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==History== [[File:Filey church.jpg|left|thumb|[[Church of St Oswald, Filey|St Oswald's Church]]]] In 1857 the foundations of a 4th-century Roman signal station were discovered at the Carr Naze cliff edge at the northern end of Filey Bay. The structure is {{convert|50|m|order=flip}} long with a square tower {{convert|14|m|order=flip}} wide, a defensive ditch and ramparts from a later era. Excavations at the time of the find and subsequently in the 1920s and 1990s uncovered Roman pottery and hoards of coins. The site is a protected [[Scheduled monument|Scheduled Monument]]. The find of Roman remains supports the case for Filey being the Roman settlement of ''[[Portus Felix]]''.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1004187|desc=Roman signal station, Carr Naze|access-date=28 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{PastScape|mname=FILEY ROMAN SIGNAL STATION|mnumber=81380|access-date=28 August 2020}}</ref> The 12th century parish church dedicated to [[Church of St Oswald, Filey|St Oswald]], on Church Hill in the north of the town, is a [[Grade I listed building]].<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1316455|desc=Church of St Oswald|access-date = 23 February 2014}}</ref> It is the oldest building in Filey<ref>{{cite web|title=Filey Town Council|url=http://www.fileytowncouncil.co.uk/history.html|website=www.fileytowncouncil.co.uk|access-date=30 November 2017|archive-date=8 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308015600/http://www.fileytowncouncil.co.uk/history.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Nicholas Pevsner wrote "This is easily the finest church in the NE corner of the East Riding" (Buildings of England).<ref> {{cite book | last1 = Pevsner | first1 = Nikolaus | author-link = Nikolaus Pevsner | first2 = David | last2 = Neave | title = Yorkshire: York and the East Riding: The Buildings of England | orig-year = 1972 | edition = 2nd | year = 2002 | publisher = Yale University Press | isbn = 0-300-09593-7 }} </ref> St Oswald's has nearly 1,500 pieces of well-preserved medieval graffiti on the roof of the tower, ranging from initials up to complicated images of fully rigged sailing vessels, including one known as a Whitby Cat. The graffiti covers around 400 years of Filey's history, and maps out identifiable people, their occupations, changes in literacy and coastal shipping, the start of tourism in the area, and even a possible record of 17th century plague. The graffiti was recorded and analysed by [[Historic England]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Historic Graffiti on the Tower of St. Oswald's Church, Filey, North Yorkshire: recording and Interpretation. Historic England Research Report 62/2016|url=https://research.historicengland.org.uk/Report.aspx?i=15589&ru=/Results.aspx?p=1&n=10&rn=62&ry=2016&ns=1|last=Buglass|first=J.|date=2016|website=research.historicengland.org.uk|access-date=19 May 2020}}</ref> Filey was a small village until the 18th century when visitors from [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]] arrived seeking the peace and quiet that Filey then offered. In 1835 a [[Birmingham]] [[solicitor]] called John Wilkes Unett bought {{convert|7|acre|ha}} of land and built the Crescent, later known as the Royal Crescent, which was opened in the 1850s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Filey Conservation Area|url=https://democracy.scarborough.gov.uk/documents/s26846/HRP11551%20ANNEX1_Filey%20Character%20Appraisal%20Compressed.pdf|website=scarborough.gov.uk|access-date=30 November 2017|pages=9–10|archive-date=14 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414150707/https://democracy.scarborough.gov.uk/documents/s26846/HRP11551%20ANNEX1_Filey%20Character%20Appraisal%20Compressed.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> On several occasions in the mid-19th century, the novelist [[Charlotte Brontë]] visited Filey with the aim of recovering her faltering health. In June 1852 she wrote to her father: "The Sea is very grand. Yesterday it was a somewhat unusually high tide - and I stood about an hour on the cliffs yesterday afternoon - watching the tumbling in of great tawny turbid waves - that make the whole shore white with foam and filled the air with a sound hollower and deeper than thunder.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brontë |first1=Charlotte |title=Selected Letters |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8CiQDwAAQBAJ&dq=The+sea+is+very+grand.+Yesterday+was+a+somewhat+unusually+high+tide+-+and+I+stood+about+an+hour+on+the+cliffs+yesterday+afternoon+-+watching+the+tumbling+in+of+great+tawny+turbid+waves+-+that+make+the+whole&pg=PA204 |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=29 June 2021 |date=9 September 2010|isbn=978-0-19-161287-9 }}</ref> [[File:Filey (33895530370).jpg|thumb|right|The Lobster sculpture]] [[Yorkshire coast fishery|Fishing]] at Filey has been a tradition for centuries, with most of those undertaking it coming from a long line of fishermen and women in their families. The fishing boats at Filey are [[coble]]s, like most of the others along the Yorkshire and North East coasts, and the catch is mostly sea trout. Limitations have been placed upon how and where they use their nets, which also trap salmon; some fear this may lead to the end of the fishing industry in Filey.