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These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Kendal. You may be able to find further references to Kendal in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
Place | Type of entry | Source |
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Kendal | ward | Bartholomew |
KENDAL | a town, a township, a parish, a sub-district, a district, and a ward | Imperial |
KENDAL AND WINDERMERE RAILWAY | a railway | Imperial |
Kendal (or Southern) Division, The | parlimentary division | Bartholomew |
Kirby Kendal | Bartholomew | |
Kirkby Kendal | municiple borough, market town, parish and township | Bartholomew |
This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Kendal.
Place | Type of entry | Source |
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Burneside | ecclesiastical district and railway station | Bartholomew |
BURNESIDE, or Byrneshead | a chapelry | Imperial |
Crook | township | Bartholomew |
CROOK | a township-chapelry | Imperial |
Dillicar | township | Bartholomew |
DILLICAR | a township | Imperial |
Docker | township | Bartholomew |
DOCKER | a township | Imperial |
Fawcet Forest | township | Bartholomew |
FAWCET FOREST | a township | Imperial |
Grassgarth | hamlet | Bartholomew |
Graveship, Nether | township | Bartholomew |
GRAVESHIP (NETHER) | a township | Imperial |
Grayrigg | township and railway station | Bartholomew |
Greenbank | village | Bartholomew |
GREEN BANK | a village | Imperial |
HAY | a hamlet | Imperial |
Helsington | township | Bartholomew |
HELSINGTON | a chapelry | Imperial |
HOLMESCALES | a hamlet | Imperial |
Homescales | hamlet | Bartholomew |
Hugil | township | Bartholomew |
HUGIL | a township and a chapelry | Imperial |
Hutton i' the Hay | hamlet | Bartholomew |
HUTTON (New) | a township and a chapelry | Imperial |
HUTTON (OLD) | a township chapelry | Imperial |
Ings | hamlet | Bartholomew |
Kentmere | township | Bartholomew |
KENTMERE | a township-chapelry | Imperial |
Kirkland | township | Bartholomew |
Lambrigg | township | Bartholomew |
LAMBRIGG | a township | Imperial |
Natland | village | Bartholomew |
NATLAND | a village and a township-chapelry | Imperial |
Nook | hamlet | Bartholomew |
NOOK | a hamlet | Imperial |
Patton | township | Bartholomew |
PATTON | a township | Imperial |
Reston | hamlet | Bartholomew |
Scalthwaiterigg, Hay, and Hutton I'th' Hay | township | Bartholomew |
SCALTHWAITERING, HAY, AND HUTTON-I'-THE-HAY | a township | Imperial |
SELSIDE | a township and a chapelry | Imperial |
Selside and Whitwell | township | Bartholomew |
Skelsmergh | township | Bartholomew |
SKELSMERGH | a township | Imperial |
Sleddale, Long | township | Bartholomew |
SLEDDALE (Long) | a township-chapelry | Imperial |
STAVELEY | a village, two townships, and a chapelry | Imperial |
Staveley, Nether and Over | 2 townships | Bartholomew |
STRICKLAND-KETTLE and S. ROGER | two town-ships | Imperial |
UNDERBARROW | a township-chapelry, with two hamlets | Imperial |
Whinfell | township | Bartholomew |
WHINFELL | a township | Imperial |
WHITWELL | a hamlet | Imperial |
Winster | ecclesiastical district | Bartholomew |
This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Kendal within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.
Traveller | Section | No. of Refs. |
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Celia Fiennes | 1698 Tour: Lancaster to Carlisle | 9 |
George Head | Workington and the Lake District | 6 |
Daniel Defoe | Letter 10: Lancashire, Westmorland and Cumberland | 5 |
William Camden | Durham, Lancashire and Westmorland | 4 |
George Head | North Lancashire | 4 |
William Adams | On Tramp | 2 |
George Head | Liverpool | 2 |
Thomas Pennant | September 18-23: The Borders and back to Cheshire | 2 |
William Adams | Tramp Life | 1 |
Daniel Defoe | Letter 8, Part 4: Leeds and North Yorkshire | 1 |
George Head | Carlisle and the Solway Firth | 1 |
George Head | The Solway Coast | 1 |
John Wesley | 1757-9: "I do Indeed Live by Preaching"; Advice to Travelers; French Prisoners | 1 |
John Wesley | 1765-8: Justice for Methodists; Methodist Character; Instructions to Parents | 1 |
Thomas Pennant | Appendix VIII: Itinerary | 1 |
This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
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Kirkland | 0 | 1 |
Nether Graveship | 0 | 2 |
Watercrook | 0 | 2 |
Scalthwaiterigg | 0 | 2 |
Natland | 0 | 2 |
Skelsmergh | 0 | 2 |
Burneside | 0 | 2 |
Strickland Ketel | 0 | 1 |
Helsington | 0 | 2 |
New Hutton | 0 | 2 |
Docker | 0 | 2 |
Underbarrow | 0 | 2 |
Stainton | 0 | 2 |
Sizergh | 0 | 2 |
Bonning Gate | 0 | 2 |
Patton | 0 | 2 |
Sedgwick | 0 | 2 |
Crosscrake | 0 | 2 |
Old Hutton | 0 | 2 |
Whitwell | 0 | 2 |