Check out the new printed guide to Scarborough

Detailed descriptions of over 50 places to visit at little or no cost.
The Scarborough Companion

72 pages of fascinating facts, pictures and maps.

No advertisments and no commercial entries.

Free fun things to do, sites of interest and ideas for family days out for visitors to the Scarborough area.

A unique guide covering Scarborough, Filey, Pickering and surrounds.

Scenic spots, walking areas and cycling areas.

Snippets of history and interesting facts to enhance the visitor experience.

Get to the heart of this historic and scenic area.

The only guide needed to visit the Scarborough and Filey areas of North Yorkshire.

Will repay its purchase cost many times over
The Scarborough Transcriptions
Initially born as a result of rescuing an extremely tattered copy of Hinderwell's 1798 History of Scarborough that had been destined for the bin. It seemed such a waste to dump a 210 year old book, so I scanned each page, ocr'd and manually proofed it. The results have been compiled into a database and the text version is now fully searchable here online. This is a superb resource for historians and geneaologists.

Since that first book, several more have now been added and the list stands at...

The History and Antiquities of Scarborough and the Vicinity - Thomas Hinderwell (1798)
The History of Filey in the County of York - John Cole (1820)
Theakstons guide to Scarborough 1853 - Theakston (1853)
Ye Unreliable Guide to Scarborough - Never Lie Whunse (1890)
An Historical Scarborough Guide - Sedman & Weddill (1821)

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Theakston's 1853 plates
Hinderwell's 1798 plates

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