Whitby of St Hilda (657–680). Part of Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula" was set in Whitby, incorporating pieces of local folklore, including the beaching of the Russian ship "Dmitri". Stoker discovered the name "Dracula" at the old public library. One scholar has suggested that Stoker chose Whitby as the site of Dracula's first appearance in England because of the Synod of Whitby, given the novel's preoccupation with timekeeping and calendar disputes. Elizabeth Gaskell set her novel "Sylvia's Lovers" partly in the town which she visited in 1859 and Lewis Carroll stayed at 5, East Terrace between July and September 1854: his first
St. Mary Magdalen Church (New York City) was located north of the school at 526 E 18th street. All buildings were demolished in the early 1940's to make way for Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village. In 1945 , the parish moved to its final location at Avenue D between 12th Street & 13th Street. The parish is now closed. St. Mary Magdalen Church (New York City) The Church of St. Mary Magdalen is a former Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, in Manhattan, New York City. The church was originally established in 1873 to serve a German Catholic population.