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King's Arms, Keswick
King's Arms Hotel
locality:-   Keswick
civil parish:-   Keswick (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   inn (hotel) 
coordinates:-   NY26612344
1Km square:-   NY2623
10Km square:-   NY22


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evidence:-   old advertisement:- Martineau 1855
placename:-  King's Arms Hotel
source data:-   Advertisement for the King's Arms Hotel, Keswick, in A Complete Guide to the Lake District of England, by Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 4th edn 1871.
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Advertisment pages, added at the end of the guide. 
item:-  JandMN : 192.5
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evidence:-   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 73:-  "The inns of Keswick are numerous. The chief are the Royal Oak, the Queen's Head, and the King's Arms,- all good."

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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