Erected under the direction of Colonel Cholmley Lord of the Manor of Whitby, the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Mulgrave, John Campion Coates, Richd. Moorsom, Willm. Skinner, Abel Chapmen, Heny. Walker Yeoman, Willm. Chapman, Harrison Chilton, Thos. Simpson, Richd. Moorsom Junr., Edmund Turton, John Barry, Thomas Fishburn, and Edward Chapman, Esquires, Trustees of the Piers and Harbour of Whitby, A.D. MDCCCXXX1. Francis Pickernell, Engineer