White Hart Inn, Hawes

The White Hart Inn is a hotel in Hawes, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. The inn claims 16th-century origins, but the current building is a principally 18th-century coaching inn. By the 1820s, it was one of two coaching inns in the town, with carriers to Askrigg, Halifax, Kendal and Richmond. It continues to operate as a hotel, with two dining rooms and a bar. It has been grade II listed since 1952. The hotel is built of stone with chamfered rusticated quoins and a stone slate roof. It has three storeys and six bays. In the second bay is a doorway that has a 17th-century lintel with decorative moulding, The fourth bay contains a doorway with a moulded surround, paterae, an inscribed frieze and a cornice. The windows are sashes, and at the rear is a round-arched staircase window. Inside is the original 18th-century staircase.

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Hawes

Hawes is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, situated at the head of Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales, and historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire. The parish had a population of 1,137 according to the 2011 census. The parish of Hawes includes the neighbouring hamlet of Gayle. Hawes lies approximately 31.2 miles (50.2 km) west of the county town of Northallerton. It is renowned as a major producer of Wensleydale cheese. Hawes is located within the Yorkshire Dales National Park and is a popular tourist destination. A local non-profit organisation works to secure funding to maintain and reopen community amenities.

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Dales Countryside Museum

The Dales Countryside Museum is a local museum for the Yorkshire Dales National Park in Northern England. Run by the National Park Authority, it tells the story of the people who have lived and worked in the Yorkshire Dales for over a 1,000 years. The basis of the museum was a collection of artefacts gathered by Marie Hartley, Ella Pontefract and Joan Ingilby.

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