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George Fox in Scarborough
George Fox (1642 to 1691) was a founder of the Religious Society of Friends, also known as the Quakers. From 1647 he preached publicly and he believed the Holy Spirit guided him, he was against any religious rituals. He called churches ‘steeple-houses’, shunning the idea that churches were places of religious experience. Authorities disapproved of…
Read MoreKing Richard III: ‘Rogue Royal’ in Scarborough
While he had a short regal reign, Richard III was one of our most memorable monarchs. Born in 1452, he was brother to Edward IV. Richard Plantagenet of the House of York was crowned King Richard III on 6th July 1483. He led the Yorkist forces in the final battle of the War of the Roses at…
Read MoreThe Tolkien Triangle
Tolkein’s Yorkshire Connections Perhaps you’ve watched the films, read the books or done both … yet have you heard of the Tolkien Triangle here in Yorkshire? Tolkien’s masterpieces – The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings – were published in the 1930s. Most of the above were written in the years that followed his service in the…
Read MoreScarborough Lighthouse
Scarborough Lighthouse on the Yorkshire Coast is a guiding light to sea farers and has been for over 200 years. One of the town’s iconic structures, Scarborough Lighthouse has been bombed, rebuilt and transformed during its lifetime. Here is a brief history of one of the town’s best-loved landmarks. Standing on the 18th century Vincent’s Pier,…
Read MoreWordsworth and the Yorkshire Connection
Daffodils. Mountain summits. Peaceful lakes. Think of these and you probably associate them with William Wordsworth and the Lake District, not Yorkshire. Wordsworth penned many of his well-known poems in the Lake District. He is arguably our most famous Romantic poet. Two Hundred Years Ago … Just over two hundred years ago, in 1822, an…
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