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New Inn, Coniston
New Inn
locality:-   Coniston
civil parish:-   Coniston (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   inn
1Km square:-   SD3097 (?) 
10Km square:-   SD39
references:-   Martineau 1855

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 26:-  "... then approaches the foot of Coniston Water, which it reaches at eight miles from Ulverstone. Seven miles more bring him to the New Inn at Coniston, which, built under the direction of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Marshall, is one of the most comfortable hotels in England. ... magnificent mountains at the head, where Mr. J. G. Marshall's house and lands are more gloriously situated than almost any other ..."

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