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Whitby is a town in Durham Region in Ontario, Canada.Whitby is located in Southern Ontario 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) east of Ajax and 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) west of Oshawa, on the north shore of Lake Ontario and is home to the headquarters of Durham Region.
The clock tower also holds a bell which was tolled to start any court process. [5] The Old Town Hall served as the location for the first meeting of the Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society in September 1823. [6] The society was started to provide funding and space to display fossils found in the environs of Whitby town. [7]
The Whitby Town Council is the governing body of the town of Whitby, Ontario, Canada, a lower-tier municipality within the Regional Municipality of Durham.It consists of a Mayor; four local Ward Councillors, each of whom represents a particular ward; and four Regional Councillors who, like the Mayor, are elected at-large in a double direct election to also represent the Town on Durham Regional ...
Whitby was called Streanæshalc, Streneshalc, Streoneshalch, Streoneshalh, and Streunes-Alae in Lindissi in records of the 7th and 8th centuries.Prestebi, from Old Norse býr (village) and presta (of the priests), is an 11th-century name.
Whitby Township is a geographic township and former municipality in what was Ontario County (now Durham Region), Ontario, Canada. It is now part of the Town of Whitby. Ontario County, 1877. The Township was established in 1792 () as part of what was then York County.
Whitby, Ontario, town in Canada Whitby (federal electoral district), one of the 338 ridings in the House of Commons; Whitby (provincial electoral district), a riding that elects a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario; Whitby GO Station, transit station in Whitby, Ontario; Whitby Rail Maintenance Facility, a GO Transit rail facility
Brooklin is a community in the town of Whitby, Ontario, Canada, north of central Whitby, at the south junction of Ontario Highways 12 and 7.While Brooklin proper is confined to a specific area, people in the surrounding area largely identify their location as "Brooklin" rather than "Whitby".
From 2023 until his appointment as Bishop of Whitby, he worked as Diocesan Strategy Development Enabler, leading the discernment and drafting of the strategy of the Diocese of Leicester. [ 4 ] During his time in the Diocese of Leicester, Hill served as a trustee of a large multi-academy trust, with a particular focus on support for those with ...