Whitby Abbey - First founded in 657 by St Hilda

The main part of this 3D Tour is Whitby Abbey and shows the road to the right of it leading down and left towards the main building where you can enter the grounds of the Abbey.
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Up high sat on a cliff above the Yorkshire coast town of Whitby sits looking down the remains of Whitby Abbey. First founded in 657 by by the Saxon King of Northumbria, Oswy (Oswiu) as Streanshalh (Streonshalh), he appointed Lady Hilda, niece of Edwin, the first christian king of Northumbria, as Abbess. Whitby Abbey has over the years has seen many things pass by and happen. It’s been a kings’ burial place, the setting for a historic meeting between Celtic and Roman clerics, the home of saints including the poet Caedmon, and inspiration for Bram Stoker, author of Dracula.


 

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