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Whitby Abbey

 The Whitby town and its abbey are famous thanks to

Count Dracula: in the well known novel by Bram Stoker,

he meets Lucy Westenra here. It was founded back in

7th century and up to this day managed to gather

around itself a lot of secrets and legends. One of them

is about Saint Hilda, who turned all the snakes living in

Whitby into stones that became the foundation of the

monastery. When in the 16th century the abbey was

closed, according to legends, Hilda's spirit was often

seen here. All of a sudden abbey bells began ringing

and weird things occurred. Those bells were removed

and carried to a ship that soon sank under mysterious

circumstances near the shore. But even if this story has

nothing to do with reality, the Whitby Abbey is without a

doubt one of England's most beautiful sights.