page_title: Gargrave
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Gargrave / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Gargrave - The Old Swan Inn
context_page_description: Gargrave is a large village and civil parish in the Craven district located along the A65, 4 miles north-west of Skipton in North Yorkshire, England.
  It is situated on the very edge of the Yorkshire Dales. The River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal pass through the village. It had a population of 1,764 in 2001 reducing slightly to 1,755 at the 2011 census.
context_section_description: At Kirk Sink in the second century the Romans built a villa in flat meadowland near the River Aire. It was excavated in 1968–1974 by Brian Hartley. Its central room had a seven-metre square mosaic floor and a bath house was built alongside. The villa was surrounded by two ditches.
  In the 1820s the main industry in Gargrave was cotton manufacturing and along the side of the canal were numerous warehouses. The population at this time was 972 and there were several public houses including the pubs named the Masons Arms and the Swan Inn.
  Gargrave House was built in 1917 by the distinguished Scottish architect, James Dunn. It is a Grade II listed building.
  The Old Swan is also Grade II listed and was named the Keighley and Craven CAMRA Pub of the Season for summer 1998.
caption: Gargrave – The Old Swan
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