Line Fishing
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John Yorke was a 15th century Scarborough fisherman. He was prosperous enough to make a will, at a time when most folk didn't. His widow Alice proved the will in 1468. The document was brief. He asked to be buried inside St Mary's Parish ...
This story appeared in a series of articles by Forrest Frank in 1920 in the Scarborough Daily Post - This story came from Captain John Wilson
There had always been a little trawling, and I believe some of the earlier yawls had trawl nets, ...
