For more picture galleries click here to see photos from a night out in Scarborough back in 2009, here to see the changing face of Scarborough from the 60s onwards and click here for pictures of Falsgrave shops in the 80s and 90s..
5. Town name
The exact origin of the town's name is unknown but the Scar is thought to come from the Saxon Scear meaning rock and Borough from the Saxon Burgh meaning a fortified place. | jpimedia
6. Influence on Londons architecture
The architect Edwin Cooper was from Scarborough and was apprentice to local architects in the town. He went on to design St Marylebone Town Hall and Library and the headquarters of the Port of London Authority. | jpimedia
7. Capital punishment
The last man sentenced to hang in England was David Chapman in November 1965 for the murder of a swimming pool nightwatchman in Scarborough. Chapman was released from prison in 1979 and later died in a car accident. | Getty
8. JumpStation
JumpStation was the first www. search engine that behaved and looked like the way search engines do now. The precursor to Google was created in 1993 by Jonathon Fletcher, from Scarborough, father of the search engine. | Getty