August 22, 2022

Who are the Vikings???

In 657 AD Whitby became known as Streonshalh when the then Christian King of Northumbria, Oswy founded a monastery and Abbey there. The Vikings arrived in 867 AD destroying the monastery and renaming the settlement Whitby from the old Norse for White Settlement. Sinus Fari, They were initially called Whitby, Sinus Fari. By 71 AD Whitby was […]