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Ambleside: Market Place
Market Place
locality:-   Ambleside
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   street
coordinates:-   NY37700449 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY3704
10Km square:-   NY30

photograph
BWE66.jpg (taken 5.4.2012)  
evidence:-   old painting:- 
item:-  cart; cross; market cross
source data:-   The Carrier, by R Warne, about 1830.
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PR0775.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : no id 1
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, stereo photo, The Market Place, Ambleside, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1900s?
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HB0978.jpg
printed at bottom of image:-  "56. - The Market Place, Ambleside."
printed at rev of mount:-  "Herbert Bell / Ambleside."
item:-  Armitt Library : 2005.158
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:-  cart; wool (?)
source data:-   Copy photograph, drawing of Market Place, Ambleside, perhaps by Mr Barhams, 1823, copied by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s?
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HB0240.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.5100
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:-  cart
source data:-   Copy photograph, drawing of Market Place, Ambleside, perhaps by Mr Barhams, 1824, copied by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s?
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HB0239.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.5098
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Copy photograph, from a print, rushbearing, Ambleside, drawn by Thomas Allom, published 1832, mde by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1906.
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HB0188.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.367
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:-  mail coach; cross; pump
source data:-   Copy photograph, from a painting, Market Place, Ambleside, painted by J Scott, 1848, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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HB0198.jpg
Notice the market cross, pump, royal mail coach, T Bell's shop,White Lion hotel, ... 
stamped at rev:-  "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS15
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Copy photograph, from a painting, fair in Market Place, Ambleside, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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HB0212.jpg
Market cross, White Lion inn, cattle, sheep, horse and cart, etc 
stamped at rev:-  "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS622
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1821
placename:-  Market Place
item:-  post office (?); innsign
source data:-   Print, soft ground etching, Ambleside Market Place, by William Green, published at Ambleside, Westmorland, 1821.
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GN0204.jpg
Plate 4 in Thirty Six Etchings from Nature. 
On the left are the ?Post Office and John P? Tailor and an innsign; the lowest house in the view is William Green's; centre is the market cross. 
printed at upper left:-  "4"
printed at bottom:-  "AMBLESIDE MARKET PLACE. / Etched from Nature by William Green, and Published at Ambleside, May 1, 1821."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6638.4
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1821
placename:-  Market Place
item:-  innsign; gallery; spinning gallery
source data:-   Print, soft ground etching, Market Place, Ambleside, by William Green, published at Ambleside, Westmorland, 1821.
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GN0223.jpg
Plate 23 in Thirty Six Etchings from Nature. 
printed at upper left:-  "23"
printed at bottom:-  "MARKET PLACE, AMBLESIDE. / Etched from Nature by William Green, and Published at Ambleside, May 1, 1821."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6638.23
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evidence:-   old photograph:- 
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Market Place, Ambleside, Westmorland, about 1880?
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PR1886.jpg
The house with the round topped porch was William Green's; there is also Dr Johnson's house, and a grocer's shop 
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.434
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photograph
BTV20.jpg  Market Place, 1880s.
 
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 Ambleside: Church Street
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