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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 |
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| source data:- | Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181
Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802. goto source click to enlargeC38317.jpg page 317-318 "INNS. ... Cockermouth, Globe, Sun. ..." item:- JandMN : 228.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) placename:- Sun |
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| source data:- | Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181
Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802. goto source click to enlargeC38557.jpg page 557-558 "INNS. ... Cockermouth, Globe, Sun. ..." item:- JandMN : 228.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) placename:- Sun Inn |
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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 source Page 84:- "[Cockermouth] ... The Globe is the chief inn, and is most respectably conducted. The Sun and the Apple Tree inns may be mentioned." |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Sun Inn |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "SUN INN / 1 / MARKET PLACE / COCKERMOUTH / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 71733 / NY1238230715" |
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| 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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