Sandsend, The Village c.1885
Photo ref:
18190
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Nestling in the shelter of Lythe Bank, the ancient village holds the homes of many of the men who worked in the alum industry and on local estates. Alum was a chemical used in tanning leather and in the dyeworks to fix the dye used in the weaving industry. It was mined and extracted from local stone in the Whitby district, and provided much work for the miners. It became obsolete with the introduction of other chemicals. Today many of the dwellings in Sandsend are holiday cottages, much to the detriment of village life, since they stand empty for the greater part of the year.
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