Scarborough's Heroes, Rogues and Eccentrics

During the last thousand years Scarborough has been the birthplace, home, refuge, playground, hospital and cemetery for pirates, kings, nobles, merchants, soldiers, seamen, physicians, engineers, artists, missionaries and mountebanks. Chosen for their outstanding courage, villainy or individuality, here are thirty-three long-dead men and women whose deeds and misdeeds contributed significantly to the town's eventful history.