page_title: Tadcaster
section_title: The Ark
hierarchical_section_title: Tadcaster / Landmarks / The Ark
caption_attribution_description: English: The Ark, Kirkgate, Tadcaster. Now council offices.
context_page_description: Tadcaster is a market town and civil parish in the Selby district of North Yorkshire, England, 3 miles east of the Great North Road, 12 miles north-east of Leeds, and 10 miles south-west of York. The River Wharfe joins the River Ouse about 10 miles downstream from it.
  Tadcaster is twinned with Saint-Chély-d'Apcher in France.
context_section_description: The oldest building in active use in the town is 'The Ark', built in the late-15th century, although it has been enlarged and altered many times since. Two carved heads on its front represent the heads of Noah and his wife, hence its name. The Ark has been a meeting place, a post office, an inn, a butcher's shop, a private house and a museum; it is currently the Town Council offices. In the 17th century it was known as Morley Hall, and was licensed for Presbyterian meetings. The Pilgrim Fathers met here and are reputed to have planned their voyage to America; an exact replica exists in Ohio.
caption: The Ark
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