Whitby Gothic Weekend
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The ruins of Whitby Abbey are among the most celebrated sights of North Yorkshire. The first monastery here, founded in about 657.
Set high on the clifftops overlooking the sea, the ruins of Whitby Abbey tell only part of the site’s incredible story. Communities have lived on this headland for over 3,000 years and it has long been an important holy place and seat of power. Buried beneath the soaring arches we see today are the remains of an earlier Anglo-Saxon monastery, whose tales of saints, poets and miracles still survive.
From its early, pivotal role in the history of Christianity in England to the arrival of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Whitby is a place where history and legend meet. Explore this page to discover the stories from the headland’s past.
In AD 657 Abbess Hild founded a monastery for men and women at Whitby, on land given by King Oswiu. It was Whitby’s first monastic site and became one of the most important religious centres in the Anglo-Saxon world.
In 664 Whitby hosted a landmark meeting, known as a synod, to decide the date of Easter. By opting to follow the Roman Christian tradition rather than the Celtic one, it was crucial in determining the direction of the English church.
The monastery was abandoned following Danish raids in the 9th century but the Benedictine monk Reinfrid established a new community on the site in 1078.
The Benedictine monastery was suppressed by Henry VIII in 1539 and its ruins are the ones we see on Whitby headland today. The vast shell of the abbey church is a magnificent example of English Gothic architecture.
Whitby Abbey has inspired many artists and writers, including Cædmon, the first named poet in the English language, and Bram Stoker, who set part of Dracula here.
I apologise for posting so many shot of Whitby recently. I have spent a couple of weekends near Whitby in the past few months and on both occasions the light was perfect. Whitby is so photogenic its impossible not to take a few photographs
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Whitby is a seaside town and fishing port on the east coast of Yorkshire at the mouth of the River Esk.
I spent a bit of time going through some old folders, I came across a Yorkshire folder, Whitby Abbey was a 7th-century Christian monastery that later became a Benedictine abbey. 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.
Whitby Abbey was a 7th-century Christian monastery that later became a Benedictine abbey. 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. Wikipedia
North Yorkshire, UK.
Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in the Borough of Scarborough and English county of North Yorkshire. It is located within the historic boundaries of the North Riding of Yorkshire. Situated on the east coast of Yorkshire at the mouth of the River Esk, Whitby has an established maritime, mineral and tourist heritage. Its East Cliff is home to the ruins of Whitby Abbey, where Cædmon, the earliest recognised English poet, lived. The fishing port developed during the Middle Ages, supporting important herring and whaling fleets, and was where Captain Cook learned seamanship.
The Abbey at Whitby, North Yorkshire, or to be more precise, the ruins of the Abbey. The Abbey ceased to exist after 1538 and fell into disrepair after.
Had a trip to North Yorkshire last week to get some photographs of Staithes and Whitby, I wasn't disappointed with the weather or my photographs. This was one of the first shots I took in Whitby as the scene jumped right out at me. Not bad for a March day is it and we have just left February.
Comings and goings… The West and East Piers protect the entrance to Whitby Harbour on the North Yorkshire coast. Whitby is on the River Esk and the bustling harbour is used by commercial, fishing and around 350 pleasure craft.
A serene and colourful Whitby Harbour on a sunny and calm September morning. If you zoom in you will see the ruins of Whitby Abbey in the background. Whitby Abbey was a 7th-century Christian monastery that later became a Benedictine abbey. The abbey church was situated overlooking the North Sea on the East Cliff above Whitby in North Yorkshire, a centre of the medieval Northumbrian kingdom.