North Road, Kirkby Stephen © Kenneth Allen cc-by-sa/2.0

2009

NY7708 : North Road, Kirkby Stephen

North Road, Kirkby Stephen

Heading south towards Market Street

Category: Road scene

This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Market Street [86] · North Road [16] Title Clusters: · North Road, Kirkby Stephen [2] ·

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Grid Square: NY7708, 410 images (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer: Kenneth Allen (more nearby)
Date Taken: Thursday, 8 October, 2009 (more nearby)
Submitted: Monday, 12 October, 2009
Subject Location: OSGB36: NY 774 088 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:28.4918N 2:20.9600W
Camera Location: OSGB36: NY 774 089
View Direction: SOUTH (about 180 degrees)

Image classification(about): Geograph

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NY7708 : The White Lion, Kirkby Stephen NY7708 : Sign for the White Lion, Kirkby Stephen NY7708 : The Taggy Man, Kirkby Stephen NY7708 : Sign for the Taggy Man, Kirkby Stephen
Looks like the old White Lion pub in Kirkby Stephen has recently become The Taggy Man. It even sells Taggy Blonde, a beer brewed for them by the Kirkby Lonsdale Brewery.

According to A Short History of Kirkby Stephen
Whilst in the church area, one last interesting fact is that the ‘Taggy’ bell is still rung at eight o’clock. After the chiming of the hour, the bell rings to mark the day of the month. The ‘taggy’ is an older form of the Norman ‘curfew’, to cover the fire. The local saying is that if children are not home by eight o’clock, the ‘taggy’ man will get them.

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