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| Black Lion, Whitehaven | ||
| Black Lion | ||
| Street:- | King Street | |
| locality:- | Whitehaven | |
| civil parish:- | Whitehaven (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | inn | |
| coordinates:- | NX97281818 (??) | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9718 | |
| 10Km square:- | NX91 | |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) placename:- Black Lion |
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| 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. goto sourcePage 173:- "[Whitehaven] ... inns, Black Lion, Golden Lion, and Globe." |
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| evidence:- | old advertisement:- Linton 1852 placename:- Black Lion Hotel |
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| source data:- | Advertisement, ... for Braithwaite, Black Lion Hotel, King Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland,
published by Whittaker and Co, London, and by R Gibson and Son and by Callander and
Dixon, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1852. click to enlargeLN1A03.jpg Advertisments p.3 in A Handbook of the Whitehaven and Furness Railway, by John Linton. item:- Armitt Library : A1158.16 Image © see bottom of page |
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