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
A useful way to answer this question is to look at old maps of whitby. Maps give the approximate dates of what was built and when, within a time frame of a decade or so. The various maps that have been produced in the past can help build a picture of the development of whitby.
As we know, the first developments in whitby centred around the first monastery. In that instance it was the church who's wealth was used to fund the buildings.
The building of whitby as a town has depended on the various trades and the prosperity of the town, wealthy land owners and developers. The oldest part of whitby is the abbey, then the east cliff along the harbour, then came the four main streets of whitby, baxtergate, church street, pier rd and badgale, in the 19th century the west cliff development took off with the building of the victorian terraces, many of which have since become hotels and bed and breakfasts.
Below, the main developers, builders and architectects of Whitby:
BUILDINGS IN WHITBY:
Francis Pickernell – Engineer - The Harbour
Jonathan Pickernell – Architect - Whitby Town Hall
George Hudson – Developer - Victorian Housing Development of West Cliff
R.J Johnson – St Hilda’s Church 1 Walker Street
Messrs M E Hadfield of Sheffield.
Sir Hugh Cholmley – Re-design of Chomley House.
J.P Pritchett of Darlington – The Congregational Church, Skinner Street.
J.B and W Atkinson - The Church of St John the Evangelist. St Michael’s Church.
Waddington and Son of Manchester - Brunswick Methodist Church
Sir George Gilbert Scott - Fishermans Almshouses no ?? to ?? Church Street.
Pritchett - Cemetery Chapels
G T Andrews - Whitby Railway Station
Sir George Elliott - Spa Theatre (formerly West Cliff Saloon)
Demaine and Brierley - No 4 Baxtergate (now the H.S.B.C Bank)
John Dobson – Architect East Terrace
Chorley, Cannon and Chorley of leeds - No ?? Argyle Road (Metropole Hotel)
E H Smales of Whitby- No ?? Grape Lane (Whitby Cottage Hospital).
Julius Mayhew of London - Spa Pavillion Theatre
STRUCTURES, MONUMENTS AND CUROSITIES
Smugglers tunnels - Location beneath unknown
West Pier – (1814)
Burgess Pier/Tate Hill Pier – (1766) Grade II Listed. Records exist from 14C of a pier.
Barometer – Church Street – Given to the fishermen of Whitby by Lord Grimthorpe.
Caedmon’s Cross (1898) – Adjacent St Mary’s Church. Cut from Northumbrian Sandstone in a celtic design.
Fish Pier – (1815)
Open Air Swimming Pool – (1968-9) West Cliff
Whitby Bridge – (1835)
Whitby Pier “Lighthouses” – Old East Breakwater Light (1854) 55ft 16.5m Tuscan style. Grade II Listed and Old West Breakwater Light (1831) 83ft high. 25.3m Doric column with octagonal lanter. Grade II Listed. By Francis Pickernell engineer to the harbour.
Whitby Pier “Lighthouses” – New East Pier (1914) 23ft high and New West Pier Light (1914) 23ft high.
Swing Bridge (1908/09) – Cast Iron Bridge. Cicular office at west end. Span 75ft. The bridge brings together the east and west sides of the town over the river Esk. Opens on the hour and half hour on request.
Captain James Cook memorial - (date) has a carving of his ship the resolution
Band Stand on West Pier - ?
199 Steps (Church Steps) – (1700) Alongside the steps is the “Donkey Road” traditionally used for processions on feast and high days.
Cemetery Chapels – (1862) by Pritchett.
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