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Derwentwater Hotel, Portinscale
Derwentwater Hotel
Black Dog
Blucher Arms
locality:-   Portinscale
civil parish:-   Keswick (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   inn (hotel) 
coordinates:-   NY25282361 (?) 
1Km square:-   NY2523
10Km square:-   NY22

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 5) 
placename:-  Derwentwater Hotel
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.

evidence:-   old advertisement:- Martineau 1855
placename:-  Derwentwater Hotel
source data:-   Advertisment for Mrs Dixon at the Derwentwater Hotel, Portinscale in A Complete Guide to the Lake District of England, by Harriet Martineau published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 4th edn 1871.
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Advertisment pages, added at the end of the guide 
item:-  JandMN : 192.5
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evidence:-   old advertisement:- Philip/Wilson 1890s
source data:-   Advertisement from The Concise Series of Guides No.1, The English Lake District, published about 1895.
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Guide book published by George Philip and Son, 32 Fleet Street, London, Philip, Son and Nephew, Liverpool, Lancashire, and Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, about 1895. 
item:-  JandMN : 58
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hearsay:-  
Began as the Black Dog inn; changed name to the Blucher Arms after the Battle of Waterloo, 1815.

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