Flamborough Village : Flamborough village is thought to have been colonized over 1,100 years ago by Scandinavians, and was referred to as "Fleneburg" in the Domesday Book (1086). Before this, there was also a Roman presence, which is evidenced by Beacon Hill, once the site of a Roman signal station. Cut off by the enormous defensive earthwork, erroneously called Dane's Dyke, it still, to this day, has a distinctive character. Fishing was first recorded in the 13th century, when about nine boats fished the seas off the Head. By the 1890s, some eighty "cobles" were registered. Now, although some fishing is still carried on, the village relies to a greater extent on tourism. However, as the old postcards on this page demonstrate, Flamborough has always been a popular destination.   At left is an Edwardian postcard showing the village from Croft's Hill, a view which, with the exception of the pond, has hardly changed today

Shown below is a selection of Edwardian photographic postcards of Flamborough, generally dating from 1900 to 1914.
The postcards were originally printed in black and white, but have been coloured and enhanced using Adobe PhotoShop.
Many of the views shown have changed little to this day.
 

An Edwardian postcard, showing Tower Street, looking towards the Manor House
The Seabirds pub on the right still exists (and is recommended);
however, the cottage in the left foreground was demolished to allow for road widening.
 

Another Edwardian postcard showing the village from Croft's Hill.
 

The remains of "Flamborough Castle". Again, the pond has now disappeared.
 

The view down West Street: the cottage in the centre still exists, though it has lost its thatched roof.
The tree was only felled in recent years when it became unsafe.

The village High Street again has changed little.
 

A later view showing the Post Office at left and newsagents at right, both of which still operate from the same buildings.

 

The Links Page :

As the range of our activities is so diverse, we have a number of different websites. The main Flamborough Manor site, which is where you are now, focuses primarily on accommodation but has brief details of all our other activities. To allow for more information to be presented on these other activities, there are other self-contained web-sites and some of the links you will encounter while browsing these pages will take you to these separate sites.

All our web-sites have a LINKS page in common, which allows for easy navigation between the various sites. To find out where you are, or to return to the main site, simply go to the LINKS page.