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Sun Inn, Cockermouth
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Sun Inn
Street:-   Market Place
locality:-   Cockermouth
civil parish:-   Cockermouth (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   inn
coordinates:-   NY12383071
1Km square:-   NY1230
10Km square:-   NY13
references:-   Ford 1839


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evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Sun
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 317-318  "INNS. ... Cockermouth, Globe, Sun. ..."
item:-  JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Sun
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 557-558  "INNS. ... Cockermouth, Globe, Sun. ..."
item:-  JandMN : 228.2
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Sun 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 84:-  "[Cockermouth] ... The Globe is the chief inn, and is most respectably conducted. The Sun and the Apple Tree inns may be mentioned."

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Sun Inn
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"SUN INN / 1 / MARKET PLACE / COCKERMOUTH / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 71733 / NY1238230715"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Important corner position at Junction with Kirkgate and St Helen's Street. Early C19. Painted stucco, 3 storeys. 6 panelled door in 2 halves, in moulded stone case, 3 sash windows on ground floor and 4 on each upper floor, with vertical glazing bars, cases partly exposed, and with moulded stone dressings. All the listed buildings in Market Place form a group with Kirkgate Corner, St Helen's Street."

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