Ambleside, Cumbria - Old Mill - postcard 1903 to France

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Ambleside, Cumbria - Old Mill [this was still in the style of the old undivided back postcards although this has a dvided back, they were introduced in 1902, many publishers didn't alter their designs at first and indeed the send can't get used to the stye and has written the message on the front and just the address on the reverse, as indeed this was still the practice on the continent at this time]
• Publisher:  Friths
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  Edward VII 1d red
• Postmark(s):  Windermere Sep 3 1903 cds
• Sent to:  Madame Rosine Paoli, 15 Avenue d'Eylan (XVIeme arrond.), Paris
• Notes / condition:  minor wear due to postal use

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Ambleside is a town in Cumbria, in North West England. Historically within the county of Westmorland, it is situated at the head of Windermere, England's largest lake. The town is within the Lake District National Park.

The Armitt Library and Museum provides a source of local history with a collection which represents many of the local artists and writers of the past.

To the south of Ambleside is the Roman fort of Galava, dating from AD79.^[1]

To the west, Loughrigg Fell rises above the town; to the north are Red Screes and the hills of the Fairfield group; to the east is Wansfell.

Ambleside is administered by South Lakeland District Council and forms part of the Lakes civil parish but from 1894 to 1935 it was a separate urban district council.

Steamers (in reality diesel-powered ferries) run to Bowness-on-Windermere and Lakeside offering fine views of the lake and surrounding mountains. Ambleside is a base for hiking, mountaineering and mountain biking. It has a number of hotels, guest houses, pubs and restaurants as well as shops. In particular, there are a number of shops selling equipment for walkers and climbers in the town.

Ambleside is also home to the headquarters of Brathay Exploration Group, a youth charity based just beyond Clappersgate on the road to Hawkshead.

The album CSI:Ambleside, by Birkenhead-based band Half Man Half Biscuit, is named after the town.

The town's name is derived from Old Norse Á-mel-s?tr = ""river – sandbank – summer pasture"".

In 1650 the town was granted a charter^[2] to hold a market and later, in the reign of James II, another charter was granted for the town to collect tolls.^[3] The town's Market Place became the commercial centre for agriculture and the wool trade. The old packhorse trail between Ambleside and Grasmere was the main route between the two towns before the new turnpike road was completed in 1770. Smithy Brow at the end of the trail was where packponies were re-shod after their journey. With the coming of the turnpikes, the packhorse trains were superseded by horse-drawn stagecoaches, which regularly travelled between Keswick and Kendal via Ambleside.^[4]

Bridge House was built over Stock Ghyll more than 300 years ago probably as a summer house and apple store for Ambleside Hall. The building was purchased by local people in 1926 and given to the National Trust. It is now used as an information centre for the National Trust, and is part of the Trust's Windermere and Troutbeck property.^[5]

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: rest of the world

sub-theme=england

county/ country=cumberland/ westmorland

number of items=single

period=pre - 1914

postage condition=posted