Whitby, UK has a very varied and interesting past. Little is known about the town, before the construction of the forerunner of Whitby Abbey, which was a wooden church structure, built on the top of the East Cliff in AD 657, founded by St Hilda.. In the Roman period there was a lighthouse, probably situated at the same site, which gave rise to the Saxon name of Streonshalh (lighhouse bay). There could possibly have been a Roman settlement, but the only indication of such, is a couple of coins found here, and the close proximity of the Roman Roads. After the death of St. Hilda, the wooden monastery was replaced by a 40 cell stone building, later to be destroyed by the Danes circa AD 866. It lay derelict for a further two centuries until the present Whitby Abbey started to be built around 1078, after the land was given to Reinfrid, a Knight. It was around this time that the town obtained its modern name of Whitby (white-town).
the whitby abbey is 1500 years old today :) by chloe Jane Henry
Well i think that it has been for 1234 years i suppose
10000 years before you were born
A type of boat associated with the area around Whitby UK.
How long is a piece of string?
2houers
Whitby, on the coast. Whitby, on the coast.
The Whitby was created in 1924.
The Whitby was created in 1924.
There is a Whitby in North Yorkshire in England. There is also a Whitby in Ontario Canada.
it takes about 30 or so minutes
About 20 minutes