The Ruins of Whitby Abbey

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Whitby Abbey is a ruined Benedictine abbey sited on Whitby’s East Cliff in North Yorkshire on the northeast coast of England. It was founded in 657 AD by the Anglo-Saxon King of Northumbria, Oswy as Streoneshalh.

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sanctuary, whitby abbey cathedral church ruins, parish

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United Kingdom Churches and Cathedrals

Source

Rev. C. Arthur Lane Illustrated Notes on English Church History (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1901)

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