Kendal, Cumbria - multiview inc Highgate, Gilling Gate, river - postcard c.1970s

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Kendal, Cumbria - Highgate / Gilling Gate / The River Kent
• Publisher:  Colourmaster International (Photo Precision) (PLC 21207)
• Postally used:  no
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Kendal (/'k?nd?l/), anciently known as Kirkby in Kendal or Kirkby Kendal, is a market town and civil parish within the South Lakeland District of Cumbria, England. It is 50 miles (80 km) south of Carlisle, on the River Kent, and has a total resident population of 27,505,^[1] making it the third largest settlement in Cumbria, behind Carlisle and Barrow in Furness.

Historically a part of Westmorland, Kendal today is known largely as a centre for tourism, as the home of Kendal mint cake, and as a producer of pipe tobacco and tobacco snuff. Its buildings, mostly constructed with the local grey limestone, have earned it the nickname the Auld Grey Town.

Kendal is listed in the Domesday Book as part of Yorkshire with the name Cherchbi.^[2] For many centuries it was called Kirkbie Kendal, meaning ""village with a church in the valley of the River Kent"". The earliest castle was a Norman motte and bailey (now located on the west side of the town) when the settlement went under the name of Kirkbie Strickland

A chartered market town, the centre of Kendal is structured around a high street with fortified alleyways, known locally as yards, off to either side which allowed the local population to seek shelter from the Anglo-Scottish raiding parties known as the Border Reivers. The main industry in these times was the manufacture of woollen goods, the importance of which is reflected in the town's coat of arms and in its Latin motto ""Pannus mihi panis"", meaning wool (literally 'cloth') is my bread. ""Kendal Green"" was hard-wearing wool-based fabric specific to the local manufacturing process, and was supposedly sported by the Kendalian archers who were instrumental in the English victory over the French at the Battle of Agincourt. Kendal Green was also worn by slaves in the Americas, and is mentioned in songs and literature from that time. Kendal Green was traditionally the colour of clothing worn by foresters and as such was mentioned by Shakespeare in Henry IV, Part 1.

The site of several (ruined) castles, the most recent one constructed in the late-12th century, Kendal Castle, has a long history as a stronghold of one kind or another. The castle is best known for being the home of the Parr family. The Parr's inherited the castle through marriage during the reign of Edward III of England. Rumours still circulate that King Henry VIII's sixth wife Catherine Parr was born at Kendal Castle, but based on the evidence available this is very unlikely. By the time Catherine was born the castle was beyond disrepair and her father was already based in Blackfriars, London, as a member of the court of King Henry VIII.^[3]

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=england

county/ country=cumberland/ westmorland

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

postage condition=unposted