Whitby (disambiguation)

Whitby is a seaside town, 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, town in Canada
  • Whitby (federal electoral district), one of the 338 ridings in the House of Commons
  • Whitby (provincial electoral district), a riding that elects a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
  • Whitby GO Station, transit station in Whitby, Ontario
  • Whitby Rail Maintenance Facility, a GO Transit rail facility
• 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
• Alfred Knight Whitby (c. 1844–1898), lawyer in Adelaide, South Australia
• Beatrice Whitby (1855–1931), English novelist
• Daniel Whitby (1638–1726), English theologian
• Elizabeth Whitby (c. 1803–1888), founder and principal of school for girls in Adelaide, South Australia
• Francis John Whitby (c. 1840–1909), station manager for J. H. Angas in South Australia
• Greg Whitby (born 1952), Australian educator
• Hilda of Whitby (c. 614–680), English Christian saint
• Joseph James Whitby (1838–1875), lawyer in Adelaide, South Australia
• 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 (mentioned once)

Other uses

• Whitby-class frigate, class of six Royal Navy ships
  • HMS Whitby, the name of two ships of the Royal Navy
• HMCS Whitby, the name of a Royal Canadian Navy frigate
• Bishop of Whitby, Church of England clerical office
• Synod of Whitby (664), Christian church conference in England
• Whitby (barque), was one of the first New Zealand Company ships bringing settlers and supplies Nelson, New Zealand
• Port of Whitby, port in North Yorkshire, England

See also

• Prospect of Whitby, a London pub
• The Whitby Witches, fantasy novel series by Robin Jarvis
• Whidbey (disambiguation)