This corresponded with a general increase in political awareness and there were a number of incidents on the streets of Kendal at Election time, particularly in 1818. The nearby village of Kendal speech, known as Kendalian, is an example of the Kendal has long maintained a locally active, voluntary The following people and military units have received the It has moderately warm summers and mild winters with precipitation at all times of year. The main industry in those times was the manufacture of woollen goods, whose importance is reflected in the town's coat of armsand in its Latin motto Pannus mihi panis (Cloth is my bread.)
The granting of the Charter heralded the arrival of ‘Market Kendal’, and the start of the town as we know it today. In 1753 the Used on numerous expeditions to mountaintops (including By the time the business was sold to a competitor, Illingworth left the firm in 1867 to start his own firm, which remained in business until the 1980s. 1928.
The ancient part of the town has two main streets— Highgate with its continuations Strickland and Kirkland and Stramongate leading to the northern of the two ancient bridges. An exhibition was held at Kendal Library in the summer of 2010. This confirmed the rights of burgesses, granted by his uncle Willian de Lancastre in an earlier Charter, of common pasture, to collect firewood from certain forests, to erect buildings and, most importantly, setting out agreements with fullers and dyers. Richard I, desperate for money to fund his Crusades overseas, allowed the then Baron of Kendal, Gilbert Fitz-Renfried, to acquire a licence for a Saturday Market. Considering the place to be of sufficient importance, they constructed a fort here (the site is at Watercrook on a bend of the River Kent, south of the modern settlement).However the Romans were not the area’s first settlers – this honour fell to a tribe known as the Brigantes.A Roman fort required a lot of upkeep and its soldiers needed goods that they couldn’t necessarily provide for themselves. It has seen good and bad times but has shown resilience and a willingness to change to meet new challenges. Currently the archive contains over 400 recordings with people born between the 1880s and 1980s. It subsequently came into the possession of local historian Jack O’Connor, who recognised it as an interesting and valuable link with the woollen trade of Kendal, which was established in the town in the 14th century by John Kemp, a Flemish weaver, acting under a “Letter of Protection” granted to him by Edward III in 1331. In the 19th century it became a centre for the manufacture of Kendal has a daily coach service to London. In July and August the average daily maximum and minimum are 19 and 11 °C (66 and 52 °F) respectively.
"Whereas the road is very ruinous, and some parts thereof almost impassable and could not, by the ordinary course appointed by the Laws then in being for repairing the highways, be amended and kept in good repair, unless some further provision was made." He is now recognised as ranking close behind Gainsborough and Reynolds as a portrait painter, and several of his paintings (including the magnificent “King Lear in a Storm” on display at the Abbot Hall Gallery pictured on the right) are currently held by the Town Council, as is the sketch book in which he planned his work.Kendal’s more recent history has seen the rise, and fall, of industry, notably in snuff manufacture and shoe making. George Romney, the painter, was articled in the town and did some of his early works in the town. Tenterfell. As the industry grew, so did the town’s size and prosperity and it was not until the Industrial Revolution that the trade finally moved out to the mills in Yorkshire and Lancashire. Historic Kendal and Stricklandgate House Today, Stricklandgate House operates primarily as a Centre for Voluntary Organisations based in South Lakeland, but it's played many different roles in the past. The church came to hold great interest in market matters, and several ‘fairs’ were held to coincide with religious festivities. There is still some industry in the town (Gilbert Gilkes and Gordon (industrial pumps), Goodacres (carpets), Farleys (foodstuffs) and of course Kendal Mint Cake, made by several companies in the town but the largest growth has been in services (hotels, guest houses and shops).Kendal has a long, chequered and proud history. It was not long, therefore, before trading started between the two communities. The founder John Watts had begun a drapery business in Deansgate in 1796 which became prosperous and was later known as "The Bazaar" and expanded onto a site on the other side of Deansgate.
The book excited much interest and is now regarded as one of Kendal’s many treasures. Kendall becomes the first Pennsylvania refiner to offer highly refined motor oils good for 2,000 miles. It is, indeed, a “Town for all Seasons”.Kendal Civic Society is an amenity organization run by volunteers who, as our mission statement indicates, wish not only to preserve the best of what is left of Kendal’s past but also to promote the best of the new to ensure that a vibrant, historic, picturesque and interesting town is passed on to future generations.