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
Each year in Whitby, a hedge is built in the harbour on the waters edge. The hedge known as the Penny Hedge is an ancient tradition carried out each and every year. It's planting goes back to 1159 when a local monk was viciously attacked for protecting a wild boar being chased by three "nobleman" and their hounds. The Abbott of Whitby was called and would have put the nobleman to death. However, before the monk died from is wounds, he offered them an alternative punishment. In penance for the attack they were made to build from 3 stakes a penance hedge each year, in the harbour that was to withstand 3 tides, if they didn't then they were to give their lands to the Abbott. Today the ceremony is performed at 9am on Ascension Eve (38 days after Easter Sunday) at Abraham's bosom, by a local landowner of land that once belonged to the Abbott, and once planted 3 blows of a horn (1 for each knobleman) are sounded and the words "out on ye" meaning shame on you, are said 3 times (once for each nobleman).
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