The ancient and stupendous Scarborough Castle, once the glory, and still the ornament of Scarborough, was built in the reign of King Stephen by William le Gros.
Scarborough Lighthouse
Scarborough was regarded as a thriving and prosperous sea-port since the mid-thirteenth century, and by Elizabethan times an important naval base, there appears to be no record of a lighthouse in Scarborough until the start of the nineteenth century.
In 664, Whitby Abbey, built on the east cliff overlooking the Esk and town of Whitby, was the site of the Synod of Whitby, at which the Northumbrian Celtic church was reconciled to Rome.
