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Patterdale Hotel, Patterdale
Patterdale Hotel
locality:-   Patterdale
civil parish:-   Patterdale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   inn
coordinates:-   NY39561589
1Km square:-   NY3915
10Km square:-   NY31

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evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 12 11) 
placename:-  Gelderd's 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:-   probably old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Ull) 
placename:-  Inn, The
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Accurate Map of the Beautiful Lake of Ullswater, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.
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"The Inn"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.7
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evidence:-   probably old map:- Otley 1818
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.
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"Inn"
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   probably descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
item:-  post chaise; horse; boat
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 10:-  "..."
"There is a comfortable inn ... at Patterdale, a little distance from its head. ... furnish boats upon the lake: and the long wanted medium of land conveyance is now in part supplied;- ... a post chaise and horses at Patterdale."
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Page 107:-  "... through a narrow but pleasant valley to the inn at Patterdale. Here a boat may be taken upon Ullswater, ..."
evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
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.
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Page 148:-  "..."
"A little further is the excellent inn, where every accommodation may be had for viewing this sublime nucleus of dales, and where a day or two should be spent for such a purpose. ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
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"Inn"
block, building 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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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 37:-  "... The Patterdale Inn, kept by Mr. Gelderd, is another of the first-rate hotels of the district. The stranger, who must have left Windermere early in the morning, hastens to order a car or a boat, to take him to Gowbarrow Park, and desires that dinner may await him in about three hours' time."
evidence:-   old advertisement:- Ullswater Steamers 1900s (edn 1903) 
placename:-  Patterdale Hotel
source data:-   Advertisements, ... for the Misses Hudson, Patterdale Hotel, Patterdale, Westmorland ... published in a guide book by the Ullswater Steam Navigation Co, 1903.
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item:-  JandMN : 1023.45
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evidence:-   old advertisement:- Ullswater Steamers 1900s
placename:-  Patterdale Hotel
source data:-   Advertisement, for Mrs Jacques, Sun Hotel, Pooley Bridge, for Walter Baldry, Howtown Hotel, and for the Misses Hudson, Patterdale Hotel, Patterdale, Westmorland, published by the Ullswater Steam Navigation Co, about 1900s?
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Included in the Souvenir and Guide to Ullswater. 
item:-  JandMN : 383.8
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evidence:-   old print:- 
placename:-  Gelderd's Family Hotel
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Gelderd's Family Hotel, Patterdale, Ullswater, engraved by W H Lizars, Edinburgh, published late 19th century.
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Perhaps illustrating an advertisement; this is now the Patterdale Hotel. 
printed at bottom right, centre:-  "W.H. Lizars sc. / GELDERD'S FAMILY HOTEL, PATTERDALE, / ULLSWATER."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.396
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900) 
source data:-   Print, lithograph, Outline Views, Ullswater - Mountains as seen a little on the Matterdale Road near Lyulph's Tower on Ullswater, and Mountains as seen at the Slate Quarry at Blowick on Ullswater, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1900.
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"... Inn ..."
item:-  JandMN : 37.8
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846) 
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen a little on the Matterdale Road near Lyulph's Tower on Ulleswater, and Mountains as seen at the Slate Quarry at Blowick on Ulleswater, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1846.
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"... Inn ..."
item:-  JandMN : 32.15
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