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The whaling ships that sailed to the Arctic from Whitby would take polar bears as well as whales. These could be sold to zoos and fairs for ...

In Domesday Book the manor of Lid, now called Lythe, was held by someone called Nigel. There is no mention of a place of worship until 1100,...

12 January 1891 On Saturday the weather continued frosty and fine at Whitby and the neighbourhood, and hundreds of young people were out on ...

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FREDERICK WILLIAM JACKSON 1859-1918 Gilbert Foster, Fred Jackson and Mark Senior had been painting in Staithes from about 1880. The group th...

Mrs Alice Galilee owned a cottage in Jackson's Yard which she rented out. In 1847 she made a bequest that the income from the cottage sh...

On Saturday the 15th of January 1881 Whitby was beset by a northern gale, bringing with it blinding snow showers and heavy seas. At around 1...

It's been a bit nippy out over the last few days..

The Whitby Times not only reported local news but also stories from Britain and around the world. This article, published on Friday, Februar...

The organ featured here is the old Southsea Gavoli belonging to Graham Atkinson.