The Boar's Head - Ripley, UK
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dtrebilc
N 54° 02.400 W 001° 34.064
30U E 593791 N 5988921
This pub sign shows a drawing of a boar dressed as a waiter holding a serving platter covered with a metal cloche.
Waymark Code: WM152WY
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/04/2021
Views: 1
The pub sign is obviously a visual joke as a waiter would more normally be expected to have a boar's head on the platter itself.
The name of the pub, 'The Boar's Head' is a reference to an event that happened in 1357.
The village is dominated by Ripley Castle and the Ingilby family have owned it for over 700 years, and indeed own the pub. In 1357 Thoma Ingleby was hunting with King Edward in the forest nearby and the king was charged by a wild boar, a dangerous wild animal. Thomas Ingleby killed the boar and saved the king's life. Edward knighted Ingilby and granted him a family crest of a boar's head.
So in fact it could be argued that the pub sign is a joke at the Ingleby family's expense but as they own the pub they presumably enjoy the joke.
Name of Artist: Not listed
Date of current sign: Not listed
Date of first pub on site: Not listed
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