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Grange Hotel Stables, Thomas Rigg, and Rigg's Refreshment Rooms black plaque

Grange-over-Sands, Westmorland and Furness, England, United Kingdom

Hotel Stables. Known as the "Taps" this building was originally the stables for the Grange Hotel which opened in 1866 with finance provided by Furness Railway Company. Thomas Rigg, the first manager, promoted Grange's earliest charabanc service from here, and also gave his name to another venture on

site, "Rigg's Refreshment Rooms", affectionately nicknamed the "Cocoa Rooms" by local people simply because cocoa was the cheapest drink available. Education in Grange began in a school built close t

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