Whitby Civic Society - Blue Plaques

Whitby is famous for?

Whitby (St Hilda's) Abbey, Dracula, Bram Stoker, Captain Cook, Whitby Goths, Whitby Regatta, Whitby Whaling, Fishing, St Mary's Church, Whitby Jet, Whitby Witches, Whitby Town, The Whitby Seagull, 199 Steps, Harbour, Whitby Piers, Shipping Trades, Alum Production, B&Bs, The East Cliff, Captain William Scoresby, Fisherman's Cottages, Whitby's Yards, Steps and cobbled streets, Fish and Chips, The Endeavour, Ghost Walks, Sea Food, Seaside, The West Cliff, Whitby Folk Festival, Caedmon, Frank Sutcliffe, Whitby Kippers, Lobster, Crabs and Scampi, Synod of A.D. 664, Australian 'First Fleet' supply vessels,

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Discover Whitby's street names and their history here

Break the ice, Jury, Binge drinking, Incredible Hulk, Down the hatch, ...discover these and many more well known phrases from our maritime past here

Find out about the building styles and architecture found in the buildings of Whitby here.

Whitby in times gone by, ads from the past here

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Around Whitby, fixed to buildings can be found blue plaques. Most have been placed by Whitby Civic Society in remembrance of some very well known people and objects that in some way are connected to the history and heritage of Whitby. Listed below are all the locations and some info about each plaque.

Abbey Terrace - No 1. The Novelist and Biographer Elizabeth Gaskell stayed in 1859.

Bagdale Hall. Once the home of Captain Browne Bushell in the early 1600's.

Bagdale - No13. The Whitby whaler William Scoresby Snr lived here.

Baxtergate - George Hotel. The cartoonist Phil May stayed during his trips to Whitby.

Church Street - No 159. Said to be the oldest surviving building in Whitby.

Church Street - White Horse and Griffin. It was from this inn that the first horse drawn carriage from Whitby to York ran in 1788.

East Terrace - No 5. Lewis Carrol aka Charles Ludwidge Dodgson stayed on his visits to Whitby.

Ladysmith Avenue - No?? Saxonville Hotel. The Novelist Margaret Storm Jameson lived from 1900-1909.

Langbourne Road - Whitby Railway Station. Opened in 1847.

New Quay Road - New Angel Hotel. Jounalist Aurthur Machen stayed in November 1916

New Quay Road - HSBC Bank. Plaque given by The Midland bank in 1988 commemorating the first fleet, a group of 11 ships that formed the first settlement in Australia in 1788.

Normamby Terrace - Pannett House. Robert Elliot Pannett alderman and benefactor of Whitby.

North Promenade - Near Metropole Hotel. In 1942 Robert Watmore, aged 19 the only person killed in Whitby by enemy attack in the 2nd world war.

Pier Road - Magpie Cafe. Once the pilotage of Harrowing and Co.

Royal Crescent - No 6. The place the author Abraham Stoker stayed on a trip to Whitby.

Skinner Street - No 7. Fomer studio of photographer Frank Sutcliffe.