Ilkeston Cam on Holiday in ....
w/e 13 August 2023
All of this week's pictures were taken with a Nikon D3300.
3 - To The 199 Steps In Whitby
There is a debate about how many steps there are up to Whitby
Abbey. Some records state 198, others 200 but they are officially
know as the 199 Steps. They were our objective in this, the second
part of our day in Whitby - but first we had to get there.
To do that we first had to cross the River Esk and this is the
view looking back upstream to the tall mast of the Whitby Endeavour
moored in the small inlet off the river on the right and the
Endeavour Wharf beyond where we had parked. The structure in
the foreground is part of the foundations on which the bridge
swings.
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Immediately after crossing the bridge, the narrow alley on the
left is called Sandgate. It is by this that we would return but
we passed by and continued a little further along Bridge Street.
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We then turned, with many more holidaymakers and tourists, into
Church Street.
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Church Street is lined on both sides with shops and many of them
are selling the famous Whitby Jet jewellery.
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Almost half way along Church Street is the Old Town Hall which
dates from 1788 and is Grade II* listed.
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The Old Town Hall has an open ground floor which is now used
for market trading. The upper floor is supported by Tuscan columns
and the streets on either side of it and the open space on the
other side to Church Street form the Market Place.
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It would be via the Market Place that we would return to Sandgate
but for now we continued along Church Street passing more shops,
many of them selling more Whitby Jet - but there were others
too, like the Sweet Shop on the left. The brick built building
on the right is Albert's Eatery & Museum of Whitby Jet which
is situated in the Wesley Hall that was built in 1901.
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One of them had Whitby souvenirs of all kinds, including games,
books, jigsaws, cushions, clothing and probably many other items
too.
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At the end of Church Street the road turns and becomes Church
Lane rising up to the foot of the steps.
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And it was at the foot of the steps that a decision had to be
made. Do we carry on and climb to the Abbey or turn back the
way we came? All will be revealed in the next part.
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