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How Bram Stoker’s visit to the harbour town of Whitby on the Yorkshire coast in 1890 provided him with atmospheric locations for a Gothic novel – and a name for his famous vampire.
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Whitby Abbey was one of the most important religious centres in Anglo-Saxon England, and the later, post-Conquest monastery eventually grew into one of the richest in Yorkshire
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A summary of the present state of research on Whitby Abbey, and of the questions that remain to be answered about the history and development of the Anglian and later monasteries
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Easter and the Synod of Whitby
In 7th-century England there was no agreement among Christian groups on when to celebrate Easter. Discover how a landmark meeting at Whitby Abbey settled on the formula that we still use today to determine the dates of Easter.
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School Visits. A school visit to Whitby Abbey is a unique experience where we offer free self-led visits.