Excerpt from Turks Islands Landfall, A History of the Turks and Caicos Islands by H.E.Sadler
PROSPECT OF WHITBY – NORTH CAICOS
At Sandy Point, there are picturesque Lacayan caves, in which a classis prehistoric stone chisel was unearthed in the 1890s. Nearby is the distinguished St. James cotton plantation, with the ruins of its house and driveway. At Pumpkin Bluff and Whitby there are also smaller caves. There sanctuaries of the Tainos may soon become features of tourist interest.286 Situated in the heart of the old plantation belt, Whitby formed part of Moore Hall Estate, where the staunch loyalist, Joseph Moore, established his cotton plantation in the year 1790. The ruins of the old Whitby great house may still be seen. Nearby at Sandy Point is the distinguished St. James Plantation, with the ruins of its house and driveway.
In the year of 1970, progress came to the tiny village of Whitby, which is located on the lovely beaches of North Caicos. The glorious nine mile spread of Whitby’s fine sand beach is the longest and best in the islands and could not be excelled anywhere in the Caribbean. An entrepreneur, William Axford of Ontario, Canada, agreed with Government to develop a 1,500 acre tract of land between Hollywood Hill and Parrot Cay channel. After the accidental death of his partner, William Axford sold out his interests in this development to the Seven Keys Development Company. On the 24th of January 1974, the Prospect of Whitby Hotel was opened by His Excellency the Governor. Among those present on that occasion was Mr Peter Prowting, of Prowtings Ltd., a large English construction company, which is the parent company of SKDC. Construction also began on a large yacht marina, which involves the opening of a passage to the deep and the dredging of the adjacent salt flats.288
The hotel takes its name from the original Prospect of Whitby, which is the oldest of London’s riverside pubs. It overlooks the River Thames at Stodwell and among its countless famous guests, was the 17th century "Bloody" Judge Jeffreys. From the balcony here, he often watched the gallows being set up for the execution of many whom he had condemned to death. He later took refuge at the Prospect, when his rough justice enraged the people and he had to flee the country. Originally The Devil’s Tavern, the London pub changed its name to the Prospect in 1777, the new name being derived from a square-rigged vessel called the Prospect, which had been built in Whitby, a port on the east cost of England. The ship used to moor alongside the pub and it became customary for the sailors to refer to the pub as The Prospect.
Excerpt from Turks Islands Landfall, A History of the Turks and Caicos Islands by H.E.Sadler
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