Fylingdales, North Riding

Description
Fylingdales, a township and an ecclesiastical parish in the N. R. Yorkshire, near the coast, 4 1/4 miles SSE of Whitby town, and half a mile from Robin Hood's Bay station on the Whitby and Scarborough branch of the N. E. R. The township contains the village of Robin Hood's Bay, which has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Whitby; also the hamlets of Fylingthorpe, Normanby, Bamsdale, Raw, Parkgate, and Stoupe Brow. Acreage, 6325; population, 1482. Alum works were here, but were stopped prior to 1851. Much fishing is carried on. Hubba the Dane in 867 planted his standard, bearing the raven, on a hill in this parish; hence called to this day Raven Hill. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York; gross yearly value, £285 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church, built by subscription and consecrated in 1870, is very good, and thei'fr are Congregational and Wesleyan chapels.