Whitby Abbey Church silhouette

Perhaps better enlarged

Dedicated to St. Peter and St. Hild, Whitby Abbey Church is more than 90 metres long - the size of a small cathedral (Ripon Cathedral is about the same length). The abbey church was not built to serve the local community. The town was served by a large early 12th century parish church; The Church of St. Mary (below), which had itself been provided by the abbey, and which still stands.