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A record of several piers in Whitby extend back to Medieval times, with at least one document stating that a pier had existed "at the Dissolution" (1539). [1] [2] However, this has been described as a pier further inland than the current West and East Piers, and is thought to be what is now the Tate Hill Pier. [3]
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.
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The building was commissioned and paid for by the local lord of the manor, Nathaniel Cholmley, and was designed and built, in the neoclassical style, by the architect Jonathan Pickernell, [1] who also constructed the two inner piers in Whitby Harbour between 1781 and 1812. It is located in the Old Town area of Whitby on the east side. [2]
Whitby Pier Lighthouses Whitby 1835/1855 There are two piers at Whitby; each one (west & east) have a beacon light (disused) at the end and stone lighthouses further back. The West Pier Lighthouse was built in 1835 and the East Pier Lighthouse in 1855. The piers are owned by Scarborough Borough Council. [58] Whitby Lighthouse: Saltwick Bay 1898
Historically, the port was known for its involvement in the export of alum, and the importing of timber, nominally for building ships. [27] Timber, flax and hemp were imported from the Baltic states during the 18th and 19th centuries, but this was to further the shipbuilding, and during the winter months even more importantly, the ship repairing trade due to Whitby's location as a safe port. [28]
Whitby No.1 1802–1847 Whitby West Pier, West side of the river Closed when the Khyber Pass was cut in the town, [note 2] [11] so the lifeboat house was moved further inland. [12] Whitby No.1: 1847–1957: Whitby Landward Pier, on the west side of the river, opposite the Old East Pier Now the Whitby Lifeboat Museum (rebuilt 1895) Whitby No.2 ...
The quarry workings at Aislaby are 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Whitby, [1] and were known to have been in existence by the 11th century, as the majority of Whitby Abbey was constructed of stone quarried from the area. [2] The West and East Piers at Whitby were faced with 6 tonnes (6.6 tons) blocks of Aislaby stone. [3]