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house, Ambleside (2)
locality:-   Ambleside
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
10Km square:-   NY30
evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
source data:-   Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.
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Page 71, footnote:-  "On the banks of Windermere-water, have been lately built many elegant villas; by ... Mr. North, Ambleside; ... These objects, as works of art, most of which are done in styles suitable to their situation, give an air of consequence to the country, ..."
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