Kendal
Sign in to saveKendal, once Kirkby in Kendal or Kirkby Kendal, is a market town and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness area of Cumbria, England, just outside the Lake District. It lies within the River Kent's dale, from which its name is derived.
Key facts
- UK place.postcode_area
- LA
- UK place.official_name
- Kendal
- UK place.local_name
- Auld Grey Town
- UK place.type
- Town
- UK place.pushpin_map
- United Kingdom South Lakeland
- UK place.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the former South Lakeland district
- UK place.population
- 29,593
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 census)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SD5192
- UK place.london_distance
- SSE
- UK place.civil_parish
- Kendal
- UK place.unitary_england
- Westmorland and Furness
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cumbria
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.post_town
- KENDAL
- UK place.postcode_district
- LA9
- UK place.dial_code
- 01539
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Article
34 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- Roman fort
- Transport
- Mint cake
- Tobacco and snuff
- The Kendal Bank
- Governance
- Civic history
- Parliament
- Geography
- Climate
- Economy
- Transport
- Train
- Bus
- Roads
- Canal
- Education
- Media
- Sport
- Places of interest
- Notable people
- Sports
- Literary, artistic and musical references
- Local dialect
- Search and rescue
- Twin towns
- Freedom
- Individuals
- Military units
- See also
- References
- External links
Kendal, once Kirkby in Kendal or Kirkby Kendal, is a market town and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness area of Cumbria, England, just outside the Lake District. It lies within the River Kent's dale, from which its name is derived.
In the Domesday Book of 1086, the area was collected under Yorkshire. The area came under the Honour of Lancaster before the barony split. The town became the Barony of Kendal's seat, in 1226/7 this barony merged with the Barony of Westmorland to form the historic county of Westmorland with Appleby as the historic county town. In 1889, Kendal became the county town. Under the 1974 reforms, it became the administrative centre of the South Lakeland district. The town became Westmorland and Furness district's administrative centre in a 2023 reform.