What is "darrowby"

Darrowby is a fictional village in the North Riding of Yorkshire, England, which was used by James Herriot as the setting for his book It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet. The book inspired the television series All Creatures Great and Small, which the following information is drawn from. Darrowby is a composite of Thirsk, Richmond, Leyburn and Middleham. Thirsk has a public house named The Darrowby Inn to recognise this. It was Askrigg, in Wensleydale, however, that was used for filming scenes set in Darrowby in the series.

In the first three series of the television series, the surgery's phone number was "Darrowby 85". For the final four series it became "Darrowby 385".

In "Pride of Possession", James travels the shortest distance of all of his visits: to Roland Partridge's cottage directly across the street from the surgery.