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Prince of Wales Lake Hotel, Grasmere
Daffodil Hotel
Prince of Wales Lake Hotel
Prince of Wales Hotel
Lake Hotel
locality:-   Town End
locality:-   Grasmere
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   inn (hotel) 
coordinates:-   NY34160688
1Km square:-   NY3406
10Km square:-   NY30
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 1) 
placename:-  Lake Hotel
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
evidence:-   old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s
placename:-  Browns Hotel
source data:-   Drawing, ink, the Prince of Wales Hotel, Grasmere, Westmorland, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 1853.
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"Grasmere"
"Browns Hotel"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.390.88
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evidence:-   old print:- Nelson 1853 (edn 1880s) 
placename:-  Prince of Wales Hotel
item:-  rowing boat; boat
source data:-   Print, uncoloured, Prince of Wales Hotel, Grasmere, Westmorland, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, 1853 edn 1880s?
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On p.43 of Views of the English Lakes, and Tourists Guide to the English Lakes. 
printed at bottom:-  "PRINCE OF WALES HOTEL, GRASMERE."
item:-  JandMN : 474.16
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evidence:-   perhaps old text:- Martineau 1855
source data:-   Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-76.
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Page 50:-  "... If he were going to stay at Grasmere, he would take up his abode at the Hotel kept by Mr. Brown. The beauty of the view from that house is evident at a glance; and good accommodations will be found within, with ample means of conveyance of all kinds. ..."
evidence:-   old advertisement:- Jenkinson 1875 B
placename:-  Prince of Wales Lake Hotel
source data:-   Advertisement for Edward Brown, Prince of Wales Lake Hotel, Grasmere, Westmorland, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875 edn 1884?
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Adverts p.6 at the back of Jenkinson's Smaller Practical Guide to Carlisle, Gilsland, Roman Wall and Neighbourhood. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A1717.3
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Prince of Wales Hotel, Town End, Grasmere, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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internegative at lower right:-  "H. Bell"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS229
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:-  rowing boat; boat; landing stage
source data:-   Photograph, sepia, Prince of Wales Hotel by Grasmere lake, Town End, Grasmere, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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and rowing boats for hire. 
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS228
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evidence:-   old advertisement:- Philip/Wilson 1890s
source data:-   Advertisement from The Concise Series of Guides No.1, The English Lake District, published about 1895.
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Guide book published by George Philip and Son, 32 Fleet Street, London, Philip, Son and Nephew, Liverpool, Lancashire, and Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, about 1895. 
item:-  JandMN : 58
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notes:-  
 Built about 1860, influenced by the pseudo vernacular ideas of William Wordsworth.

Hyde, Matthew & Whittaker, Esme &Corbet, Val (photographer): 2014: Arts and Craft Houses in the Lake District: Lincoln, Francis (London):: ISBN 978 0 7112 3408 6
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