Whitby Abbey Whitby, England

Listed Building Data

Whitby Abbey has been designated a Grade I listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.

List Entry ID
1316347
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
I
Date Listed
23 February 1954
Name
WHITBY ABBEY (RUINS)
Location
WHITBY ABBEY (RUINS)
Parish
Whitby
District
Scarborough
County
North Yorkshire
Grid Reference
NZ 90303 11217
Easting
490302.7500
Northing
511217.0670

Listed Building Description

Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.

  1. 18ll Whitby Abbey (Ruins) NZ 9011 2/1 23.2.54.

I

  1. 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: NZ9030811222