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Crown Inn, Penrith
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Crown Inn
locality:-   Penrith
civil parish:-   Penrith (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   inn
1Km square:-   NY5130
10Km square:-   NY53
references:-   Otley 1823
evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Crown
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 269-270  "INNS. ... Penrith, Crown, George. ..."
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page 283-284  "Penrith - Crown, Cumberland"
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page 285-286  "INNS. ... Penrith, Crown, George. ..."
item:-  JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Crown
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 735-736  "INNS. Penrith, Crown, George. ..."
item:-  JandMN : 228.2
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
item:-  population, Penrith; road distances
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 112:-  "[Penrith] ... The principal inns are the Crown and the George. ..."
evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Crown Hotel
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 131:-  "[Penrith] ... At the George inn is a spacious assembly-room, and at the Crown a news-room, which, with libraries, form a fund of amusement for the inhabitants."
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Page 176:-  "[Penrith] ... Crown Hotel and George Inn, excellent. ..."
evidence:-   old advertisement:- Ullswater Steamers 1900s (edn 1903) 
placename:-  Crown Hotel
source data:-   Advertisements, for J H and T Siddle, Crown Hotel, Penrith, Cumberland, published in a guide book by the Ullswater Steam Navigation Co, 1903.
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item:-  JandMN : 1023.40
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evidence:-   old advertisement:- Ullswater Steamers 1900s
placename:-  Crown Hotel
source data:-   Advertisement, for J H and T Siddle, Crown Hotel, Penrith Cumberland, published by the Ullswater Steam Navigation Co, about 1900s?
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Included in the Souvenir and Guide to Ullswater. 
item:-  JandMN : 383.6
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