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Stanley Arms, Calder Bridge
Stanley Arms
locality:-   Calder Bridge
civil parish:-   St Bridget Beckermet (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   inn
coordinates:-   NY04250598
1Km square:-   NY0405
10Km square:-   NY00

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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
source data:-   Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49, latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes.
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Page 132:-  "... Calder Bridge, at which place are two neat small inns, where lodgings are generally taken for the night. ..."
evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Bridge Inn
source data:-   Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.
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Page 73:-  "..."
"... Calder Bridge, where, at either of the two excellent inns, the weary traveller may rest for the night."
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Page 74:-  "... From the Bridge Inn there is a sweetly-wooded walk along the banks of the stream, ..."
evidence:-   old advertisement:- Jenkinson 1875 B
placename:-  Stanley Arms
source data:-   Advertisements for ... Stanley Arms, Calder Bridge, Cumberland, ... published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875 edn 1884?
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Adverts p.24 at the back of Jenkinson's Smaller Practical Guide to Carlisle, Gilsland, Roman Wall and Neighbourhood. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A1717.17
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evidence:-   old advertisement:- Linton 1852
placename:-  Stanley Arms
source data:-   Advertisement, ... for Mrs Clarke, Stanley Arms Inn, Calder Bridge, Cumberland, published by Whittaker and Co, London, and by R Gibson and Son and by Callander and Dixon, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1852.
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Advertisments p.9 in A Handbook of the Whitehaven and Furness Railway, by John Linton. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A1158.22
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