Crooked Billet (2) - sign, Silver Street, Owston Ferry, Lincs
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Crooked Billet (2) - sign, Silver Street, Owston Ferry, Lincs
Image: © P L Chadwick Taken: 31 Mar 2013
One website states there are 21 pubs in the UK called the Crooked Billet which are currently open. Looking at a selection of their websites seems to indicate that they mostly have completely different explanations of how their name originated, some more convincing than others. All that can be said about this one is that the sign displayed when photographed in March 2013 seems to show a man (a sailor?) being arrested by a soldier. Image Image
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Image Location
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53.489363
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-0.776443