Swan with Two Nicks, Little Bollington
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Swan with Two Nicks, Little Bollington
Image: © Chris Morgan Taken: 24 Jul 2019
Known in 1745/6 as the Tenement no.: 17, the Swan Alehouse, it remained the Swan until at least 1910. By 1929 it had become the Swan with Two Nicks. Nobody seems to know why or exactly when. In the 12th Century all unmarked swans were decreed to belong to the crown and from the 15th the practice of swan upping to ring the birds began on the Thames. On the Thames ownership of swans is shared equally among the Crown, the Vintners' Company and the Dyers' Company. Originally dyers marked their swans with one nick on the beak. The vintners marked with two nicks. The pub is near the River Bollin where swans are found. Who was nicking the swans?
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Image Location
Latitude
53.37915
Longitude
-2.408843