List Entry Summary

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Name: WHITBY ABBEY (RUINS)

List Entry Number: 1316347

Location

WHITBY ABBEY (RUINS)

The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County: 
District: North Yorkshire
District Type: Unitary Authority
Parish: Whitby

National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.

Grade: I

Date first listed: 23-Feb-1954

Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.

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Asset Groupings

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List Entry Description

Summary of Building

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Reasons for Designation

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History

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Details

NZ 9011 2/1 1811

Whitby Abbey (Ruins)

23.2.54.

I

Founded by Oswy, King of Northumbria, in about 656, the first abbess being St Hilda. Destroyed by the Danes in circa 870 and refounded for the Benedictines by Reinfrid, one of the soldiers of William the Conqueror. Extensive ruins of the church from early Cl2 to Cl4. See 'Whitby Abbey' by Department of the Environment, AM. NMR.

Listing NGR: NZ9032511229

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Selected Sources

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Whitby Abbey

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Map

National Grid Reference: NZ9032511229