![]() ![]() It was in this period that the town gained its current name, Whitby (from "white settlement" in Old Norse). Another monastery was founded in 1078 AD. ![]() The town's East Cliff is home to the ruins of Whitby Abbey, where Cædmon, the earliest recognised English poet, lived. In 867 AD, Viking raiders destroyed the monastery. The Synod of Whitby was held there in 664 AD. The earliest record of a permanent settlement is in 656 AD, when as Streanæshealh it was the place where Oswy, the Christian king of Northumbria, founded the first abbey, under the abbess Hilda. Jet and alum were mined locally, and Whitby jet, which was mined by the Romans and Victorians, became fashionable during the 19th century. The fishing port emerged during the Middle Ages, supporting important herring and whaling fleets, and was where Captain Cook learned seamanship and, coincidentally, where his vessel to explore the southern ocean, The Endeavour was built. It has a maritime, mineral and tourist economy. The town is on the Yorkshire Coast at the mouth of the River Esk. ![]() Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. ![]()
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