 Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| Belmount Hotel, Hawkshead | ||
| out of sight | ||
| Belmount Hotel | ||
| civil parish:- | Hawkshead (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | inn | |
| coordinates:- | SD35209930 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD3599 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD39 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Lan 2 14) placename:- Belmount | |
| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 
                  inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, 
                  Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Clarke 1787 placename:- Bellmont | |
| source data:- | Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, 
                  and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, 
                  Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.  goto source Page 146:- "..." "... Mr Brathwaite of Bellmont, whose modern built house stands delightfully upon a hill near a mile from the town; it commands an agreeable and extensive view of the Lake, town, and cottages, dispersed among copses of woods and lawns; this prospect would please the most rustic and unpolished observer; and cannot but catch the eyes of every traveller, though not seeking for delights of that nature. ..." | |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Belmount Hotel | |
| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "BELMOUNT HOTEL AND ADJOINING OUTBUILDING / / B 5286 / HAWKSHEAD / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76833 / SD3520099302" | |
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