Studley Royal Temple of Piety

The Temple of Piety at Studley Royal is probably one of the most photographed eighteenth century buildings. It dates to around 1730 and was designed by John Aislable, the designer of the water garden at Studley Royal.

The Temple of Piety at Studley Royal is probably one of the most photographed eighteenth century buildings. It dates to around 1730 and was designed by John Aislable, the designer of the water garden at Studley Royal.
This skeleton of a Greenland Right Whale is in the Hull Maritime Museum. In the early nineteenth century Hull was a major whaling port. Hull ships spent the summer in Arctic waters, catching Right Whales off Greenland and in the Davis Strait.