Whitby Abbey - Guidebook

by Steven Brindle

High on their windswept headland, the imposing ruins of Whitby Abbey dominate the busy harbour town below. Originally founded in the seventh century and ruled by the renowned Abbess Hild, the first monastery here was the setting for one of the defining episodes in the establishment of the Anglo-Saxon church - the synod of Whitby. After the Norman Conquest, a new religious community was established on the site, which eventually grew into one of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848020724
• ISBN13: 9781848020726
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: English Heritage
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.1" x 11.1"