In 1684 Sir. William Strickland built a Hunting Lodge and was sold to Thomas Watson-Wentworth Earl of Malton in 1739. It opened as an Inn in 1740. it was 2 storey a 3rd added in1850's.
1823 – Edward Barton.
1834 – Mary Kimberley.
1840 – Mary Kimberley.
1840 – Mary Kimberley.
1844 – Mary Kimberley.
1846 – Mary Kimberley.
1848 – Ann Barker.
1851 – Ann Barker.
1854 – Ann Barker.
1857 – Mrs. Ann Barker.
1858 – Mrs. Ann Barker.
1864 – Edward T. Rose.
1867 – Edward T. Rose.
1872 – John Hammond Peart.
1879 – John Hammond Peart.
1887 – Edward S. Rogers.
1889 – C. S. Rogers & Co.
1890 – James Downe.
1893 – Mrs. E. Knight.
1897 – Mrs. Ellen Knight.
1901 – Mrs. Ellen Knight.
1905 – Mrs. Ellen Knight.
1909 – J. A. Dover.
1913 – William Fredrick Augustus Courtney.
1921 – Mrs. W. F. A. Courtney.
1925 – Mrs. W. F. a. Courtney.
1929 – Harry G. Grant.
1933 – Harry G. Grant.
1937 – Harry G. Grant.

