Whitby Abbey
Whitby Abbey overlooking Whitby. Founded in 657 AD by St. Hilda, it became a center of early Christian learning. The abbey played a pivotal role in the Synod of Whitby in 664 AD, which helped establish the date of Easter in the British Church. Though destroyed during Henry VIII’s Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century, its Gothic remains still dominate the cliffside, attracting visitors and inspiring writers like Bram Stoker, who used it as a setting in Dracula
Whitby Abbey overlooking Whitby. Founded in 657 AD by St. Hilda, it became a center of early Christian learning. The abbey played a pivotal role in the Synod of Whitby in 664 AD, which helped establish the date of Easter in the British Church. Though destroyed during Henry VIII’s Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century, its Gothic remains still dominate the cliffside, attracting visitors and inspiring writers like Bram Stoker, who used it as a setting in Dracula
Whitby Abbey overlooking Whitby. Founded in 657 AD by St. Hilda, it became a center of early Christian learning. The abbey played a pivotal role in the Synod of Whitby in 664 AD, which helped establish the date of Easter in the British Church. Though destroyed during Henry VIII’s Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century, its Gothic remains still dominate the cliffside, attracting visitors and inspiring writers like Bram Stoker, who used it as a setting in Dracula