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A History of Ravenscar

The Town That Never Was The last years of Queen Victoria’s reign were a property developer’s dream. The railways had transformed Britain into the powerhouse of the world. A mobile burgeoning population wanted houses, lots of them, and places by the sea to visit. Scarborough, 13 miles south of the cliff top hamlet of aptly named Peak had become the place to go and Saltburn-by-the-Sea to the North had developed with the coming of the railway. So, with £10,000, the Ravenscar Estate Company bought Peak House and its surrounding land, to create a new town. Reckoning that the name ‘Peak’ was not a particularly attractive name on the 18th October 1897 they had its name officially changed to Ravenscar. They sub divided their purchase into 1500 or so plots, built roads and other parts of the infrastructure and waited for the prospective buyers to come. Many did, some bought, but hardly any actually built on their plots. Now, 100 years later, nature has reclaimed many of its streets. Today Ravenscar is visited by those who enjoy walking and sweeping sea vistas but its history is much more than the failed dream of a town. Come with me to discover a world famous creature and see how, before the Industrial Revolution, it was the site of our very first chemical industry. Norman Scholes.