Whitby Urban District was an
urban district in the
North Riding of Yorkshire
The North Riding of Yorkshire is a subdivision of Yorkshire, England, alongside York, the East Riding and West Riding. The riding's highest point is at Mickle Fell with 2,585 ft (788 metres).
From the Restoration it was used as ...
from 1894 to 1974. It comprised the present
Whitby Town Council plus
Briggswath
Briggswath is a village in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered ...
(the present Scarborough Borough Council wards of Mayfield, Streonshalh and Whitby West Cliff, plus Briggswath).
In 1974 it was abolished under the
Local Government Act 1972
The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974. It was one of the most significant Acts of Parliament to be passed by the Heath Gov ...
. Together with
Whitby Rural District it formed the northernmost half of the
district of Scarborough in
North Yorkshire, containing one third of the new borough's population.
The town's coat of arms, was adopted with variations into the Urban District Council's coat of arms in 1935. The motto on the coat of arms was ''Fuimus et sumus'', la, We were, and we are.
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Coat of arms{{coord, 54.476, -0.624, type:city_region:GB, display=title
History of North Yorkshire
Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894
Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972
Urban districts of England
Whitby