Whitby Abbey, North Yorkshire
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Artist/Photographer | Smith, Edwin (1912-1971) |
Country | UK: England |
City | Whitby |
Subject Date | 1200 |
Image Date | 1954 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Gothic |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | ESP/ABB/565 (ES1353.1) |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | Edwin Smith / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Landscape ; Abbeys ; Ruins ; Stone |
NOTES: The original Benedictine monastery founded on this site in c. 657 fell to Viking attack in 867 and was abandoned. It was re-founded in 1087 and a new abbey was built during the 13th and 14th centuries. It was dissolved in 1540 and abandoned.
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