Market Cross, Ambleside, Bedlam, Ambleside, Market Hall, Ambleside, village pump, Ambleside, and 5 others

Ambleside, Westmorland and Furness, England, United Kingdom

The Market Place. In the 16th century Ambleside was a centre of the woollen industry and was granted a Market Charter as a town in 1650. Here was the original site of the Market Cross and Bedlam (Bethlehem), the 17th century Poor House. The Market Hall was a low timbered building with an open ground

floor and an upper gallery supported on columns. In front was the village pump. Behind was Cheapside with market stalls and the Shambles where butchers worked. These buildings were swept away in the

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