Askrigg houses [4]

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Askrigg houses [4]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 22 Jun 2022

West End Cottage, Main Street, was originally the low end of West End House Image Built in the 17th century with later alterations, constructed of rubble stone under an artificial stone slate roof. The cottage contains what was the through passage behind the main fireplace of West End House. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1157475 Askrigg is a small, linear village in Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, some 10 miles west of Leyburn, and 5 miles east of Hawes. Settled since the Iron Age, the name Askrigg is Old Norse - askr (ash tree) and hryggr (ridge), - the ridge where ash trees grew. The village was granted a weekly Market Charter by Elizabeth I in 1587. More recently, the village served as the fictional town of Darrowby in the 1978-1990 BBC TV series ‘All Creatures Great and Small’.

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Image Location

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Latitude
54.31503
Longitude
-2.082019