Kendal

Kendal, '" Kirkby Kendal, a market-town and municipal borough in Westmoreland, on the right bank of the Kent 20 miles N. of Lancaster, with which.it is connected by the London and North-Western Railway. It was the earliest centre of woollen manufactures, Flemish weavers having settled there in the reign of Edward III., and it still produces heavy fabrics. Among the public buildings are an ancient church, a well-endowed grammar school, a town hall, and court house. Until 1885 the borough sent a member to Parliament, but it now forms part of a county division.