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The Grade II Listed 80 and 80A Highgate, in Kendal a town in the Lake District, Cumbria.
A gatehouse to Hospital, there is a 1659 date the frame over central passage arch. Initials T.S., for Thomas Sandes (dealer in Kendal cottons and mayor 1647-48), were on the original but a K (for Katherine, his wife) has been added and the coat of arms
On north side is an iron-lidded alms box, initialled T.S., set in a niche with two inscriptions above: REMEMBER THE POORE and Remember
the Poor Widows, carved in Roman lettering.
Information Source:
britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101137865-80-and-80a-highgat...
Kendal a town in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Kendal was first put on the map officially with the arrival of the Romans in the first century AD. Considering the place to be of sufficient importance, they constructed a fort here. However the area’s first settlers – this honour fell to a tribe known as the Brigantes.
The Romans left in approximately the fourth century AD and were succeeded six centuries later by the Normans. At the time of the Norman Conquest there was already a motte and bailey castle on Castle Howe, to the west of the town centre. The castle now known as Kendal Castle was built on Castle Hill probably some time after 1183.
It was not until the granting of the Market Charter of 1189 that Kendal really began to make its mark. 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. The money the King collected from this fee was channelled into Richard’s Crusades, whilst the Baron profited by levying other charges on the traders. The granting of the Charter heralded the arrival of ‘Market Kendal’, and the start of the town as we know it today.
A Charter issued between 1246 and 1260 by the then Baron of Kendal, Peter de Brus 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. This showed that the wool industry, which was later to become such an important aspect of Kendal’s economy, was active even at this early stage.
It was not until the fourteenth century that the wool business really began to flourish. The town’s position as a natural geographical centre for the Westmorland wool industry, together with a growing monastic wool trade, helped to transform local prospects at every level of life. 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.
Information Source:
www.kendaltowncouncil.gov.uk/heritage/history/
The Grade II Listed Shakespeare Inn in Kendal a town in the Lake District, Cumbria.
A public House incorporating shop dating 1830, with initials T.S. (for Thomas
Simpson), on carriage arch keystone. Built by by John Richardson with Wet-dashed rubble on hammer-dressed plinth; with a graduated slate roof.
Information Source:
britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101318982-the-shakespeare-in...
The Brigantes’ occupation of Stanwick was concentrated on the area known as the Tofts, to the south of the church of St John the Baptist. Ramparts were built around the original settlement. Excavation here has revealed timber roundhouses and other structures dating from the middle of the 1st century AD.
The Brigantes’ occupation of Stanwick was concentrated on the area known as the Tofts, to the south of the church of St John the Baptist. Ramparts were built around the original settlement. Excavation here has revealed timber roundhouses and other structures dating from the middle of the 1st century AD.
The Brigantes’ occupation of Stanwick was concentrated on the area known as the Tofts, to the south of the church of St John the Baptist. Ramparts were built around the original settlement. Excavation here has revealed timber roundhouses and other structures dating from the middle of the 1st century AD.