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Old Cock, Ambleside
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locality:-   Ambleside
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   inn
1Km square:-   NY3704 (?) 
10Km square:-   NY30

hearsay:-  
Part of the property that Bisop Watson bought in Ambleside was an inn, The Old Cock. The innkeeper, to honour his new patron, renamed his house The Bishop, removed the old sign and had a new sign with a likeness of the Bishop Watson, in shovel hat and episcopal wig. Meanwhile a new inn was begun across the street, which decided it would be The Old Cock, attracting some of his neighbours trade. The innkeeper of The Bishop then hoisted an extra sign beneath the portrait of the bishop, declaring 'This is The Real Old Cock'.

Bradley, A G: 1901: Highways and Byways in the Lake District: Macmillan and Co (London)
Baron 1925

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