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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.
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.
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.
Since that time, however, the market for residential real estate in New York City has changed significantly. The Whitby is now one of the most desirable pre-war apartment buildings in Hell's Kitchen. It converted to a coop in 1988, meaning that most tenants in the apartments are actually shareholders in the corporation that owns the building ...
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 .