Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	Penrith: Cowper's
Street:-	King Street
locality:-	Penrith
civil parish:-	Penrith (formerly Cumberland)
county:-	Cumbria
locality type:-	chemist's
locality type:-	shop
coordinates:-	NY51613009
1Km square:-	NY5130
10Km square:-	NY53
	BOG92.jpg "DISPENSING ... CHEMISTS" (taken 17.10.2007)
	BVV52.jpg (taken 27.1.2012)  courtesy of Phil Caton, Jospeh Cowper Ltd
evidence:-	old advertisement:- Ullswater Steamers 1900s (edn 1903)
source data:-	Advertisements, ... for Joseph Cowper, chemist, 50 King Street and 23 Main Street, Penrith, Cumberland ... published in a guide book by the Ullswater Steam Navigation Co, 1903.   click to enlarge UN1A23.jpg item:-  JandMN : 1023.48 Image © see bottom of page
	BVV50.jpg  Shop window. (taken 27.1.2012)   BVV51.jpg  Shop window. (taken 27.1.2012)
	BVV53.jpg (taken 27.1.2012)  courtesy of Phil Caton, Jospeh Cowper Ltd BVV54.jpg (taken 27.1.2012)  courtesy of Phil Caton, Jospeh Cowper Ltd
MN photo:-	The business is long established. Reminders of the former style of business are still to be found in the shop storerooms, where a run of account books from the late 19th century is also kept.
	BVV55.jpg  Old chemist's drawers. (taken 27.1.2012)  courtesy of Phil Caton, Jospeh Cowper Ltd BVV56.jpg  Old chemist's drawers. (taken 27.1.2012)  courtesy of Phil Caton, Jospeh Cowper Ltd BVV57.jpg  Content notes on one of the drawers. (taken 27.1.2012)  courtesy of Phil Caton, Jospeh Cowper Ltd BVV58.jpg  Bottles for Cowper's own preparations. (taken 27.1.2012)  courtesy of Phil Caton, Jospeh Cowper Ltd BVV59.jpg  Old jars. (taken 27.1.2012)  courtesy of Phil Caton, Jospeh Cowper Ltd BVV60.jpg  Jospeh Cowper, 1920s? (taken 27.1.2012)  courtesy of Phil Caton, Jospeh Cowper Ltd BVV61.jpg  Jospeh Cowper, by H Irving, 1923. (taken 27.1.2012)  courtesy of Phil Caton, Jospeh Cowper Ltd
person:-	chemist  : Cowper
date:-	2007

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