White Horse & Griffin
The White Horse & Griffin is a historic building in Whitby, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. The building was constructed as an inn in 1681 for Hugh Cholmeley, although Historic England dates the current structure to the late 18th century.Photo: Mike Kirby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Pub
- Description: inn in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Former White Horse Inn” and “White Horse and Griffin”
- Address: 87 Church Street, Whitby, YO22 4BH
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Whitby Abbey and Captain Cook Memorial Museum.
Whitby Abbey
Historic site
Photo: Aude, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Whitby Abbey was a 7th-century Christian monastery that later became a Benedictine abbey. The abbey church was situated overlooking the North Sea on the East Cliff above Whitby in North Yorkshire, England, a centre of the medieval Northumbrian kingdom. Whitby Abbey is situated 950 feet east of White Horse & Griffin.
Captain Cook Memorial Museum
Museum
Photo: Aude, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Captain Cook Memorial Museum is a history museum in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England. The museum building, Walker's House, belonged to Captain John Walker, to whom James Cook was apprenticed in 1746.
St Mary’s Church, Whitby
Church
Photo: Chris06, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church of Saint Mary is an Anglican parish church serving the town of Whitby in North Yorkshire England. It was founded around 1110, although its interior dates chiefly from the late 18th century. St Mary’s Church, Whitby is situated 650 feet northeast of White Horse & Griffin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ewe Cote and Ruswarp.
Ewe Cote
Locality
Ewe Cote is a small hamlet on the edge of the North York Moors National Park, set in the northern edge of the civil parish of Whitby, in North Yorkshire, England.
Ruswarp
Village
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ruswarp is a village in the civil parish of Whitby, in North Yorkshire, England. It is around 1.8 miles from Whitby, at the junction of the B1410 and B1416 roads, on the River Esk and the Esk Valley Line, with trains stopping at Ruswarp railway station.
Stainsacre
Hamlet
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stainsacre is a village in the civil parish of Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre, in the English county of North Yorkshire and situated on the edge of the North York Moors National Park. Stainsacre is situated 2 miles southeast of White Horse & Griffin.
White Horse & Griffin
- Categories: inn and building
- Location: Whitby, Scarborough District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.48757° or 54° 29′ 15″ northLongitude
-0.61179° or 0° 36′ 43″ westOpen location code
9C6XF9QQ+27OpenStreetMap ID
way 845837909OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=pubOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q26441306
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