Whitby Urban District was an
urban district
Urban district may refer to:
* District
* Urban area
* Quarter (urban subdivision)
* Neighbourhood
Specific subdivisions in some countries:
* Urban districts of Denmark
* Urban districts of Germany
* Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland) (hist ...
in the
North Riding of Yorkshire from 1894 to 1974. It comprised the present
Whitby
Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in the Scarborough borough of North Yorkshire, England. Situated on the east coast of Yorkshire at the mouth of the River Esk, Whitby has a maritime, mineral and tourist heritage. Its East Clif ...
Town Council plus
Briggswath (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. Together with
Whitby Rural District
Whitby Rural District was a rural district governed from Whitby for its surrounding area in the North Riding of Yorkshire administrative county from 1894 to 1974. The then township of Whitby was governed by the separate Whitby Urban District. ...
it formed the northernmost half of the
district of Scarborough in
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 by National parks of the United Kingdom, national parks, including most of ...
, 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.
References
External links
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