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Globe, Whitehaven
Globe
Street:-   Duke Street
locality:-   Whitehaven
civil parish:-   Whitehaven (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   inn
coordinates:-   NX97341829
1Km square:-   NX9718
10Km square:-   NX91


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CGN62.jpg (taken 15.9.2017)  
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CGN63.jpg  Portico.
(taken 15.9.2017)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 67 2) 
placename:-  Globe 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:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Globe
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 317-318  "INNS. Whitehaven, George, Globe, King's Arms."
item:-  JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Globe
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 173:-  "[Whitehaven] ... inns, Black Lion, Golden Lion, and Globe."

evidence:-   old advertisement:- Linton 1852
placename:-  Globe
source data:-   Advertisement, for Joseph Fearon, Globe Hotel, Whitehaven, ... Cumberland, published by Whittaker and Co, London, and by R Gibson and Son and by Callander and Dixon, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1852.
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Advertisments p.13 in A Handbook of the Whitehaven and Furness Railway, by John Linton. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A1158.26
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Globe Hotel
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"GLOBE HOTEL / / DUKE STREET / WHITEHAVEN / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75934 / NX9734518304"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Oppocite the Co-operative Store and part of the group. Probably mid-cl9, altered. 3 storeys. Broad squat portico of 2 round Roman Doric columns with cornice. 3 12-paned sash windows on ground floor, and 4 sas+les on each upper floor with glazing bars removed. Taller 3 storeyed king to right is later and has 2 windows each floor. Cornice on paired brackets. Corner pilasters. Large round hood over blocked entrance to right. Strand Street facade mostly modern. Nos 4, 5, the Co-operative Store, Whittle's Furniture store, The Globe Hotel, Nos 105 amd 105A form a group."


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CGN64.jpg (taken 15.9.2017)  
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CGN65.jpg  Part of building:-
"JASMINE PALACE" (taken 15.9.2017)  

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