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Kendal, Cumbria
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Historic maps of Kendal and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Kendal maps
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Kendal books
Displaying 3 of 25 books about Kendal and the local area. View all Kendal books
A Taste of Cumbria and the Lake District
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Cumbria Photographic Memories
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Grange-over-Sands Photographic Memories
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2 Kendal photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Kendal
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My grandma used to live in the Cottage above the head of the Boy leaning on the wall. We use to love visiting and playing in the Yard. Great memories.
Shared on 31 October 2007
New Shambles - Michael Goodwin''s shop
The boy in the hat is my grandfather, and the girl is his sister. The shop that they are standing outside belonged to their grandfather, a well travelled gentleman born in 1832. The view is remarkably unchanged in 2008!
Shared on 08 December 2008
Cumbria memories
I am writing to add my memories to those posted by my sister Sheila McCormack. My name is Norma (McCormack ) Gibson. Our grandparents ran this hotel in the 1920s.
Their names were Margaret and Cecil Stronnel. They had a daughter Irene Margaret Stronnel. My mother told me about their Manx cats that had no tails. Sha also told me that... [more]
Shared on 27 October 2008
My grandmother owned The Brown Horse Inn until 1922
My grandparents Mr. & Mrs. Cecil Carl Stronnel owned the Brown Horse Inn until 1922 when my grandmother and my mother emigrated to Canada. My grandmother had divorced prior to their departure. The present photo is very
similar to the one that hung on the wall of my grandmother's home, I believe the one she had had a horse in the... [more]
Shared on 26 October 2008
Visited church and local area to see for myself where my ancesters lived over one hundred years ago. They were Robert Gibson and his son, also called Robert, both of them farmers. I first discovered Howgill and Sedbergh back in 2002 and was amazed by its beauty and peacefulness. This area has made a lasting impression on me that I shall... [more]
Shared on 05 August 2008
In 1964/5 I drove from London with 4 young ladies to attend the wedding of our friend Pamela Blackwell, braving a full on snow storm in an old wreck whose windscreen wipers did not work except with the use of a delicately placed piece of string. We only managed half the distance on the first day and 'slept' in the car... [more]
Shared on 28 September 2009
We were only here briefly. Just a few early spring and summer months. My parents were managing this hotel for the season. One fine day, when there was a pause in the arrivals & departures of coach buses filled with tourists, my father took me across the road. There on the banks of Lake Windermere was a rowing... [more]
Shared on 03 October 2008
In April 2008 I went on holiday to the Lakes with my wife, Elizabeth, and we enjoyed a day's outing here. We first took a steam train from Haverthwaite through Newby Bridge to Lakeside where the steamer quay looks not much different from the view shown in this photo. Then we boarded a steamer which took us up the lake... [more]
Shared on 06 October 2008
Extracts From Kendal & Cumbria books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Kendal, inspired by Frith photos.
Lake District Photographic Memories
Stricklandgate, the northern extension of Highgate, is one of Kendal's main thoroughfares. The name means 'the road leading to the stirk land', and was often referred to as the Drover's Road, where cattle were driven from the north. This view, looking north, shows a traffic-free street.
This is an extract from Lake District Photographic Memories.
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The Town of Kendal Kendal—the 'Auld Grey Town' on the River Kent— was founded on the wealth won from the wool of Lakeland sheep. Its motto is 'Pannis mihi Panis', which means 'wool is my bread'; even Shakespeare refers to Kendal Green cloth in Henry IV Part 1. But wool was not Kendal's only industry, and many other trades set themselves up in the many yards which lead off the main street of this southern gateway to the... [more]
This is an extract from Lake District Pocket Album.
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Stramongate Bridge was also known as Miller or Mill Bridge, because it linked the mills on the eastern bank of the River Kent to the 'Auld Grey Town' on the other bank. Stramongate is the main approach road into Kendal from the north-east, and means 'the street of the straw men'. St George's Church is in the background.
This is an extract from Cumbria Photographic Memories.
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