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ponter |first1=Richard |title=Why Filey's fishermen fear they may be the last generation to cast their nets |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/analysis/why-filey-s-fishermen-fear-they-may-be-the-last-generation-to-cast-their-nets-1-9043304 |access-date=9 March 2019 |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=3 March 2018}}</ref> In 1804, a lifeboat was procured for the town and it became a [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]] asset in 1852. [[Filey Lifeboat Station]] is still in existence and has an inshore and an all-weather boat on station.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chrystal |first1=Paul |title=Lifeboat stations of North East England through time : from Sunderland to the Humber |date=2012 |publisher=Amberley |location=Stroud |isbn=978-1-4456-1376-5 |page=60}}</ref> The all-weather lifeboat was replaced in early 2021 with an Atlantic 85 vessel.<ref>{{cite news|date=30 October 2020|title=Filey Looks Set to Lose it's All Weather Lifeboat Next Year|work=This is The Coast|url=https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/news/local-news/filey-looks-set-to-lose-its-all-weather-lifeboat-next-year/|access-date=11 January 2021}}</ref> English composer [[Frederick Delius]] stayed as a boy on the Crescent with his family at Miss Hurd's [[boarding house]] (number 24) in 1876 and 1877, and then at Mrs Colley's (number 24) in 1897.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hastings|first1=Sheena|title='Why Filey's not getting fair shares'|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/analysis/why-filey-s-not-getting-fair-shares-1-4890970|access-date=30 November 2017|work=The Yorkshire Post|date=3 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The Filey Files|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/our-yorkshire/heritage/the-filey-files-1-8058242|access-date=30 November 2017|work=The Yorkshire Post|date=9 August 2016}}</ref> In 1931 the spire of a church was damaged by the [[1931 Dogger Bank earthquake|Dogger Bank earthquake]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Boyle|first1=Danny|title=Rutland earthquake: 'We will rebuild', say locals as they mock 2.8-magnitude tremor|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/environment/geology/11884402/Rutland-earthquake-mocked-after-2.8-magnitude-tremor-hits-Oakham.html|access-date=30 November 2017|work=The Telegraph|date=23 September 2015}}</ref> [[File:The Station, Filey - geograph.org.uk - 1276528.jpg|thumb|left|The Station Pub]] For more than 40 years [[Butlin's]] [[Filey Holiday Camp]] was a major factor in Filey's economy. Building began in 1939 and continued during the [[Second World War]] when it became an air force station known as [[RAF Hunmanby Moor]]. In 1945 it became a popular holiday resort and a new LNER branch line with station was constructed to serve the camp despite the topographical challenges involved. It opened on 10 May 1947 with a performance by the London International Orchestra conducted by [[Anatole Fistoulari]] with a performance by acclaimed pianist [[Solomon (pianist)|Solomon]]. British boxer [[Bruce Woodcock (boxer)|Bruce Woodcock]] was convalescing at the Butlin's camp around the same time following his punishing defeat at the hands of [[Joe Baksi]] a month earlier.<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 May 1947 |title=Bruce Woodcock to Visit Filey Holiday Camp |pages=6 |work=Driffield Times}}</ref> By the late 1950s it could cater for 10,000 holiday makers but closed in 1984, causing a decrease in the holiday makers visiting Filey.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.fileymercury.co.uk/community/filey-is-an-anglican-name-1-1646649 |title=Filey is an Anglican name |date=24 August 2005 |work=Filey & Hunmanby Mercury |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref> Filey was historically split between the East Riding of Yorkshire and the North Riding of Yorkshire. The boundary ran along Filey Beck, north of the town centre, so that most of the town was in the East Riding. When County Councils were formed by the Local Government Act 1888, the whole of Filey was placed in the East Riding.<ref>[[Local Government Act 1888#Towns on county boundaries]]</ref> Filey also boasts the Grade II listed Langford Villa on The Crescent ({{circa|1830}})<ref>{{NHLE|num=1296721|desc=Langford Villa|access-date=27 March 2019}}</ref> which was often chosen by the famous chocolatier Sir [[Joseph Terry]] as his place to "summer";<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filey.co.uk/places/filey/places-to-stay/langford-villa/|title=Langford Villa|website=filey.co.uk|date=16 April 2015 |access-date=4 November 2020}}</ref> it is situated next door but one to The White Lodge Hotel. In [[2018 Tour de Yorkshire|2018]], the town was featured in the [[Tour de Yorkshire]] for the first time.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.yorkshirecoastradio.com/news/local-news/2446985/tour-de-yorkshire-filey-in---scarborough-hosts-finish/|title=Tour de Yorkshire: Filey In - Scarborough Hosts Finish|date=5 December 2017|work=Yorkshire Coast Radio|access-date=20 March 2018}}</ref>
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