Marske by the Sea in North Yorkshire

All photographs contained in this website are copyright © Karen Sidgwick and the contributer to this site Welcome and thank you for visiting my site. Marske-by-the-sea is a large village situated on the North East coast, between Saltburn-by-the-Sea and Redcar. Marske-by-the Sea near Redcar, and Marske near Richmond are Scandinavian pronunciations of the English word marsh, and were thus settlements near marshy land. Viking influence is demonstrated in these names by the substitution of the English SH sound with the Viking SK. The hardened SK, or SC sounds are found in Viking-influenced place names like Scarborough, Skelton and Skeeby and are quite common in Yorkshire. Such names are rare in County Durham, where SH sounds predominate, but one notable exception is the name of the River Skerne. Mentioned in the Doomsday Book of 1085, Marske was to become the most important village along the coast. The Village gave host to Saxons and Danes before the Normans finally settled building the first St. Germains Church in 1160. To contact me or to add any photographs/memories to this site, please email me at: Marske2008@hotmail.co.uk Feel free to leave a message in the guest book if you have enjoyed looking through this site. Thank you Karen