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
• Joy Whitby (born 1930), English television producer and executive
• 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