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inns, Cumbria
county:-   Cumbria
Inns and Innsigns
Pubs, alongside churches, define an English village.

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We have been quite choosy about what inns/pubs/hotels and innsigns we photograph and record in Westmorland and Cumberland etc. If the innsign is just words we tend not to bother. This might be unfair, but it's practical when there is so much to do! Innsigns painted by a signwriter are an asset to the everyday scene; innsign by graphic designers leave much to be desired; innsigns with text alone are mostly boring.
Innsigns hang out in the weather, and deteriorate under the action of sunshine and rain. We're sorry that some of the signs illustrated are not in the best condition; but that's how we found them; and they are better recorded than not, they are dying away.

references, Cumbria:-  
Currington, David: 2009: Pictorial Record of Public Houses in Kendal: CAMRA (Westmorland Branch)
Graham, Frank: 1964 (2nd edn): Old Inns and Taverns of Lakeland (1st series): Graham, F (Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
Graham, Frank: 1967 (2nd edn): Old Inns and Taverns of Lakeland (2nd series): Graham, F (Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
Graham, Frank: : Old Inns and Taverns of Lancashire: Graham, F (Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear):: ISBN 0 900409 75 4
Kingwell, Derek A &Jameson, Brendan: 1998: Kendal Pubs, a Potted History: Westmorland Gazette (Kendal, Cumbria)

references:-  
Delderfield, Eric R: 1965: British Inn Signs: David and Charles (Dawlish) &Macdonald (London)
Delderfield, Eric R: 1974: Stories of Inns and their Signs: Davic and Charles (Newton Abbot, Devon):: ISBN 0 7153 6249 6
Girouard, Mike: 1975: Victorian Pubs: Studio Vista:: ISBN 0 289 70703 X
Hackwood, F W: 1909: Inns, Ales and Drinking Customs of Old England: T Fisher Unwin (London)
Hill, Brian: 1948: Inn-signia: Whitbread and Co
Jackson, Michael: 1976: English Pub, The: Collins:: ISBN 0 002 16210 5
Lamb, Cadbury: 1976: Inn Signs: Shire Publications (Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire):: ISBN 0 85263 327 0
Larwood, Jacob &Hotten, John Camden: 1866: History of Signboards: Chatto and Windus
Larwood, Jacob &Hotten, John Camden: 1951 (reprint): English Inn Signs: Chatto and Windus
Meadows, Cecil A: 1957: Trade Signs and their Origins: Routledge and Kegan Paul
Mouson-Fitzjohn, G T: 1926: Quaint Signs of Olde Inns: Herbert Jenkins
Turnor, Reginald: 1948: Spotted Dog, The: Sylvan Press
Wentworth, D J: 1949: Inns of Sport: Whitbread and Co

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