. The greater abbeys of England. ?-•* - ^^ J- i^a. WHITBY plundered and at least partially destroyed by some piratesfrom Norway who had landed on the coast. The history of Whitby during the succeeding centurieswas even and uneventful, with apparently little to disturbthe peace and harmony of the Benedictine mode of was during this time that there was built up the church,portions of which now stand on the cliff, desolate and un-cared for, and slowly crumbling to dust. Every vestigeof the conventual buildings has vanished, the materialshaving been utilised in a neighbouring building.
. The greater abbeys of England. ?-•* - ^^ J- i^a. WHITBY plundered and at least partially destroyed by some piratesfrom Norway who had landed on the coast. The history of Whitby during the succeeding centurieswas even and uneventful, with apparently little to disturbthe peace and harmony of the Benedictine mode of was during this time that there was built up the church,portions of which now stand on the cliff, desolate and un-cared for, and slowly crumbling to dust. Every vestigeof the conventual buildings has vanished, the materialshaving been utilised in a neighbouring building. TheEarly English presbytery of the great church remains,and shows that the edifice must have been one of the manyarchitectural glories of mediaeval England. The sevenbays of choir and sanctuary, the exquisite transepts ofthree bays with rich buttresses, the two tiers of gracefullancet windows in the front and portions of the decoratednave still stand and makes us sigh for the rest. Thechurch was 350 feet long, the tower 150 feet high, andeach arm we
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