The Civic Society has placed blue plaques in Scarborough to commemorate various notable people. Scarborough is extremely fortunate in having so many connections with famous figures, it is truly said that in its heyday it was a 'magnet for the mighty'. As a rule we try and follow the English Heritage guidelines for erecting blue plaques. These are: • Nominated figures must have been dead for 20 years or have passed the centenary of their birth • Plaques can only be erected on the actual building inhabited by the nominated figure, not the site where the building once stood (we have not always been able to conform to this). • Buildings marked with plaques must be visible from the public highway. Nominated figures must also meet one or more of the following criteria: • Be considered eminent by a majority of members of their own profession or calling • Have made an important positive contribution to human welfare or happiness • Be recognisable to the well-informed passer-by • Deserve national recognition • Have resided in a locality for a significant period-of time or importance- within their life and work |
In the 1980s Scarborough Borough Council commissioned a "Heritage Trail" and you can find these dark blue Heritage Trail plaques at the following locations:
Heritage Trail part 1
1. Grand Hotel 2. Anne Bronte
2a. The Central Tramway
3. Long Room and Royal Hotel 4. Town Hall 5. Theakston's Bookshop 6. Newborough Bar 7. Theatre Royal 8. Bell Hotel 9. Market Hall 10. Trinity House 11. Old Quaker Meeting House 12. Butter Cross 13. The Bolts 14. The Harbour, Piers and Lighthouse 15. King Richard III House 16. Shipbuilding in Scarborough 17. The Three Mariners Inn 18. Paradise House 19. St. Mary's Parish Church 20. Scarborough Castle 21. Atkinson Grimshaw at Castle-by-the-sea 22. John Wesley and Church Stairs Street Chapel Heritage Trail part 2 23 The Valley Bridge 24 The Church of St. Martin-on-the-Hill 25 The Esplanade and The Crown Spa Hotel 26 The Scarborough Spa Cliff Lift 27 The Spa 28 The Cliff Bridge 29 Rotunda, the William Smith Museum of Geology 30 Will Catlin, Pierrots and The Arcadia Theatre 31 Scarborough Railway Station 32 Charles Laughton 33 Stephen Joseph Theatre (formerly The Odeon) 34 The Crescent 35 Woodend Creative Workspace 36 Crescent Art Gallery 37 Londesborough Lodge 38 Public Library 39 Charles Dickens at the Assembly Rooms (Pizza Hut) 40 Head Post Office 41 Scarborough Evening News Office 42 Marine Drive 43 Hairy Bob's Cave 44 North Bay Pier 45 Peasholm Park 46 Scarborough Cricket Club 47 The Former Dean Road Prison 48 The Workhouse and St Mary's Hospital 49 King Richard III Wall |