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Whitby, a small coastal town in England, was the inspiration for Bram Stoker's novel Dracula. Stoker visited Whitby in 1890 and was inspired by its Gothic architecture, its history of shipwrecks, and its folklore about vampires. He used many of the details he observed in Whitby in his novel, such as the name of the vampire Count Dracula, the location of Dracula's castle, and the description of the vampire's coffin.