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  2. Jet (gemstone) - Wikipedia

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    The jet found at Whitby, in England, is the "Jet Rock" [9] unit of the Mulgrave Shale Member, which is part of the Whitby Mudstone Formation. This jet deposit was formed approximately 181 million years ago, during the Toarcian age of the Early Jurassic epoch. [10] [11] [12] Whitby Jet is the fossilized wood from species similar to the extant ...

  3. Victorian jewellery - Wikipedia

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    Due to large demand for jet, in Whitby , a large industry was established. [8] The fossilised material, jet was valued because it was lightweight, intense black in colour, durable, inexpensive and could be easily carved. [3] [11] Jet was used to design mourning jewellery such as bracelets, necklaces, brooches, cameos and pendants.

  4. Whitby - Wikipedia

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    Francis Kildale Robinson was also the compiler of A Glossary of Yorkshire Words and Phrases Collected in Whitby and the Neighbourhood; by an Inhabitant; 1855. Stamp, Cordelia (2006). Whitby Pictorial Memories. Francis Frith Collection. ISBN 1-85937-491-3. Waters, Colin (1992). A History of Whitby's Pubs, Inns and Taverns. The Author.

  5. Whitby Museum - Wikipedia

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    It is located in a building opened in 1931 in Pannett Park, Whitby, which also contains the Society's Library and Archive. The museum contains a wide range of material relating to the history of Whitby, and has specialist collections relating to: Jurassic fossils, in particular ammonites and marine reptiles [2] Whitby jet

  6. List of Roman hoards in Great Britain - Wikipedia

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    The list of Roman hoards in Britain comprises significant archaeological hoards of coins, jewellery, precious and scrap metal objects and other valuable items discovered in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) that are associated with period of Romano-British culture when Southern Britain was under the control of the Roman Empire, from AD 43 until about 410, as well as the subsequent ...

  7. Captain Cook Memorial Museum - Wikipedia

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    Captain Cook Memorial Museum is a history museum in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England. The museum building, Walker's House, belonged to Captain John Walker, to whom James Cook was apprenticed in 1746. Having lodged there as an apprentice, Cook returned to visit in the winter of 1771–72 after his first voyage.

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  9. Francis Meadow Sutcliffe - Wikipedia

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    Francis Meadow (Frank) Sutcliffe (6 October 1853 – 31 May 1941) [1] was an English pioneering photographic artist whose work presented an enduring record of life in the seaside town of Whitby, England, and surrounding areas, in the late Victorian era and early 20th century.

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