Whitby
Whitby adalah sebuah kota pelabuhan di Yorkshire Utara, Inggris. Terletak 76 km dari York, Esk, kota ini adalah pelabuhan nelayan dan tujuan wisata. Populasinya sebesar 13.594 jiwa pada 2001. Kota ini berkembang di sekitar Biara Whitby, didirikan pada 655, dan di mana Sinode Whitby diadakan pada 664.[1]
Di Whitby, novel terkenal Dracula karya Bram Stoker menggambarkan tenggelamnya kapal selama badai Demeter, kapal yang ditumpangi Count Drakula ketika dia tiba di Inggris.
Kapten James Cook lahir di Marton, Middlesbrough, dan magang di Whitby. Dari abad ke-XVIII, sebagai stasiun perburuan paus pertama di negara ini.
Referensi
- ^ Lapidge, Michael; et al., ed. (1999). The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England. Blackwell. hlm. 155, 472.
Bacaan selanjutnya
- Barker, Malcolm (2006). Essence of Whitby. ISBN 1-905080-11-5.
- Barker, Rosalin (1990). The Book of Whitby. ISBN 0-86023-462-2.
- Platt, Colin (1985). Whitby Abbey. ISBN 1-85074-456-4.
- Robinson, F. K. (1875–1876). A Glossary of Words used in the neighbourhood of Whitby. English Dialect Society [Publications]; Series C: Original Glossaries; !V. London: N. Trübner. Francis Kildale Robinson was also the compiler of A Glossary of Yorkshire Words and Phrases Collected in Whitby and the Neighbourhood; by an Inhabitant; 1855.
- Stamp, Cordelia (2006). Whitby Pictorial Memories. ISBN 1-85937-491-3.
- Waters, Colin (1992). A History of Whitby's Pubs, Inns and Taverns. ISBN 0-9519238-0-3.
- Waters, Colin (1992). Whitby, a Pictorial History. ISBN 0-85033-848-4.
- Waters, Colin (2004). Whitby Then and Now. ISBN 0-7524-3301-6.
- Waters, Colin (2011). Whitby Then and Now IN COLOUR. ISBN 978-0-7524-6315-5.
- Waters, Colin (2011). A History of Whitby & its Place Names. ISBN 978-1-4456-0429-9.
- White, Andrew (2004). A History of Whitby. ISBN 1-86077-306-0.
- Williams, Michael Aufrère (2012). The Whitby-Loftus Line. ISBN 978-0-9567890-1-3.
Pranala luar
- Whitby Town Council
- Mapping the Town: the history of Whitby, presented by Julian Richards (BBC Radio 4) (RealAudio format)
- Whitby di Curlie (dari DMOZ)
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