Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Lodore Hotel
	locality:-	Lodore
	parish	Borrowdale parish, once in Cumberland
	county:-	Cumbria
		inn
	coordinates:-	NY264188
	10Km square:-	NY21
	1Km square	NY2618
		Lodore Hotel -- Lodore -- Borrowdale -- Cumbria / -- 22.9.2006
		Lodore Hotel -- Lodore -- Borrowdale -- Cumbria / -- 3.4.2006
	source:-	Philip/Wilson 1890s
	person:-	innkeeper : Bownass, R
	date:-	1895
	period:-	19th century, late; 1890s
	source:-	Martineau 1855
		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 1855-71.
		Page 81:-
		... the traveller begins to listen for the fall of Lodore, and he finds the inn at the distance of a mile from Grange. It is a delightful little inn, clean and well managed, and, by its situation, preferable to those at Keswick, except for the convenience of head-quarters. ...
	date:-	1855
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s
	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 166:-
		...
		Lowdore Inn.- Close to the inn, in the ravine betwixt Gowdar Crag and Shepherd's Crag, is the fall of Lowdore, ...
	placename:-	Lowdore 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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		... Lowdore,- famous for its waterfall. Here is a neat public-house, where a cannon is kept for the echo which is very fine, especially in a still evening.
	date:-	1823
	period:-	19th century, early; 1820s
	old map:-	Clarke 1787 map (Der)
		Map series, lakes and roads to the Lakes, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, London, included in A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, published by James Clarke, Penrith, and in London etc, from 1787 to 1793.
		LOW LOW DOOR
		buildings
	placename:-	Low Low Door
	date:-	1787
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s
	old map:-	West 1784 map
		A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, now Cumbria, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, included in the Guide to the Lakes by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Westmorland, and in London, from the 3rd edition 1784, to 1821.
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	placename:-	Lowdore
		building/s
	county:-	Cumberland
	old map:-	Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Der)
		Series of maps, An Accurate Map of the Matchless Lake of Derwent, of the Grand Lake of Windermere, of the Beautiful Lake of Ullswater, of Broadwater or Bassenthwaite Lake, of Coniston Lake, of Buttermere, Crummock and Loweswater Lakes, and Pocklington's Island, by Peter Crosthwaite, Kendal, Cumberland now Cumbria, 1783 to 1794.
		Low Door Hotel / R. Stephenson's Esq.
	placename:-	Low Door Hotel
	person:-	: Stephenson, R
		house
	date:-	1783=1794
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s; 1790s
	old print:-
		Print, chromolithograph, Derwent Water, Cumberland, published by T Nelson and Sons, London, 1900s?
		From a set of prints, The Scenery of the English Lakes
		printed at lower centre:-
		T. NELSON & SONS
		printed at bottom left:-
		DERWENT WATER
	date:-	1900=1909
	period:-	1900s
	old print:-
		Print, uncoloured engraving, Scott's Lodore Hotel, Derwentwater, published by J Scott, Lodore Hotel, Cumberland,
		Viewed from the lake side. The reverse side has an advertisement for the hotel:-
		Under the Distinguished Patronage OF THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES THE PRINCE OF WALES AND PRINCE ARTHUR. / LODORE HOTEL, AT THE HEAD OF DERWENTWATER, KESWICK, IS THE ONLY HOTEL NEAR THE LAKE. / THE above First-Class Establishment was enlarged especially for an Hotel in 1870. It is situate on the Margin of the Lake, and is replete with every modern improvement, containing the Largest Coffee Room in the Lake District, magnificent Ladies' Coffee Room, Private Sitting Rooms, and Sixty Beds; Hot and Cold Baths, and every other accommodation required in a first-class Hotel. It is delightfully situated in its own Pleasure Grounds, which slope down to the margin of the Lake, and the windows command the grandest scenery in the district, embracing the whole of Derwentwater with its majestic mountains. The celebrated Falls of Lodore are in the Private Grounds at the rear of the Hotel. Parties not staying at the Hotel must have permission from the Proprietor to view the Falls and Grounds. / Fishing free, a third of Derwentwater Lake belonging to the Owner of this Hotel. Parties boarded by week or month. An Omnibus meets the Trains at the Keswick Railway Station, and also runs in connection with Rigg's Royal Mail Coaches from Windermere. Boats supplied direct, and Posting in all its branches. / PARTIES TAKEN TO CHURCH ON SUNDAYS FREE OF CHARGE. / J. SCOTT, PROPRIETOR.
		printed at bottom:-
		Scott's Lodore Hotel, Derwentwater
	placename:-	Lodore Hotel
	person:-	innkeeper : Scott, J
	date:-	1870=1879
	period:-	19th century, late
	hearsay	A small cannon was once available to set off echoes from the surrounding hills; 4 shillings per bang.
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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