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Whitby
York
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About
5 miles south of Whitby is the coastal village of Robin Hood’s Bay. Its
history began long before any association with the mythical figure from
Sherwood Forest. There is written record, dating back from 1536, of a
"fishing townlet of 20 boats", by which time there were about 50 houses.
Unfortunately, for the romantics among us, it’s unlikely that Robin Hood
himself ever did keep a boat ready in the bay in case of the need to escape
by sea.
For many years smuggling was an organised activity in the bay. Any visitor
to the village today can well imagine the difficulties the excizemen and
dragoons from Whitby would have had in tracking down smugglers in the
warren of tiny streets. In fact there is a local legend regarding the
tunnels and passage that once linked many of the houses in the village:
it has been said that a bail of silk could pass from the bottom of the
village to the top without seeing daylight.
The village also depended on more legitimate activities: Fishing remained
the main livelihood and in the late 1820’s there were 130 fishermen working
here. The shipping activities of Robin Hood’s Bay declined in the late
19th century, but the completion of a massive sea wall in 1975 ensures
the preservation of this particularly atmospheric and idiosyncratic coastal
village.
Robin Hood's Bay is featured on our 55-minute video Picture Postcard Yorkshire,
and can be purchased on line. Click here to
find out more.
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