Whitby Abbey was a Benedictine abbey which was reduced to its present state by Henry VIII in1540 assisted by the shelling of it by a German battleship

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Whitby Abbey was a Benedictine abbey which was reduced to its present state by Henry VIII in1540 assisted by the shelling of it by a German battleship in sits on the top of a cliff overlooking the North , Yorkshire.

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Location: Whitby, Yorkshire, UK
Photo credit: © Philip Bishop / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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Keywords: 1540, 1914, abbey, battleship, benedictine, cliff, german, henry, north, present, ruins, sea, shelled, state, top, uk, viii, whitby, yorkshire