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Perkins: Homeless Gillick could settle in nicely with Blue Jays...Bob Haskill of Etobicoke, while retired Star man Morris Duff adds $30 in memory of former colleague Tom Kerr. Another $30 drops from Whitby's David McGregor for granddaughter Quinn. One of the great Corner envelopes annually arrives from... In this article: Blue Jays, Toronto, Seattle, Paul Beeston, and Philadelphia Phillies |
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thestar.com | 5 days ago
'Active surveillance' of some prostate cancers safe: Study
...Klotz. In all, 97 (22 per cent) of the men died during the study period, but only five from prostate cancer. Gary Dailey, 66, of Whitby, Ont., was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2005. Despite a rising PSA level, biopsies showed the...
In this article: Cancer, Biopsy, Toronto, Surgery, Urinary incontinence, and Dartmouth College
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The Australian | November 12, 2009
Aggravated burglary at BP Mana, Porirua
...round while inside the store while attempting to access the safe before driving away. The vehicle the males used had been stolen from Whitby about 15 minutes before the incident and was set alight and abandoned near the water-ski club on...
In this article: Camborne
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Stuff | November 12, 2009
Gun toting burglars in Porirua
...or potentially linked to other crimes. The burglars were using a vehicle stolen 15 minutes earlier from the Porirua suburb of Whitby. It was later torched near the waterski club on Grays Rd, Camborne. The descriptions of two of the...
In this article: Camborne and Wellington
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Edmonton Journal | November 11, 2009
Rush scores top player to add experienced muscle on offensive roster
Prout, 31, has racked up 230 goals in 127 regular season games during his eight-year NLL career. The five-foot-10, 185-pound native of Whitby, Ont., entered the league in 2001 as the first overall pick in the NLL entry draft by the New York...
In this article: Gavin Prout, Derek Keenan, Edmonton, Colorado, National Lacrosse League, and Edmonton Rush
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thestar.com | November 11, 2009
England's seaside spirits
...above the town, inspired author Bram Stoker to make this the spot where his creation, Dracula, landed in England. The sea looms large in Whitby's history. WHITBY, ENG.-The truth is not always stranger than fiction. That a shop...
In this article: Whitby Abbey, Dracula, James Cook, Bram Stoker, England, Endeavour, and Dog
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Telegraph.co.uk - Travel | November 09, 2009
Readers' holiday guide: Great Britain
...we received, the great man not only travelled the world, he visited all points on the North Yorkshire map. After a few days in the Whitby area, I could not help feeling that there are so many claims to "ownership if the brand",...
In this article: Dog, Padstow, National Trust, Great Britain, Rick Stein, and North Sea
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Scotland on Sunday | November 09, 2009
Church is 'sinking ship', says vicar-turned-author
...article in full you must be registered with the site. Published Date: 09 November 2009 The vicar-turned-author GP Taylor, from Whitby, has said he is deserting the "sinking ship" of the Church of England, which he described as the...
In this article: Anglicanism, Church of England, Rowan Williams, Shadowmancer, All rights reserved, Climate change, Roman Catholic Church, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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Guardian | November 07, 2009
Top Anglican author converts to Rome
...and split. The evangelicals, traditionalists and Anglo-Catholics could go one way and the Liberals the other." The author, who lives in Whitby, North Yorkshire, said he was drawn to the Catholic church because of its "sense of identity...
In this article: Church of England, Anglican, Rowan Williams, Shadowmancer, Archbishop of Canterbury, North Yorkshire, Catholicism, Climate change, and Yorkshire Post
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Telegraph.co.uk - All news | November 07, 2009
Children's author G P Taylor to leave 'sinking ship' Church of England and become Catholic
...of England, which he said was the "spiritual arm of New Labour", for Roman Catholicism. Published: 11:31AM GMT 07 Nov 2009 Whitby-based Rev Taylor was the vicar of Cloughton, North Yorkshire, when he took up writing fantasy novels.
In this article: Church of England, Anglicanism, Roman Catholic Church, Rowan Williams, Shadowmancer, North Yorkshire, and Cloughton
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thestar.com | October 26, 2009
Experts try to quell H1N1 vaccine fears
The first H1N1 vaccinations in the GTA begin Monday, with Durham Region operating clinics in Whitby and Pickering. On Wednesday, clinics will open in Peel, Halton and York. Toronto will start its vaccinations next Monday. More on...
In this article: Influenza vaccine, Autism, The Lancet, Andrew Wakefield, Canada, Mercury, British Medical Journal, and Cough
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Description from Wikipedia:
Whitby is a town and civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire on the north-east coast of England. Nowadays it is a fishing port and tourist destination. It is situated 47 mi from York, at the mouth of the River Esk and spreads up the steep sides of the narrow valley carved out by the river's course. At this point the coast curves round, so the town faces more north than east. According to the 2001 UK census, Whitby parish had a population of 13,594.
Whitby was founded under its Anglo-Saxon name of Streonshal in 656, when Oswy, the Christian king of Northumbria, founded Whitby Abbey, under its first abbess Hilda. The Synod of Whitby was held here in. In 867, the monastery was destroyed by Viking raiders, and was only refounded in 1078. It was in this period that the town gained its current name, Whitby, (from "white settlement" in Old Norse). In the 18th century Whitby became a centre for shipbuilding and whaling, as well as trade in alum and jet. James Cook set sail from Whitby on his voyage that led to the discovery of Australia.
Tourism and fishing now form the mainstay of the town's economy. There are rail and bus links to the rest of Yorkshire and the North East of England. Whitby has been featured in literary works, television and cinema, most famously in Bram Stoker's Dracula.
- Name:
- Whitby
- Region:
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Location Country:
- England
- County:
- North Yorkshire
- Civil Parish:
- Whitby
- Latitude:
- 54.4858
- Longitude:
- -0.6206
- Postcode District:
- YO21, YO22
- UK Parliament Constituency:
- Scarborough and Whitby
- Post Town:
- WHITBY
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