The half-term holiday saw a large crowd gather to witness the centuries-old tradition of planting the Penny Hedge.

Thornaby came together for a 50th anniversary service to remember those lost in the Dibbles Bridge disaster.

Fifty years ago today, a packed coach crashed in the Yorkshire Dales after its brakes failed, killing 32 passengers and the ...

Events are being held in Thornaby to remember the 33 people from the town who died in the tragedy on May 27, 1975 ...

Whitby Abbey (formerly called Streoneshalh). was a Benedictine monastery founded about 657, for men and women, by Oswy, King of Northumberland. The first abbess was St Hilda, under whom the community ...

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St Hilda of Whitby taught theology to five men who later became bishops. "Moreover, the female abbesses also voted at Church Synods. St Hilda was host to the famous Synod of Whitby which sought to ...

After years in Protestant churches, I found in Catholicism a deeper tradition, a firmer foundation, and a call to holiness I couldn’t ignore. Westminster Cathedral in London is the mother church ...

The glories of 7th-century Britain include Hilda of Whitby, abbess of two monasteries in succession and founder of a third at the age of 66. She was known, according to her younger contemporary Bede, ...

A celebration of festive folklore is set to take over Whitby this weekend for the 10th ... Local folklore will also feature, including the story of St Hilda banishing evil snakes from the town ...