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Whitby Abbey Nocturne 21x13Without doubt Whitby Abbey occupies the most dramatic location of all of Yorkshire`s many fine Abbeys. Most are tucked away in gentle pastoral landscapes, not so the Abbey at Whitby. St Hilda founded the original Abbey in 657AD, one of Yorkshires earliest religious foundations. Virtually nothing remains of the early Abbey structure. What we see today are the ruins of the magnificent building that was started in the 1220`s by Abbot Roger and progressed

The original ship was built in Whitby in the 1760’s and named The Earl of Pembroke

This image depicts the lifeboat "The Henry Vernon" taking on oil and supplies in Whitby harbour to go and assist in the rescue efforts of the wreck of the hospital ship SS Rohilla which ran aground just along the coast from Whitby in October 1914

or warning his family of an intruder

Cool moonlight reflecting on a frosty landscape contrasts perfectly with the warm light emanating from the shops' windows and doors giving this study a timeless quality which is the hallmark of these nocturnes

This dramatic study by John Freeman shows the iconic image of the Abbey under a moonlit sky with the pantile roofs of the town nestling in the valley below

St Hilda founded the original Abbey in 657AD

Today the Turkish built Grand Turk

both off the coast and in harbour

Some of the characters featured include: William Scoresby

the warm working interior

events and fantasies became woven together to form Whitby's connection to the most famous of Gothic novels

are shown in this study

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