Church tower and shops &copy; John H Darch

2009

NY7708 : Church tower and shops

Church tower and shops

Kirkby Stephen.

Geographical Context: Religious sites Business, Retail, Services City, Town centre Primary Subject: Town

This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Stephen's Church [68] · Tower [11] ·

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Grid Square: NY7708, 411 images (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer: John H Darch (more nearby)
Date Taken: Thursday, 30 July, 2009 (more nearby)
Submitted: Tuesday, 31 December, 2019
Subject Location: OSGB36: NY 7750 0882 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:28.4542N 2:20.9226W
Camera Location: OSGB36: NY 7747 0884
View Direction: East-southeast (about 112 degrees)

Image Type (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)