North Road and Parish church, Kirkby... © Bikeboy cc-by-sa/2.0

2013

NY7708 : North Road and Parish church, Kirkby Stephen

North Road and Parish church, Kirkby Stephen

Geographical Context: Village, Rural settlement Religious sites

This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Stephen's Church [68] · Parish Church [31] · North Road [16] ·

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Grid Square: NY7708, 411 images (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer: Bikeboy (more nearby)
Date Taken: Friday, 30 August, 2013 (more nearby)
Submitted: Tuesday, 17 September, 2013
Subject Location: OSGB36: NY 775 088 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:28.4488N 2:20.9226W
Camera Location: OSGB36: NY 774 088
View Direction: South-southeast (about 157 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.

Posted by Andrew Curtis on Fri, 14 May 2021 (0 comments)