. An illustrated and descriptive guide to the great railways of England and their connections with the Continent . et windows : it is beautifully clothedwith ivy. The Refectory is in a good state of preservation : it was a nobleapartment, 125 feet long by 37 broad. The Monastery of Rievaux was in-stituted in the year 1131 by monks sent over by .St. Bernard. 89 2 -tf^^ WHITBY PRIORY. Whitby has been from of old a great fischar towne, and one of themost pleasant of the Yorkshire watering-places. The busy harbour, thefishing boats, the ships away towards the offing, the pleasant inland country,th
. An illustrated and descriptive guide to the great railways of England and their connections with the Continent . et windows : it is beautifully clothedwith ivy. The Refectory is in a good state of preservation : it was a nobleapartment, 125 feet long by 37 broad. The Monastery of Rievaux was in-stituted in the year 1131 by monks sent over by .St. Bernard. 89 2 -tf^^ WHITBY PRIORY. Whitby has been from of old a great fischar towne, and one of themost pleasant of the Yorkshire watering-places. The busy harbour, thefishing boats, the ships away towards the offing, the pleasant inland country,the healthful sea breezes, the beetling cliffs, and high Whitbys cloisteredpile, standing at their very verge 250 feet above the sea, afford abundantattractions to the visitor. The venerable Priory is an excellent specimenof the Early English style. It was founded ad. 657, and its inmates weremonks and nuns of the Benedictine order, the abbess, contrary to custom,being superior to the abbot. The north and east sides are best preserved;but all are weather-worn. The east end has six lancet windows in two tiers. 1. L3^- Ihe side aisles are divided from the centre by pointed arches resting onclustered columns. Above are the triforium and clerestory windows. Thenorth transept is nearly perfect. The central tower fell in 1730; but twoof the strong pillars, consisting of sixteen clustered columns, remain. Thesouthern side of the church is in ruins. Many interesting legends are told How sea-fowls pinions over Whitbys towers they sail,And sinking down with flutterings faint,They do their homage to the saint. The jet works of Whitby are famous. Ornaments of excellent designmay be obtained in the shops; and how anciently this black amber hasbeen worked here may be inferred from the fact that necklaces of jet beadsfound in British tumuli on the moors may be seen in the museum. Alumshale also is dug in this neighbourhood. It looks and feels like slate soakedin grease. 90 r RICHMOND. O
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