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• Whitby Abbey — is a ruined Benedictine abbey sited on Whitby s East Cliff in North Yorkshire on the north east coast of England.The stark and magnificent ruins of Whitby Abbey are much more than a spectacular clifftop landmark. Generations have been drawn to… …   Wikipedia

• Whitby Abbey — Ruine von Whitby Abbey Whitby Abbey ist ein ehemaliges Kloster in Whitby, einer historischen Hafenstadt an der Nordseeküste der Grafschaft Yorkshire in England. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Abbey of Whitby —     Abbey of Whitby     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Abbey of Whitby     (Formerly called Streoneshalh). A Benedictine monastery in the North Riding of Yorkshire, England, was founded about 657, as a double monastery, by Oswy, King of Northumberland …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Whitby — Koordinaten …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Whitby (disambiguation) — Whitby is a fishing port and tourist destination in North Yorkshire on the north east coast of EnglandWhitby may also mean:* Synod of Whitby, a council which led to the unification of the church in Britain, held in now called Whitby Abbey *… …   Wikipedia

• Whitby —   [ wɪtbi], Hafenstadt in der County North Yorkshire, Nordengland, an der Nordsee, 15 800 Einwohner; Kunstgalerie und Museum; Seebad, Fischereihafen.   Stadtbild:   Die Kirche von Whitby Abbey (657 gegründet) wurde 1067 von den Dänen zerstört, um …   Universal-Lexikon

• Whitby — infobox UK place country = England official name= Whitby latitude = 54.4858 longitude = 0.6206 civil parish = Whitby population = 13,594 (2001 census) shire district = Scarborough region = Yorkshire and the Humber shire county = North Yorkshire… …   Wikipedia

• Whitby — Coordenadas: 54°29′8.88″N 0°37′14.16″O / 54.4858, 0.6206 …   Wikipedia Español

• Whitby — /hwit bee, wit /, n. 1. a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Ontario. 36,698. 2. a seaport in E North Yorkshire, in NE England: ruins of an abbey; church council A.D. 664. 12,717. * * * ▪ England, United Kingdom   town, borough of… …   Universalium

• WHITBY —    a seaport and famous bathing place in the North Riding of Yorkshire, 54½ m. NE. of York; is situated at the mouth of the Esk, and looks N. over the German Ocean; it consists of an old fishing town sloping upwards, and a fashionable new town… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia