2011
NZ9011 : Ruins of Whitby Abbey
taken 13 years ago, near to Whitby, North Yorkshire, England
Ruins of Whitby Abbey
Viewed across the pool, the abbey ruins, cared for by English Heritage, stand on a headland.
"The first monastery here was founded in AD 657 by King Oswy of Northumbria. An Anglo-Saxon style 'double monastery' for men and women, its first ruler was the formidable royal princess Abbess Hild. Here, Caedmon the cowherd was miraculously transformed into an inspired poet; here, the future of the English church was decided by the Synod of Whitby in 664; and here the relics of Northumbrian kings and saints were enshrined." Source:
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