The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Whitby

Yorkshire (County [UK]), England


View Larger MapDescription of institution: Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in the Borough of Scarborough and English county of North Yorkshire. Situated on the east coast of Yorkshire at the mouth of the River Esk, Whitby has a combined maritime, mineral and tourist heritage, and is home to the ruins of Whitby Abbey where Caedmon, the earliest English poet, lived. URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitby People associated with this location: St Hild of Whitby (614-680) - Residence at