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Kings Arms, Kendal
Kings Arms
locality:-   Kendal
civil parish:-   Kendal (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   inn
coordinates:-   SD51489276 (approx) 
1Km square:-   SD5192
10Km square:-   SD59
references:-   Fiennes 1698
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 38 8) 
placename:-  Kings Arms 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:-   descriptive text:- Fiennes 1698
placename:-  
item:-  char; potted char
source data:-   Travel book, manuscript record of Journeys through England including parts of the Lake District, by Celia Fiennes, 1698.
"At the Kings Arms one Mrs. Rowlandson she does pott up the charr fish the best of any in the country, I was curious to have some so bespoke some of her ..."
evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  King's Arms
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 267-268  "Kendal - King's Arms"
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page 269-270  "INNS. ... Kendal, Crown, King's Arms. ..."
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page 315-316  "INNS. Kendal, Crown, King's Arms, W. Hart."
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page 333-334  "INNS. ... Kendal, Crown, King's Arms, W. Hart."
item:-  JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  King's Arms
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 653-654  "INNS, Kendal, Crown, King's Arms. ..."
item:-  JandMN : 228.2
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Wallis 1810
placename:-  King's Arms
source data:-   Map, Westmoreland, scale about 19 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Street, Soho, London, 1810; published 1810-36.
"PRINCIPAL INNS, RECOMMENDED TO TRAVELLERS AND FAMILIES."
"Kendal: Crown, King's Arms, White Hart, besides several others, where travellers will be well accommodated, at low charges."
evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
placename:-  King's Arms
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 98:-  "KENDAL"
"... The King's Arms and Commercial are the principal Inns."
evidence:-   old advertisement:- Jenkinson 1875 B
placename:-  King's Arms Hotel
source data:-   Advertisements for James Bell, King's Arms Hotel, Kendal, Westmorland, ... published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875 edn 1884?
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Adverts p.23 at the back of Jenkinson's Smaller Practical Guide to Carlisle, Gilsland, Roman Wall and Neighbourhood. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A1717.16
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Currington, David: 2009: Pictorial Record of Public Houses in Kendal: Westmorland CAMRA
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