St Hilda’s Church in Egton needs £6,000 to repair its three church bells, and I thought it would be a fantastic legacy for Gail if we could raise the money the church needs. “Gail lived in Egton from ...

Whitby Abbey (formerly called Streoneshalh). was a Benedictine monastery founded about 657, for men and women, by Oswy, King of Northumberland. The first abbess was St Hilda, under whom the community ...

St Hilda of Whitby taught theology to five men who later became bishops. "Moreover, the female abbesses also voted at Church Synods. St Hilda was host to the famous Synod of Whitby which sought to ...

In 657 she founded an abbey at Whitby housing both monks and nuns. Renowned for her wisdom, learning and concern for common people, Hilda has been venerated as a saint. Hilda is the modern form of ...

From left, Saint Eugenia, Julian of Norwich and Hilda of Whitby are among the women being resurrected by literature. Credit: Alamy, Getty Images The quarrels of popes and kings, with wars or ...

The Lord granted a great future to this foundation. St. Hilda's Church in Whitby St. Caedmon's Cross in Whitby These lands obtained by Hilda could not boast of picturesque scenery. On one side of the ...

St Hilda might turn in her grave if she saw the modern Yorkshire town she helped to put on the map in the 7th Century, but there is still enough light to inspire a pilgrimage. Pottering around the ...

There are of course rumours of Whitby being haunted by many ghostly characters. It is said that St. Hilda, who founded Whitby Abbey, roams the grounds and looks down onto the town from the highest ...

Sister Hilda Alonso, a Cuban nun who founded the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul in Miami, dedicated to the care of the poor, and was principal of the Catholic school Colegio La ...