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Whitby (disambiguation)
Whitby is a seaside town, fishing port and tourist destination in North Yorkshire on the north-east coast of England.
Whitby may also refer to:
Places Edit
- Whitby, Cheshire, suburb of Ellesmere Port, England
- Whitby, New Zealand, suburb of Porirua
- Whitby, Ontario, town in Canada
- Whitby (federal electoral district), one of the 338 ridings in the House of Commons
- Whitby (provincial electoral district), a riding that elects a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- Whitby GO Station, transit station in Whitby, Ontario
- Whitby Rail Maintenance Facility, a GO Transit rail facility
- Whitby, West Virginia, American coal mining village
- Whitby, Western Australia, suburb of Perth
- Whitby Abbey, Benedictine abbey ruin in Whitby, Yorkshire
- The Whitby, apartment building in New York City
Sports Edit
- Whitby Dunlops, name of several Canadian hockey clubs
- Whitby Fury, Canadian hockey club
- Whitby Lawmen, Canadian hockey club
- Whitby Town F.C., English football club
- Whitby Warriors, Canadian box lacrosse team
People Edit
- Ælfflæd of Whitby (654–713), English Christian saint
- Alfred Knight Whitby (c. 1844–1898), lawyer in Adelaide, South Australia
- Beatrice Whitby (1855–1931), English novelist
- Daniel Whitby (1638–1726), English theologian
- Elizabeth Whitby (c. 1803–1888), founder and principal of school for girls in Adelaide, South Australia
- Francis John Whitby (c. 1840–1909), station manager for J. H. Angas in South Australia
- Greg Whitby (born 1952), Australian educator
- Hilda of Whitby (c. 614–680), English Christian saint
- Joseph James Whitby (1838–1875), lawyer in Adelaide, South Australia
- Joy Whitby (born 1930), English television producer and executive
- Mike Whitby (fl. since 1979), English politician
- Tim Whitby (fl. since 1992), British television writer/director
- William Whitby (died 1655), Virginia colonial politician
- Whitby Hertford (born 1978), American voice actor
Fictional characters Edit
- Kevin Whitby, in the Harry Potter novels (mentioned once)
Other uses Edit
- Whitby-class frigate, class of six Royal Navy ships
- HMS Whitby, the name of two ships of the Royal Navy
- HMCS Whitby, the name of a Royal Canadian Navy frigate
- Bishop of Whitby, Church of England clerical office
- Synod of Whitby (664), Christian church conference in England
- Whitby (barque), was one of the first New Zealand Company ships bringing settlers and supplies Nelson, New Zealand
- Port of Whitby, port in North Yorkshire, England
See also Edit
- Prospect of Whitby, a London pub
- The Whitby Witches, fantasy novel series by Robin Jarvis
- Whidbey (disambiguation)