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<p> A seaport and famous bathing-place in the North Riding of Yorkshire, 54½ m. NE. of York; is situated at the mouth of the Esk, and looks N. over the German Ocean; it consists of an old fishing town sloping upwards, and a fashionable new town above and behind it, with the ruins of an abbey; [[Captain]] Cook was a 'prentice here, and it was in Whitby-built ships, "the best and stoutest bottoms in England," that he circumnavigated the globe. </p> | Whitby <ref name="term_81558" /> | ||
==References == | <p> A seaport and famous bathing-place in the North [[Riding]] of Yorkshire, 54½ m. NE. of York; is situated at the mouth of the Esk, and looks N. over the German Ocean; it consists of an old fishing town sloping upwards, and a fashionable new town above and behind it, with the ruins of an abbey; [[Captain]] Cook was a 'prentice here, and it was in Whitby-built ships, "the best and stoutest bottoms in England," that he circumnavigated the globe. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_81558"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/whitby Whitby from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_81558"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/whitby Whitby from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:10, 15 October 2021
Whitby [1]
A seaport and famous bathing-place in the North Riding of Yorkshire, 54½ m. NE. of York; is situated at the mouth of the Esk, and looks N. over the German Ocean; it consists of an old fishing town sloping upwards, and a fashionable new town above and behind it, with the ruins of an abbey; Captain Cook was a 'prentice here, and it was in Whitby-built ships, "the best and stoutest bottoms in England," that he circumnavigated the globe.
