A gallery of wallpaper and other images for general interest. This collection consists of images taken at Whitby Abbey, North York moors; 2005.

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Whitby Abbey and Town

Albeit ruined, the abbey church continues to dominate the town from it’s high cliff top position.
The monastery began in the 7th century and was the site of the Synod of Whitby in 664 CE during which the method for dating Easter was decided upon. It was used as a Saxon royal burial ground. In 867 CE it was destroyed by the Danes and remained ruined until complete rebuilding began in 1073.
 

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The abbey was extensively and elaborately rebuilt in the 13th -14th centuries which led to financial ruin and it’s existence finally ceased in 1539 under the dissolution after which much of the site was cleared, leaving only the dramatic shell of the church. Much of this collapsed during the 17th and 18th centuries and was even fired upon by the German navy during World War I.
The still impressive remains now belong to English Heritage.

The abbey and town are both famously associated with Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula.’ Much of the novel was written here and in this, Dracula enters England from a ship wrecked off the coast at Whitby. Due to this association, the town is abundant in black clad goths, gargoyle sculptures and copies of the novel. For that matter it very popular with just about everyone.

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The town is also famous for it’s Jewellery made from the black fossil stone, Jet.

The east end of the church reflected in the old monastic fish ponds -

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- The immense east end of the abbey church.

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 - The battered west front of the church looming from behind a Jacobean garden wall.

 A view of Whitby dominated by the ancient parish church and cemetery -

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