Scarborough Archaeol Hist Soc Trans 36

Article discussing the appearance of the name `Robin Hood's Bay' in the 1530s, just prior to the closure of Whitby Abbey, and the presence of other place-names associated with the Robin Hood legends nearby, despite a lack of stories associating Robin Hood with the area. The author concludes that the names indicate the historical and geographical spread of the Robin Hood legend, rather than any direct association with the stories that gave rise to it. As explanation for the place-name, attention is drawn to a tenant around the end of the 1530s of the abbey's herring house in the Bay, John Smith of Wakefield, who came from the area most closely associated with the Robin Hood legend.

Article on working-class life in nineteenth-century Scarborough, examining the streets and housing conditions, especially Dumple Street, Cross Street and William Street; the health situation in those areas; and the police and their role in Scarborough.