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| Golden Lion, Whitehaven | ||
| Golden Lion | ||
| Golden Lion House | ||
| Street:- | Market Place | |
| locality:- | Whitehaven | |
| civil parish:- | Whitehaven (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | inn (ex) | |
| locality type:- | restaurant | |
| coordinates:- | NX97201806 | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9718 | |
| 10Km square:- | NX91 | |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) placename:- Golden Lion |
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| 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. goto sourcePage 173:- "[Whitehaven] ... inns, Black Lion, Golden Lion, and Globe." |
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| evidence:- | old advertisement:- Linton 1852 placename:- Golden Lion Hotel |
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| source data:- | Advertisement, ... for Mrs F Irwin, Golden Lion Hotel, Market Place, ... Whitehaven,
Cumberland, published by Whittaker and Co, London, and by R Gibson and Son and by
Callander and Dixon, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1852. click to enlargeLN1A03.jpg Advertisments p.3 in A Handbook of the Whitehaven and Furness Railway, by John Linton. item:- Armitt Library : A1158.16 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Golden Lion Hotel |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "GOLDEN LION HOTEL / 6 / MARKET PLACE / WHITEHAVEN / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76011 / NX9720718063" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "3 storeys. Corner pilasters, cornice, 4 sash windows, panelled door in doorcase with fluted pilasters, partly covered by an added porch." |
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