Kendal: Kirkland

Image © Meg Twycross, 6 November 2010

Once across the Nether Bridge the traveller would find himself in Kirkland. This area was an independent settlement, the ‘Church Land’, belonging before the Dissolution of the Monasteries to the Abbey of St Mary’s, York. It was separated from Kendal proper by the Blind Beck. It can be seen on Speed’s 1611 map (below). This section of Church Lane is slightly further on than the parish church, and on the other side of the road.



Kirkland: Detail from John Speed's map of Kendal

from The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain (London: George Humble, 1611-1612)

Image © Meg Twycross, based on a facsimile by and © Julie and John Higham, Souvenir Antiques, Carlisle, with their kind permission.

KEY from Speed’s map: 4 Abbot Hall; 5 The Free School; 6 Capper Lane; 7 Church Lane; 8 The Church; 9 Nether Bridge

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