One of the most hauntingly beautiful and eerie places in England is on the northeastern coast of Yorkshire in a tiny town called Whitby. Long a vacation spot for Brits, it has also historically given ...

WHITBY, England (WKRC/CNN Newsource) - Do you "vant" to be part of breaking a world record? If so, an abbey in Yorkshire, England, is looking for your help. Whitby Abbey, a 7th-Century monastery, was ...

A gathering of blood-sucking fans took a “bite” out of the world records. People gathering at Whitby Abbey in North Yorkshire in the United Kingdom on Thursday broke the record for the largest ...

15:14, Wed, Oct 16, 2024 Updated: 15:18, Wed, Oct 16, 2024 Whitby, a charming seaside town in North Yorkshire, may not immediately bring to mind images of vampires. However, this quaint coastal town ...

Dracula author Bram Stoker was inspired by the gothic architecture of Whitby Abbey Hundreds of "vampires" have been invited to descend on North Yorkshire in May in a bid to set a new record. Whitby ...

In the summer of 1890, a 45-year-old Bram Stoker entered the Subscription Library in Whitby, England, and requested a specific title — The Accounts of Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia by ...

Images of bats are being projected on to Whitby Abbey as part of events to mark the 125th anniversary of the publication of Dracula. Whitby and its ruined abbey are key locations in Bram Stoker's 1897 ...

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While Bram Stoker’s 1897 thriller “Dracula” put Transylvania on the map as the imaginative home of vampires, werewolves and cobweb-festooned castles that trap unwary visitors, Stoker himself never ...

May 26 (UPI) --World Dracula Day, celebrated annually on May 26, was started by a fan group in 2012 and timed to coincide with the date that Bram Stoker's vampire novel was first published. The ...

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Whitby Abbey is open daily Oct. 1 to March from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (closed 1 to 2 p.m.). From March to Sept. 31 the hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day (Dec. 26) ...