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Whitby

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Whit·by  (hwtb, wt-)
A town of southeast Ontario, Canada, on Lake Ontario northeast of Toronto. It is a port of entry and manufacturing center. Population: 111,000.
Whitby [ˈwɪtbɪ]
n
(Placename) a fishing port and resort in NE England, in E North Yorkshire at the mouth of the River Esk: an important ecclesiastical centre in Anglo-Saxon times; site of an abbey founded in 656. See also Synod of Whitby. Pop.: 13 640 (1991)
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We are residing in the secluded village of Ruswarp, on the banks of the Esk, about two miles inland from Whitby.
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At Whitby there was a monastery ruled over by the Abbess Hilda.
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And respecting language, I willingly hold communication in that spoken by my respected grandmother, Hilda of Middleham, who died in odour of sanctity, little short, if we may presume to say so, of her glorious namesake, the blessed Saint Hilda of Whitby, God be gracious to her soul
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