Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Whitby within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Whitby, township, Eastham and Stoke pars., Cheshire, on Ellesmere Canal, 6 miles N. of Chester, 1232 ac. (18 water) and 190 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 1488.