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Scarborough (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 54 17 14 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 54.2872 decimal degrees |
| Long: 000 24 51 W degrees minutes |
Long: -0.4142 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in sheltered spot on North Sea Coast; was Roman signal station; was a Viking fishing village in 10th century; was fortified by Normans in 12th century; resort developed around a natural spring after 1626; expanded with arrival of railway in 1845. |
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| Scarborough (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Escardeburg (H,V)
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............ | documented in mid-12th cen. |
| Scardeburc (H,V)
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| Skarđaborg (H,V)
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............ | referring to founder, meaning "Skarđi's (Hare-lip's) burg" |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled as early as Iron Age; according to tradition in Kormak's saga, was settled by Skarđi ca. 965 AD |
| town (C) |
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chartered in 1181 |
| resort (C) |
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| borough (C) |
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| prison center (H) |
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Quaker founder George Fox was imprisoned here 1624-1691 |
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