Sign for the Talbot Inn
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Sign for the Talbot Inn
Image: © Maigheach-gheal Taken: 11 Apr 2010
The talbot was a popular breed of hunting dog, a kind of hound. The dog appears on many pub signs. There are a number of reasons why the dog is used. The dog is the heraldic symbol of the Talbot family, the Earls of Shrewsbury. St Hubert, bred hunting dogs, and had a religious vision while hunting and his dogs became sacred, or it could be directly from this now extinct breed of dog.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.428645
Longitude
-1.995492