A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
KENTMERE, a township-chapelry in Kendal parish, Westmoreland; on the river Kent, 4 miles N by W of Stavely r. station, and 8½ NNW of Kendal. Post town, Stavely, under Kendal. Real property, £1, 375; of which £12 are in quarries. Pop., 186. Houses, 31. The property is much subdivided. The surface is a glen, commencing in a mountain pass, flanked on the W by the High Street range of mountain, flanked on the E by a lower and moorish mountain ridge, and gradually widening and softening into vale. A marshy lake, about a mile long, called Kentmere tarn, formerly lay in its bottom, surronnded by swamps, and frequented by wild ducks; but this has been drained and made arable. A reservoir, on the hill side, regulates the supply of waterpower to mills at Kendal. An ancient tower here, four stories high, and now a farm house, was the birthplace of Bernard Gilpin. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £86. Patron, the Vicar of Kendal. The church is ancient, and was recently in disrepair.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township-chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Kendal Tn/AP/CP Kentmere CP/Tn/Ch Westmorland AncC |
| Place: | Kentmere |
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