A walk through Whitby

We had a day off today. Mark stayed on site to continue cleaning and painting the apartment, ready for us to move in. I caught the bus into Whitby to explore the town a bit more.

My first stop was Pannett Park, named after Robert Elliott Pannett, a local gentleman who donated a great deal of his time and money to educational and charitable causes in Whitby. He bought the land that the park now occupies in 1902 to prevent it falling into the hands of speculative builders. Following his death in 1920, his will revealed that he had left the land to the town for 'the creation of a public park and a building for the reception and preservation of my works of art'.

Pannett Park and Pannett Art Gallery opened on 1st August 1928.

From the park, I walked past the Church of St Hilda and several rows of elegant townhouses. I also passed a couple of houses with unique tall narrow windows spanning two floors. They were built this way to save money on window tax.Read more