Doctor Dolittle or too dull. The stories are set in early Victorian England, where Doctor John Dolittle lives in the fictional English village of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh in the West Country. Doctor Dolittle has a few close human friends, including Tommy Stubbins and Matthew Mugg, the Cats'-Meat Man. The animal team includes Polynesia (a parrot), Gub-Gub (a pig), Jip (a dog), Dab-Dab (a duck), Chee-Chee (a monkey), Too-Too (an owl), the Pushmi-pullyu, and a white mouse later named simply "Whitey". One inspiration for his character appears to be the Scottish surgeon John Hunter. "The Story of Doctor Dolittle: Being the History of His Peculiar
Barmby on the Marsh Kings Head (the Sloop Inn closed some decades ago). Neighbouring Asselby also has a pub, The Black Swan. Unusually, Barmby is situated at the end of a long dead end road, on which also lies the village of Asselby. Barmby was served by Barmby railway station on the Hull and Barnsley Railway between 1885 and 1955. Barmby on the Marsh Barmby on the Marsh is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately west of the market town of Howden. It lies on the east bank of the River Ouse (and facing