Whitby Abbey, or Streoneshalh, was a 7th-century Christian monastery that later became a Benedictine abbey. The abbey church was situated overlooking the North Sea on the East Cliff above Whitby in North Yorkshire, England, a centre of the medieval Northumbrian kingdom. Whitby was the centre of Christian debate in 664 during a great synod where the path of faith on the island was decided between two Christian churches. The ruins of the abbey also inspired Bram Stoker when he was writing his penultimate novel ‘Dracula.’
The York Minster is one of the largest gothic cathedrals in Northern Europe and is the see of the Archbishop of York. Built atop the ruins of the Roman military headquarters of Eboracum, the church has the largest medieval stain glass window in the world.
Byland Abbey sits outside a small village in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire. It was founded by as a Savigniac abbey in 1135, and later absorbed the Cistercians. There is an impressive number of colorful medieval floor tiles remaining.
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