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Specimen in the Natural History Museum, London. The town is a coastal stretch known as the Dinosaur Coast or the Fossil Coast, the area is around 35 miles (56 km) long and stretches from Staithes in the north and south to Flamborough. At Whitby dinosaur footprints are visible on the beach.
Whitby Abbey was a 7th-century Christian monastery that later became a Benedictine abbey. [1] The abbey church was situated overlooking the North Sea on the East Cliff above Whitby in North Yorkshire , England, a centre of the medieval Northumbrian kingdom .
The Bagdale Beck end of the Upper Harbour at Whitby. This was the site of the Barrick, Barry and Coates shipyards and was known as Dock End. [note 1] Ship and boat building in Whitby[note 2] was a staple part of the industry of Whitby, North Yorkshire, England between the 17th and 19th centuries. In 1792 and 1793, Whitby was the second largest ...
whitby.ca. Whitby is a town in Durham Region. Whitby is located in Southern Ontario east of Ajax and west of Oshawa, on the north shore of Lake Ontario and is home to the headquarters of Durham Region. It had a population of 138,501 at the 2021 census. [ 2 ]
The Whitby 199 steps (also known as The Church Stairs and Jacob's Ladder), is a grade I listed structure between the Old Town and St Mary's Church, in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England. The 199 steps have been recorded since at least 1370, and until the 1770s, were made of wood. The flight of steps was viewed as a measure of the Christian ...
The Church of Saint Mary is an Anglican parish church serving the town of Whitby in North Yorkshire England. [2] It was founded around 1110, although its interior dates chiefly from the late 18th century. The church was designated a Grade I listed building on 23 February 1954. [3] It is situated on the town's east cliff, overlooking the mouth ...
The two piers circa 1900 before the extensions were added. The piers of Whitby are four structures along the River Esk estuary in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England. Whilst all the piers can be accessed by the general public, the piers were not built as seaside attractions – so-called pleasure piers like Redcar, Saltburn or Withernsea – but ...
1148246. 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.