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White Lion, Ambleside
White Lion Hotel
locality:-   Ambleside
Street:-   Market Place
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   inn (hotel) 
coordinates:-   NY37680442
1Km square:-   NY3704
10Km square:-   NY30

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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  White Lion Inn
source data:-   Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.
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Page 32:-  "..."
"[Ambleside] ... Excellent fare can be had at the Salutation, Commercial, and White Lion inns, and in lodgings. From its central station, the town is frequently made the head-quarters of tourists for a considerable time, ..."
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Page 161:-  "..."
"[Ambleside] ... Excellent quarters may be found at the Salutation, the Commercial, and White Lion inns; ..."
evidence:-   old advertisement:- Atkinson 1847 (5th edn 1850) 
placename:-  White Lion Hotel
source data:-   Advertisement for William Townson at the White Lion Hotel, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1850.
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At the end of a Handbook to the English Lakes, 5th edn. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A1144.28
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evidence:-   old advertisement:- Martineau 1855
placename:-  White Lion Hotel
source data:-   Advertisment for the White Lion Hotel, Ambleside 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 text:- Martineau 1855
source data:-   Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-76.
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Page 42:-  "... the market-place, ... the Salutation and Commercial Inns and the White Lion, the three principal inns, are all conspicuous in it. ..."
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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