Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Golden Fleece
	locality:-	Calder Bridge
	parish	St Bridget Beckermet parish, once in Cumberland
	county:-	Cumbria
		inn
	coordinates:-	NY04150601
	10Km square:-	NY00
	1Km square	NY0406
		Golden Fleece -- Calder Bridge -- St Bridget Beckermet -- Cumbria / -- Innsign; illustration from the story of Jason, and the Argonauts, who had to recover a golden fleece, accomplishing several tasks and falling in love with princess Medea. -- 24.4.2006
		Golden Fleece -- Calder Bridge -- St Bridget Beckermet -- Cumbria / -- 24.4.2006
	descriptive text:-	Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
		Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, et al, 1839; published 1839-52.
		Page 73:-
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		... Calder Bridge, where, at either of the two excellent inns, the weary traveller may rest for the night.
		Page 74:-
		... From the Bridge Inn there is a sweetly-wooded walk along the banks of the stream, ...
	other name:-	Bridge Inn
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	descriptive text:-	Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)
		Guidebook, Concise Description of the English Lakes, later A Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirky Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823 onwards.
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		Page 132:-
		... Calder Bridge, at which place are two neat small inns, where lodgings are generally taken for the night. ...
	date:-	1823
	period:-	19th century, early; 1820s
	old advertisement:-	Linton 1852
		Guide book, A Handbook of the Whitehaven and Furness Railway, guide to the Lake District etc, by John Linton, published by Whittaker and Co, London, etc, 1852.
		Advertisement, ... William Jackson, Golden Fleece Inn, Calder Bridge, Cumberland, published by Whittaker and Co, London, and by R Gibson and Son and by Callander and Dixon, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1852.
		Advertisments p.9 in A Handbook of the Whitehaven and Furness Railway, by John Linton.
	placename:-	Golden Fleece
	person:-	innkeeper : Jackson, William
	date:-	1852
	period:-	19th century, late
		photographs
		Golden Fleece -- Calder Bridge -- St Bridget Beckermet -- Cumbria / -- Innsign; the traditional sign of the golden fleece. -- 24.4.2006
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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