Sign for the White Lion, Kirkby Stephen © Karl and Ali

2018

NY7708 : Sign for the White Lion, Kirkby Stephen

Sign for the White Lion, Kirkby Stephen

Geographical Context: Village, Rural settlement Business, Retail, Services other tags: Pub Name Sign Click a tag, to view other nearby images.

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Grid Square: NY7708, 411 images (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer: Karl and Ali (more nearby)
Date Taken: Sunday, 20 May, 2018 (more nearby)
Submitted: Sunday, 17 June, 2018
Subject Location: OSGB36: NY 7746 0881 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:28.4487N 2:20.9596W
Camera Location: OSGB36: NY 7748 0880
View Direction: West-northwest (about 292 degrees)

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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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