. Edward Arthur Guy Gwyn Johnson M.A. vicar; Rev. George Alfred. Bearden B.A. curate; 8 & 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; week days, 7.30 p.m.

Christ Church, Vernon place, the vicar & curates; 8 & 10.30 a.m. & 3.30 & 6.30 p.m.; daily, 5 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.; Wed. & Fri. 12 noon; special services, holy days.

Holy Trinity, Westbourne grove, Rev. Charles William Arden Clarke M.A. vicar; Rev. Spencer Bardsley Baron B.A. & Rev. Albt. Charles Fowler B.D. curates; 8 &, 10.30 a.m. & 3.15 & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.; special services on holy days.

St. Thomas’, East Sandgate, Rev. Harold Frederic Edward Wigram M.A. vicar; Rev. Henry Arthur Turner, curate; 8 & 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.

St. Martin’s, south cliff, Ven. Archdeacon Charles Coleridge Mackarness M.A. vicar; Revs. Edmund Alexander Irwin M.A. & Basil Nathaniel Keymer M.A. curates; 7.15, 8, 10.30 & 11.45 a.m. & 3.30 & 4.30 p.m.; daily, 7.45 & 8.30 a.m. & 5 p.m.; Wed. noon; Thur. 11 a.m. & Fri. noon.

St. James’, Rev. Arnold Pawson M.A. vicar; 8 & 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; daily, 10 a.m. & 5.30 p.m.

St. Saviour’s, Gladstone road, Rev. William F. Ramsden M.A. vicar; Rev. Charles Willoughby Gabb, curate; 8, 10.15 & 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; daily, 7, 7.35 & 8 a.m. & 7.30 p.m. (except Mon. 5 p.m.)

St. Columba Mission Chapel, Dean road, Rev. Richard Edgar Browne Russell M.A. curate in charge; 8 & 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

St. Paul’s (Mission Chapel), Regent street, the vicar & curates of the Parish Church; 10.15 a.m. & 7 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.

St. John’s (Mission Chapel), St. Sepulchre street, vicar & curates of the Parish Church; 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.

St. Michael’s Mission Chapel; Sundays, 6.30 p.m.

Catholic Church of St. Peter, Castle road, Very Rev. Canon J. Dolan & Rev. Gerald Quirk, priests; 8.30 & 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; daily, 8 a.m.; Thur. 7.15 p.m.

Friends’ Meeting House, York place; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7 p.m.

Baptist, Albemarle crescent, Rev. W. T. Cole; 10.30 a.m. & 6.45 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Baptist, Columbus ravine, Rev. Robert E. Lewis; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Baptist, Long Westgate (Ebenezer); 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.

The Brethren, swan Hill road; 10.30 a.m. &; 6.30 p.m.; Mon. 7.30 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

Congregational (Bar), Westborough; 10.30 a.m. & 6.45 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

Congregational, south Cliff; 10.30 a.m. & 7 p.m.; Thur. 7 p.m.

Congregational, Eastborough; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7 p.m.

Congregational, Manor road, Rev. Frederick Haineaworth M.A.; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Tue. 7.30 p.m.

Primitive Methodist: —

1st Circuit, Rev. John Bennett (supt.) & Rev. George Hind; Rev. Alfred Kitson, supernumerary.

St. Sepulchre street; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

St. John’s road; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7 p.m.

Seamer road; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Tue. 7 p.m.

2nd Circuit, Rev. George T. Chappell (supt.) & Rev. Harry Aldridge; Rev. Thos. Granger, supernumerary.

Aberdeen walk; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Mon. 7 p.m.

Gladstone road; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

Unitarian, Westborough, Rev. Joseph Wain; 10.45 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

United Methodist, Castle road, Rev. Richard Lloyd Lewis; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

Spiritual, North street; 6.30 p.m.

Wesleyan Methodist, Queen St.; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30. p.m.; Thur. 7 p.m.

Wesleyan Methodist, Westborough; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.: Wed. 7 p.m.

Wesleyan Methodist, Filey road, South cliff; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Tue. 7 p.m.

Wesleyan Methodist, Falsgrave; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.

Wesleyan Methodist Mission Rooms, Hoxton road, Sandside & Durham street; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

Salvation Army Barracks, Alma parade.

Town Mission Room, Cross street, Miss Edwards, missionary; 6.30 p.m.

Bow St. Mission Boom, 3 Prospect road.

Mission Room (Congregational), Seamer road.

Seamen’s Institute, Sandside, John Flory, reader in charge; Sunday, 2.30 & 6.30 p.m.; daily, 8.30 p.m.

SCHOOLS

St. Martin’s Grammar, Ramshill road, Charles Frederick Turnbull M.A. headmaster.

Scarborough Grammar, 33 Albemarle crescent, James Wheater, headmaster.

The Scarborough Education Committee was formed May, 1903, & consists of 10 members, one being a lady.

Offices, Town hall secretary, R. Underwood Assistant.

Secretary, C. H. Connor.

Chief Clerk, H. Watson.

Attendance Officers, Philip Beddall, 50 Mayville avenue & A. C. Myers, 63 Tennyson avenue.

Scarborough Municipal, Westwood, erected in 1900, is now a secondary school under the Board of Education, with 100 entrance scholarships, & is under the control of the Borough & County Councils, for 500 scholars; number on books, 191 boys & 201 girls; A. S. Tetley M.A. headmaster, with 11 assistant masters & 9 assistant mistresses.

Central, Trafalgar street west, erected in 1873, for 603 boys, 440 girls, 326 juniors & 474 infants; average attendance, 409 boys, 294 girls, 245 juniors & 232 infants.

Falsgrave road, erected in 1884, for 206 boys, 251 girls & 342 infants; average attendance, 192 boys, 215 girls & 174 infants.

Friarage, erected in 1896, for 303 bows, 350 girls & 347 infants; average attendance, 278 boys, 256 girls & 214 infants.

Gladstone road, erected in 1890, for 460 boys, 460 girls & 394 infants; average attendance, 368 boys, 359 girls & 244 infants.

St. Mary’s, Castle road, erected in 1860, for 238 boys, 135 girls & 173 infants; average attendance, 178 boys, 132 girls & 132 infants.

St. Martin’s (mixed), Royal avenue, erected in 1898, for 253 children; average attendance, 175.

St: Thomas’s (mixed), Long Westgate, built in 1896, for 371 children; average attendance, 151; infants’ average attendance, 126.

St. Peter’s Catholic (mixed), Auboro street, erected for 196 children; average attendance, 115.

All Saints, for 270 children; average attendance, 136.