Whitby Abbey & Abbey Headland Through Time
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Through Time
ISBN-10
1445606720
ISBN-13
9781445606729
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Imprint
Amberley Publishing
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 15th, 2012
Print length
96 Pages
Weight
296 grams
Dimensions
23.30 x 16.60 x 0.80 cms
Product Classification:
YorkshirePlaces in old photographs
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This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Whitby Abbey & Abbey Headland have changed and developed over the last century
Dominating the seaport of Whitby from its headland site, the imposing and brooding ruins of Whitby Abbey date from the seventh century. The renowned and wise St Hilda ruled over the first monastery and witnessed one of the defining moments in the establishment of the Church - the Synod of Whitby in AD 664. Sacked by the Vikings, it lay in ruins until the Norman Conquest when it was re-established and grew into one of the most powerful and richest Abbeys in Yorkshire.Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII the site was sold and the lord of the manor built himself a grand private residence, using some of the stone from the Abbey. Over time the abbey ruins came into the guardianship of English Heritage who have in the last fifty years conserved the ruins for posterity and transformed the headland into a major tourist area.
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