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Kings Arms Hotel

Coordinates: 54°18′54″N 2°04′50″W / 54.31512°N 2.0804789°W / 54.31512; -2.0804789
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Kings Arms Hotel
The pub in 2005
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General information
TypePublic house
AddressMain Street
Town or cityAskrigg, North Yorkshire
CountryEngland
Coordinates54°18′54″N 2°04′50″W / 54.31512°N 2.0804789°W / 54.31512; -2.0804789
Completed1767 (257 years ago) (1767)
Website
www.kingsarmsaskrigg.com

The Kings Arms Hotel is a public house in the English village of Askrigg, North Yorkshire. A Grade II listed building, standing on the northern side of Main Street, it dates to 1767.[1]

The inn was built by John Pratt, a local man who had made his fortune as a horse jockey at Newmarket Racecourse. John and Joseph Lodge purchased the pub in 1800.[2]

All Creatures Great and Small

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The pub doubled as Darrowby's Drovers Arms in the BBC television series All Creatures Great and Small (1978–1990). Photographs on its interior walls showed the cast drinking at the establishment during downtime.[3]

The Drovers was made out to be located beside the church in the early series, as evidenced in the episode "The Name of the Game". "It was fun to design the Drovers, which later on they did on location in Askrigg," explained designer David Crozier. "But in the early days these scenes were all done at Pebble Mill."[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Historic England. "The Kings Arms Hotel (1157329)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  2. ^ About Us – Kings Arms Hotel official website
  3. ^ "All Creatures Great & Small" – The Kings Arms website
  4. ^ All Memories Great & Small, Oliver Crocker (2016; MIWK) ISBN 9781908630322
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