Whitby No. 2 / Witebi

There is an entry for Whitby [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/NZ9011/whitby/] [accessed 20 January 2020] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (York North Riding, vol. 2, 1923) notes: "The church of ST. MARY, originally a 12th-century building, has been much altered and added to"; no font mentioned in it. The first of two fonts "both disused , found near Newbiggin Hall, between Grosmont and Aislaby. Both are Perp[endicular], octagonal, and simply decorated." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: NZ9015611294] notes: "Originally circa 1110. Transepts and tower of C12 and C13. Roof pitch altered in l6l4. North wall removed 1818. Porch 1823. The interior of the building is remarkable as being an unaltered example of a large town church retaining intact its fittings of pre-Cl9 date ie galleries of from 1695 to 1818, box pews and a 3-decker pulpit of 1778 altered in 1847, and supplied with speaking tubes in 1843." [cf. Index entry for Whitby No. 3 for the secont such font]