Whitby (disambiguation)
Whitby is a fishing port and tourist destination in North Yorkshire on the north-east coast of England.
Whitby may also refer to:
Places
- Whitby, Cheshire, suburb of Ellesmere Port, England
- Whitby, New Zealand, suburb of Porirua
- Whitby, Ontario, city in Canada
- Whitby (electoral district), one of the 338 ridings in the house of commons
- Whitby GO Station, transit station in Whitby, Ontario
- 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
- 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
- Ælfflæd of Whitby (654–713), English Christian saint
- Daniel Whitby (1638–1726), English theologian
- Greg Whitby (born 1952), Australian educator
- Hilda of Whitby (c.614–680), English Christian saint
- 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
- Kevin Whitby, in the Harry Potter novels
Other uses
- Whitby class frigate, class of six Royal Navy ships
- HMS Whitby, the name of two ships of the Royal Navy
- Bishop of Whitby, Church of England clerical office
- Synod of Whitby (664), Christian church conference in England
- Whitby (1837 Barque), was one of the first New Zealand Company ships bringing settlers and supplies Nelson, New Zealand
See also
- Prospect of Whitby, a London pub
- The Whitby Witches, fantasy novel series by Robin Jarvis
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