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Curwen

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==Location==

[[3 Highgate]] and the the sign moved from there to what is now [[The Colour House]] at the head of the [[Old Shambles]].

The sign of the [[Royal Oak]] was also at [[121 Highgate]] (currently the [[Wild Abandon]] shop) and at [[7 Kirkland]] although there is no indication that these last two were connected in any way other than name and presumably did not trade at the same times.

==History==

Initially located on the site of the [[Kendal Hotel]] until 1804, then moved the sign to the head of the [[Old Shambles]] (previously known as the [[Butchers Arms]].

==[[Kirkbie-Kendall 1900|Curwen, 1900]]==

<blockquote>[[Commercial Hotel]]

... It is, however, necessary to retrace back a few steps in order to notice the '[[Commercial Hotel]]', which was built in 1804, when Mr Maskew was 'mine host'. It stands on the site of the ancient [[Royal Oak|Royal Oak Inn]], owned by [[John Fletcher]] in 1746, and which, like the '[[Golden Fleece|Golden Fleece Inn]]' opposite, had the facade supported on wooden posts. On the property being rebuilt, the sign of the [[Royal Oak]] was transferred to what had previously been known as the [[Butchers Arms|Butchers' Arms]], at the head of the [[Old Shambles]]. [[Kirkbie-Kendall 1900|John F Curwen, Kirkbie Kendal (1900) p31]]</blockquote>

<blockquote>[[Old Shambles]].

The [[Old Shambles]] were built in 1779 by Alderman [[William Petty]] . ... At the head of this lane was the “[[Butchers Arms|Butcher’s Arms]], which had for its sign a picture of sheep and oxen lying in repose, with the appropriate motto Oves et Boves. The sign of the ”[[Royal Oak]]” was transferred to this house, when the old inn of that name styled itself ”The [[Commercial Hotel|Commercial]].” [[Kirkbie-Kendall 1900|John F Curwen, Kirkbie Kendal (1900) p71]]</blockquote>

<blockquote>[[121 Highgate|No. 121 ''(Highgate)'']]

Further towards the south stands a very ancient house with casement windows and those four delightful diamond chimneys on the ridge. For some time it was a well known public house under the sign of “ The [[Royal Oak]],” a sign frequently met with, in memory of the famous escape made by Charles II. by hiding in the lopped branches of an oak at Boscobel. [[Kirkbie-Kendall 1900|John F Curwen, Kirkbie Kendal (1900) p111]]</blockquote>

<blockquote>[[7 Kirkland]]

... On William Braithwaite leaving the “ [[Ring o' Bells]]” for this house, the name was changed to that of the “[[Royal Oak]],” and when [[Joseph Steele]] bought the property the license was taken away. [[Kirkbie-Kendall 1900|John F Curwen, Kirkbie Kendal (1900) p157]]</blockquote>

[[Category:Public House]]

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