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Castle Inn, Bassenthwaite
Castle Inn
Castle Inn Hotel
locality:-   Kiln Hill
civil parish:-   Bassenthwaite (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   inn
coordinates:-   NY21493271
1Km square:-   NY2132
10Km square:-   NY23


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CFF39.jpg (taken 8.7.2016)  

evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Castle Inn
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.
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item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
source data:-   Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49, latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes.
image OT01P135, button  goto source
"... There is a public-house at ... another at Castle Inn on the eastern [side of Bassenthwaite Lake]."

evidence:-   probably old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Castle Inn
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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"Castle Inn"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Burrow 1920s
source data:-   Road book, On the Road, Dunlop Pictorial Road Plans, volume V, strip maps with parts in Westmorland, Cumberland etc, irregular scale about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, by E J Burrow and Co, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s.
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item:-  private collection : 17
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