In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hob Holes like this:
HOBHOLE, a cave in Runswick bay, N. R. Yorkshire; 6 miles NW of Whitby. It measures 70 feet by 20; occurs in lias shale, overlain by ironstone; was formed by the eroding action of the sea waves upon the shale; is accessible at low water, and presents interesting features; and was formerly famous, in popular superstition, for the imagined presence of a spirit to whom mothers brought infants to be cured of hooping cough.
Additional information about this locality is available for Runswick
Hob Holes through time
A Vision of Britain through Time includes a large library of local statistics for administrative units. For the best overall sense of how the area containing Hob Holes has changed, please see our redistricted information for the modern district of Scarborough. More detailed statistical data are available under Units and statistics, which includes both administrative units covering Hob Holes and units named after it.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hob Holes, in Scarborough and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25301
Date accessed: 25th May 2013
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