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| Kings Arms, Wigton | ||
| Kings Arms | ||
| Street:- | Market Place | |
| locality:- | Wigton | |
| civil parish:- | Wigton (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | inn | |
| coordinates:- | NY25494843 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2548 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY24 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 29 5) placename:- Kings Arms |
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| 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 advertisement:- placename:- Kings Arms Hotel |
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| source data:- | Advertisement, for Fred Gardham, Kings Arms Hotel and Hare and Hounds Hotel, Wigton,
published by Cumberland Motor Services, Tangier Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, about
1926. click to enlargeCS1A32.jpg item:- JandMN : 1022.44 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Kings Arms |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "KINGS ARMS / / MARKET PLACE / WIGTON / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72041 / NY2549948431" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Public House and shop. Late C18 or early C19. Painted render with V-jointed quoins on chamfered plinth. No 5 has painted stucco walls with eaves cornice and angle pilasters. Common graduated greenslate roof with coped gables. 3 storeys, 4 bays; No. 5, 2 bays. Kings Arms has 8-panel round-headed door in painted stone surround. Sash windows in round-headed painted stone surrounds. No. 5 has C20 shop windows. Sash windows above in painted stone surrounds. No. 5 included for G.V. with Kings Arms." |
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