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| Mortal Man, Troutbeck | ||
| Mortal Man | ||
| locality:- | High Green | |
| locality:- | Troutbeck | |
| civil parish:- | Lakes (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | inn | |
| coordinates:- | NY41100348 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4103 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY40 | |
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 BLK57.jpg Innsign:- "'Oh mortal man that lives by bread, / What is it that makes thy nose so red? / Thou silly fool that lookst so pale, / 'Tis drinking Sally Birkett's ale'." (taken 5.12.2005)  BLK56.jpg Claims to have been established 1689, nothing obvious remains from that age. (taken 5.12.2005) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 12) placename:- Mortal Man |
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| 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. |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Mortal Man Inn item:- date stone (1689) |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MORTAL MAN INN / / / LAKES / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 452869 / NY4112803473" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Has been an inn at least since 1689 (datestone inserted in new wall). Present external appearance now mainly Victorian, 2 storeys, with gables, quoins, and modern windows. South front has 5 gabled half-dormers. Bar and dining room have thick walls (probably original with splayed square windows (6-paned sashes), and old ceiling beams in interior. For group notes see General grow description under Troutbeck Village." |
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| evidence:- | old postcard:- placename:- Mortal Man Hotel |
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| source data:- | Postcard, photograph, Mortal Man Hotel, Troutbeck, by Hoad? published by Grace Castree,
Troutbeck, Westmorland, 1920s. click to enlargePR1762.jpg ms at inter negative:- "HOAD" printed at bottom:- "Mortal Man Hotel, Troutbeck, Windermere / Grace Castree, Troutbeck" printed at reverse:- "... A HALFPENNY STAMP TO BE PLACED HERE" item:- private collection : 331 Image © see bottom of page |
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 BLK58.jpg Weathervane. (taken 5.12.2005)  CDN53.jpg Weatherforecasting stone. (taken 5.12.2005) |
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| hearsay:- |
The original sign was painted by Julius Caesar Ibbetson RA, 1759-1817, from Yorkshire,
who lived in Troutbeck 1801-03. It had two mortal men on it: the one rosy and fat,
the other thin and miserable. |
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