Borough of Scarborough
Scarborough | ||
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NUTS 3 code UKE22 | | |
ONS code | 36UG | |
Website | www.scarborough.gov.uk |
The Borough of Scarborough (/ˈskɑːrbərə/)[1][2] was a non-metropolitan district with borough status in North Yorkshire, England. In addition to the town of Scarborough, it covered a large stretch of the coast of Yorkshire, including Whitby and Filey.[3] It bordered Redcar and Cleveland to the north, the Ryedale and Hambleton districts to the west and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the south.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the
In 2007, the borough was threatened with extinction. In March of that year,
However, in July 2021 the
Education
There were a total of 64 schools and colleges in the Scarborough area, as of 2012.
Localities
The Borough of Scarborough included many civil parishes and suburbs including:
Wards of Scarborough town were Castle, Central, Eastfield, Falsgrave Park, Newby, North Bay, Northstead, Ramshill, Stepney, Weaponness, and Woodlands. Areas without namesake wards included Westborough (centre), Barrowcliff and Newlands.
In 2016, the borough ranked second in Visit England's survey of overall holiday trips and holiday spend, topped only by London.[6]
Media
Since 1882, it has been served by The Scarborough News, which is published every Thursday.
The Scarborough Borough receives a daily radio news services from these radio stations,
Local news and television programmes in
Freedom of the Borough
The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of Scarborough.
Individuals
- H. D. G. Leveson-Gower: 1950
- Max Jaffa: 1986.
- Alan Ayckbourn: 1986.
- Alan Booth: 1999
- Charles McCarthy: 1996.
- Max Payne : 1999.
- Thomas Pindar: 1999.
- Sir John Wilson: 1999.
- Bernard Bosomworth: 2005.
- Elizabeth Mackenzie: 2005.
- Sir Jimmy Saville: 2005. (Revoked on 5 November 2012 by unanimous vote of Scarborough Borough Council due to the sexual abuse scandal).[8]
- Christopher Wilby: 2005.
- Ken Dale: 2009.
- 5th Baron Derwent: 2009.
- Tony Peers: 2009.
- George Thomas Tuby: 2009.
- Paul Ingle: 24 February 2012.[9]
- Andrew Boyes: 24 February 2012.[9]
- Timothy Boyes: 24 February 2012.[9]
- Donald Robinson: 24 February 2012.[9]
- Beth Mead: 20 March 2023.[10][11]
- Zoe Aldcroft: 20 March 2023.[10][11]
Military units
- 64 Medical Squadron 5 Medical Regiment RAMC: 2007.
- The Yorkshire Regiment.
Borough council
The political composition of the council at all-up elections, ignoring intervening by-elections, from the
Overall control | Conservative | Labour | Lib Dem | UKIP | Independent
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Green | |||||||
2019 | Labour/Independent | 16 | 13 | – | 1 | 14 | 2 | ||||||
2015 | Conservative | 26 | 14 | – | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
2011 | Conservative | 25 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 2 | ||||||
2007 | Conservative | 26 | 4 | 6 | – | 14 | 2 | ||||||
2003 | Conservative | 27 | 8 | 2 | – | 13 | – |
See also
- Scarborough local elections
References
- ^ "Definition of Scarborough". Collins English Dictionary. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ^ "Definition for Scarborough – Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English)". Oxforddictionaries.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ^ "Scarborough | England, United Kingdom". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ "Next steps for new unitary councils in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset". GOV.UK. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- North Yorkshire County Council. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ^ "Scarborough borough named one of England's most visited destinations". York Press. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ "Former Yorkshire Coast Radio staff to launch own radio station for Scarborough and east coast". The Scarborough News. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- ^ Wainwright, Martin (31 October 2012). "Jimmy Savile to be stripped of Scarborough honour". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ a b c d "The Famous Five". The Scarborough News. 6 April 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2023 – via PressReader.
- ^ a b Numminen, Anttoni (11 March 2023). "Beth Mead and Zoe Aldcroft to be granted Freedom of the Borough of Scarborough at a special ceremony". The Scarborough News. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ a b Pells, Matthew (20 March 2023). "Beth Mead Receives Freedom of the Borough of Scarborough". This is the Coast Local Radio. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
- ^ "Freedom of the borough given to honour soldiers". Chorley Guardian. Retrieved 8 September 2019.