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Commercial Inn, Ambleside
Commercial Inn
locality:-   Ambleside
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   inn
1Km square:-   NY3704
10Km square:-   NY30
references:-   Otley 1823
evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
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:-  Commercial 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 advertisement:- Atkinson 1847 (5th edn 1850) 
placename:-  Commercial Hotel
source data:-   Advertisement for John Armer at the Commercial Hotel, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1850.
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At the end of a Handbook to the English Lakes, 5th edn. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A1144.26
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evidence:-   old advertisement:- Martineau 1855
placename:-  Commercial Hotel
source data:-   Advertisment for Commercial Hotel and Posting House, Ambleside in A Complete Guide to the Lake District of England, by Harriet Martineau published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 4th edn 1871.
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Advertisment pages, added at the end of the guide 
item:-  JandMN : 192.5
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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 42:-  "... the market-place, ... the Salutation and Commercial Inns and the White Lion, the three principal inns, are all conspicuous in it. ..."
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