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Rothay Hotel, Grasmere
Rothay Hotel
locality:-   Grasmere
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   inn (hotel) 
1Km square:-   NY3307 (?) 
10Km square:-   NY30

evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:-  cartomnibus (?); horse
source data:-   Photograph, sepia, Rothay Hotel, Grasmere, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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What could be the hotel omnibus on the right is inscribed 'AMBLESIDE RYDAL &GRASMERE'. 
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS232
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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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