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The Grand Hotel, Scarborough
One of the town’s best-known Scarborough landmarks, the Grand Hotel, is approaching its 160th birthday. The hotel has something of a mythology about it. it is often though the building represented a year (12 storeys (months); 365 rooms (days); four turrets (seasons); 52 chimneys (weeks)). The hotel is built upon the site where Anne Bronte passed…
Read MoreScarborough Witch
The History behind the Scarborough ‘Witch’ Scarborough and other Yorkshire locations have a history connected to witches and witchcraft. In 1604, the Act Against Witchcraft (official title: An Act against Conjuration, Witchcraft and dealing with evil and wicket Spirits) was passed when James I was king. He ascended to the throne after Elizabeth I in…
Read MoreDress Codes of Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Bronte, born in Thornton in April 1816, came into the world during the Regency period. King George III is on the throne until 1820, after which George IV reigns until 1830. He is succeeded by William IV until Queen Victoria ascends to the crown in 1837. During these decades, the sartorial trends undergo many…
Read MoreThe Tindalls of Scarborough
Scarborough has a thriving shipbuilding industry spanning many decades. One of the family names linked with the trade is Tindall. Several generations of the family were involved in shipbuilding, finishing in 1862 when the Tindall shipyard was closed. Tindall Street, leading off Victoria Road, is named after them. The busiest time was between the years…
Read MoreThe Lake District and The Brontes
The Bronte family have many links to Westmoreland and Cumbria and the modern day Lake District National Park. From attending school as children to writing to William Wordsworth; from visiting Ambleside to forming a close friendship with Harriet Martineau, the Lakeland and Bronte links are numerous. Branwell Bronte In January 1837, Branwell sends a letter…
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