St Mary's Church, Whitby arch is a Jacobean pew. There is a monument to Sir Richard Cholmley who died in 1631. Two significant land slips due to broken drainage and torrential rain, the first occurring in November 2012, have placed the churchyard, and properties below the cliff, in significant jeopardy. Whitby town councillor Steve Smith stated the church was in no danger, having been built on solid rock. Human remains have fallen onto the street below, and pathways on the cliff-side of the church have been closed. Bram Stoker used St Mary's Church graveyard as the setting for a scene in his novel, "Dracula":
The Tomb of Dracula addressed in the final three issues of "Nightstalkers". These included the fates of Dracula's bride Domini, their son Janus, and vampire-hunter Taj Nital. Dracula took the title role in the miniseries "Dracula: Lord of the Undead". Two more four-issue miniseries followed. "Stoker's Dracula" continued and concluded the adaptation of the original Bram Stoker novel "Dracula" by writer Roy Thomas and artist Dick Giordano, which had begun in "Dracula Lives" 30 years prior. Another "Tomb of Dracula" miniseries followed found Blade joined a new team of vampire hunters to prevent Dracula achieving godhood. "Apocalypse vs. Dracula" featured Dracula battling Apocalypse, an