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KENDAL , a See also:market See also:town and municipal See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough in the Kendal See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Westmorland, See also:England, 251 M. N.N.W. from See also:London on the See also:Windermere See also:branch of the London & See also:North-Western •railway. Pop. (1901), 14,183. The town, the full name of which is See also:Kirkby-Kendal or Kirkby-in-Kendal, is the largest in the See also:county. It is picturesquely placed on the See also:river See also:Kent, and is irregularly built. The See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white-walled houses with their See also:blue-slated See also:roofs, and the numerous trees, give it an attractive See also:appearance. To the S.W. rises an abrupt See also:limestone See also:eminence, See also:Scout Scar, which commands an extensive view towards Windermere and the See also:southern mountains of the See also:Lake See also:District. The See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of the See also:Holy Trinity, the See also:oldest See also:part of which See also:dates from about 1200, is a See also:Gothic See also:building with five aisles and a square See also:tower. In it is the See also:helmet of See also:Major See also:Robert Philipson, who rode into the church during service in See also:search of one of See also:Cromwell's See also:officers, See also:Colonel See also:Briggs, to do vengeance on him. This major was notorious as " See also:Robin the See also:Devil," and his See also:story is told in See also:Scott's Rokeby. Among the public buildings are the town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, classic in See also:style; the market See also:house, and See also:literary and scientific institution, with a museum containing a fossil collection from the limestone of the locality. Educational establishments include a See also:free See also:grammar school, in See also:modern buildings, founded in 1525 and well endowed; a blue-coat school, See also:science and See also:art school, and See also:green-coat See also:Sunday school (1813) . On an eminence See also:east of the town are the ruins of Kendal See also:castle, attributed to the first barons of Kendal. It was the birthplace of See also:Catherine See also:Parr, See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VIII.'s last See also:queen. On the Castlebrow See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill, an artificial See also:mound probably of pre-See also:Norman origin, an See also:obelisk was raised in 1788 in memory of the revolution of 1688. The woollen manufactures of Kendal have been noted since 1331, when See also:Edward III. is said to have granted letters of See also:protection to See also:John See also:Kemp, a Flemish See also:weaver who settled in the town; and, although the coarse See also:cloth
known to See also:Shakespeare as " Kendal green " is no longer made, its See also:place is more than supplied by active manufactures of tweeds, railway rugs, See also:horse clothing, knitted woollen caps and jackets, worsted and woollen yarns, and similar goods. Other manufactures of Kendal are See also:machine-made boots and shoes, See also:cards for See also:wool and See also:cotton, agricultural and other machinery, See also:paper, and, in the neighbourhood, See also:gunpowder. There is a large weekly market for See also:grain, and See also:annual horse and See also:cattle fairs. The town is governed by a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors. See also:Area, 2622 acres.
The outline of a See also:Roman fort is traceable at Watercrook near Kendal. The See also:barony and castle of Kendal or Kirkby-in-Kendal, held by Turold before the See also:Conquest, were granted by See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William I. to No de Taillebois, but the barony was divided into three parts in the reign of See also:Richard II., one part with the castle passing to See also:Sir William Parr, See also:knight, ancestor of Catherine Parr. After the See also:death of her See also:brother William Parr, See also:marquess of See also:Northampton, his See also:share of the barony called See also:Marquis See also:Fee reverted to Queen See also:Elizabeth. The castle, being evidently deserted, was in ruins in 1586. Kendal was plundered by the Scots in 1210, and was visited by the rebels in 1715 and again in 1745 when the Pre-See also:tender was proclaimed See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king there. Burgesses in Kendal are mentioned in 1345, and the borough with "See also:court housez" and the fee-See also:farm of free tenants is included in a See also:confirmation See also:charter to Sir William Parr in 1472. Richard III. in 1484 granted the inhabitants of the barony freedom from See also:toll, passage and pontage, and the town was incorporated in 1576 by Queen Elizabeth under the See also:title of an See also:alderman and 12 burgesses, but See also:Charles I. in 1635 appointed a mayor, 12 aldermen and 20 See also:capital burgesses. Under the Municipal Reform See also:Act of 1835 the See also:corporation was again altered. From 1832 to 1885 Kendal sent one member to See also:parliament, but since the last date its See also:representation has been merged in that of the southern division of the county. A weekly market on Saturday granted by Richard I. to See also:Roger Fitz Reinfred was See also:purchased by the corporation from the See also:earl of See also:Lonsdale and See also:Captain Bagot, lords of the See also:manor, in 1885 and 1886. Of the five fairs which are now held three are See also:ancient, that now held on the 29th of See also:April being granted to Marmaduke de Tweng and William de See also:Rosin 1307, and those on the 8th and 9th of See also:November to Christiana, widow of Ingelram de Gynes, in 1333.
See See also:Victoria County See also:History, Westmorland; See also:Cornelius See also:Nicholson, The See also:Annals of Kendal (1861).
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