Photo Gallery
The ruined Abbeys image reflects in the pond.
The most prominent feature of Whitby is the Abbey, whose gaunt ruins
stand above the old town. It is now cared for by English Heritage and
although little remains of the monastic site. Some of the church still
stands as a vivid monument to the Benedictine monks whose community was
finally closed down by Henry VIII in 1539.
The first monastery in Whitby was laid waste by Viking raiders in the
9th century, and then rebuilt shortly after the Norman Conquest. Further
and considerable damage to the Abbey was done in 1914 when German ships
bombarded the towns of Scarborough, Whitby and Hartlepool.
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