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Salutation Hotel, Ambleside
Salutation Hotel
Street:-   Market Place
locality:-   Ambleside
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   inn (hotel) 
coordinates:-   NY37700452
1Km square:-   NY3704
10Km square:-   NY30

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evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 6) 
placename:-  Salutation 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:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Salutation
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 317-318  "INNS. ... Ambleside, Salutation. ..."
item:-  JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag
placename:-  Salutation Inn
item:-  Fortnight's Ramble, A
source data:-   Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.
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Gentleman's Magazine 1800 p.19  "... Jan. 8, 1798, I [A Rambler] left the Salutation-inn, at Ambleside, where I always feel myself at home: there, "A Fortnight's Ramble" originated, and a great part of the poem on Windermere was written. ..."
evidence:-   descriptive text:- Wallis 1810
placename:-  Salutation
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."
"Ambleside: The Salutation."
evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
placename:-  Salutation Inn
item:-  post chaise; 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 102:-  "[Ambleside] ... Post Chaises are kept at the Salutation and Commercial Inns, ... Boats upon the Lake of Windermere are also provided by the Inns."
evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Salutation Inn
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 32:-  "..."
"[Ambleside] ... Excellent fare can be had at the Salutation, Commercial, and White Lion inns, and in lodgings. From its central station, the town is frequently made the head-quarters of tourists for a considerable time, ..."
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Page 161:-  "..."
"[Ambleside] ... Excellent quarters may be found at the Salutation, the Commercial, and White Lion inns; ..."
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 42:-  "... the market-place, ... the Salutation and Commercial Inns and the White Lion, the three principal inns, are all conspicuous in it. ..."
evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:-  rushbearing
source data:-   Photograph, rushbearing, Ambleside, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1900s?
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Amongst the detail are - Queen's Hotel, Salutation Hotel, Market Hall, a postman by the post box, the booking office for the LNWR and for coaches, etc. 
embossed at lower left of mount:-  "Herbert Bell / Ambleside"
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item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.5086
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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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evidence:-   old trade card:- Trade Card Maps 1860s-90s
placename:-  Salutation Hotel
item:-  steamer; timetable; itinerary
source data:-   Trade card, folded, uncoloured engraving, advertising Townson's Salutation Hotel, Ambleside, Westmorland, about 1870s.
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The cover has a print of the hotel and a map; the reverse has local itineraries and a timetable for steam yachts. 
The map includes an area from Keswick to Bowness-on-Windermere, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch; the same map has been found on other trade cards. 
printed at print, bottom:-  "TOWNSON'S SALUTATION HOTEL / AMBLESIDE. / FOR FAMILIES AND TOURISTS."
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item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 105
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evidence:-   old print:- Garnett 1850s-60s F
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Stockghyll Force, Ambleside, in the grounds of the Salutation Hotel, Westmorland, drawn and engraved by William Banks and Son, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s?
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Included in Views of the English Lakes. 
Is the man in the picture reading a guide book? 
printed at bottom:-  "Drawn & Engd. by W. Banks &Son, Edinr. / STOCKGHYLL FORCE, AMBLESIDE. / In the Grounds of the Salutation Hotel."
item:-  JandMN : 165.4
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evidence:-   old print:- 
placename:-  Salutation Hotel
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source data:-   Print, coloured aquatint, Salutation Hotel and market cross, Ambleside, Westmorland, mid 19th century?
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item:-  Armitt Library : ALMA377
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1821
placename:-  Salutation Inn
source data:-   Print, soft ground etching, Salutation Inn, Ambleside, by William Green, published at Ambleside, Westmorland, 1821.
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Plate 25 in Thirty Six Etchings from Nature. 
printed at upper left:-  "25"
printed at bottom:-  "SALUTATION INN, AMBLESIDE. / Etched from Nature by William Green, and Published at Ambleside, May 1, 1821."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6638.25
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1821
placename:-  Salutation Inn
source data:-   Print, soft ground etching, Salutation Inn, Ambleside, by William Green, published at Ambleside, Westmorland, 1821.
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Plate 16 in Thirty Six Etchings from Nature. 
printed at upper left:-  "16"
printed at bottom:-  "SALUTATION INN. / Etched from Nature by William Green, and Published at Ambleside, May 1, 1821."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6638.16
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1821
placename:-  Salutation Inn
source data:-   Print, soft ground etching, The Old Ladies and Salutation Inn, Ambleside, by William Green, published at Ambleside, Westmorland, 1821.
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Plate 10 in Thirty Six Etchings from Nature. 
printed at upper left:-  "10"
printed at bottom:-  "THE OLD LADIES and SALUTATION INN. / Etched from Nature by William Green, and Published at Ambleside, May 1, 1821."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6638.10
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1821
item:-  coach house
source data:-   Print, soft ground etching, The Oaks, from the Salutation Coach House, Ambleside, by William Green, published at Ambleside, Westmorland, 1821.
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Plate 8 in Thirty Six Etchings from Nature. 
printed at bottom:-  "THE OAKS, from the SALUTATION COACH HOUSE. / Etched from Nature by William Green, and Published at Ambleside, May 1, 1821."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6638.8
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1809
placename:-  Salutation Inn
source data:-   Print, soft ground etching, Salutation Inn, Ambleside, Westmorland, by William Green, published by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, and Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, Paternoster Row, London, 1809.
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Plate 6 in Seventy Eight Studies from Nature. 
printed in introductory pages of set to prints:-  "Number 6. This view of the Salutation Inn was made from a garden, the property of William Newton, Esq. on the opposite side of the little river called Stock Gill."
printed at bottom:-  "SALUTATION INN. / Pub. Ambleside, Augst. 1st. 1809, by W. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6637.6
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