Notable Burials
- Oswiu of Northumbria, a King of Bernicia
- Edwin of Deira, King of Deira and Bernicia, and a Saint
- Eahlfrith, Oswiu's widow and an Abbess of Whitby
- Ælfflæd of Whitby, daughter of Oswiu and Eanflæd, also an Abbess of Whitby
- Sir William de Percy, 1st Baron Percy (d.c. 1096), Norman baron and Crusader
- Sir Richard de Percy, 5th Baron Percy (1166-1243), signatory to Magna Carta
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