Whitby Abbey seen from the graveyard of St Mary, Whitby, North Yorkshire

RIBA Ref No RIBA48890

Artist/Photographer	Galwey, Reginald Hugo de Burgh (1917-1971)
Country	UK: England
City	Whitby
Subject Date	1200
Image Date	1958
View	Exterior
Style	Gothic
Medium	Photoprint
Library Reference	AP512/66
Orientation	Landscape
Colour Info	Black and white
Credit	Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections
Subject	Tombs ; Abbeys ; Cemeteries ; Ruins

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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