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| Wasdale Head Inn, Wasdale Head | |||
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| locality:- | Wasdale Head | ||
| locality:- | Wasdale | ||
| civil parish:- | Nether Wasdale (formerly Cumberland) | ||
| county:- | Cumbria | ||
| locality type:- | inn | ||
| coordinates:- | NY18630875 | ||
| 1Km square:- | NY1808 | ||
| 10Km square:- | NY10 | ||
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 BMB45.jpg Innsign. (taken 11.5.2006)  BMB44.jpg (taken 11.5.2006) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 74 11) placename:- Row Foot placename:- Wastwater Hotel |
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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:- | old text:- Martineau 1855 |
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| 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. goto sourcePage 119:- "... the stranger exclaims that he should like to spend a whole summer here, to explore all the ways among the mountains. Several gentlemen have spent weeks together at Ritson's farm-house, at the dale head, where there are clean beds, and farm-house fare in plenty and perfection. ..." |
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| evidence:- | old advertisement:- Jenkinson 1875 B placename:- Wastwater Hotel |
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| source data:- | Advertisements for Daniel Tyson, Wastwater Hotel, Wasdale Head, Cumberland, ... published
by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875 edn 1884? click to enlargeJK1212.jpg Adverts p.18 at the back of Jenkinson's Smaller Practical Guide to Carlisle, Gilsland, Roman Wall and Neighbourhood. item:- Armitt Library : A1717.13 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | probably old advertisement:- Seascale 1920s-30s placename:- Wastwater Hotel |
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| source data:- | Advertisement, for J R Whiting, Wastwater Hotel and Rowhead Private Hotel, Wasdale
Head, Cumberland, in a guide book, Seascale for Health and Holidays, published by
Edward Burrow and Son, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s-30s. click to enlargeSES102.jpg item:- JandMN : 1079.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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 Will Ritson of Wasdale Head |
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 CFZ80.jpg Date stones:- "H / E C / 1977" "R / W D / 1877" (taken 28.4.2017)  CFZ79.jpg Innsign (taken 28.4.2017)  CFZ81.jpg Innsign, Ritson's Bar. (taken 28.4.2017)  BMB46.jpg Plaque by door:- "MOUNTAIN RESCUE COMMITTEE / RESCUE POST" (taken 11.5.2006) |
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