Original site factors of Kendal

• The origins and historic development of Kendal 1:

  1. evidence of pre-urban activity in Kent valley during Stone/Bronze/Iron ages
  2. many Norse place names survive locally e.g. Stramongate
  3. early settled nucleus in vicinity of the first castle > Castle Howe
  4. late C12th > second Kendal Castle earthwork
  5. 1230 > Charter granted urban privileges to wider community of burghers
  6. 1232 > Parish Church founded
  7. 1322 > incursion by the Scots
  8. Late C14th > gained pre-eminence as the regional centre for woollen trade (main Westmorland market town)
• The origins and historic development of Kendal 2:

  9. Mid 18thC > one of most flourishing towns in N Eng

  10. 1769 > range of activities/ manu e.g. tools/ card/ mills

  11. 1819 > Lancaster to Kendal canal opened

  12. 1850 > strings of mills expanded to paper and gunpowder

  13. Mid C19th > pop was 12,000

  14. 1898 > Gillengate created

  15. 1970s > Gateway to Lakes and tourism and M6 finished

  16. 1971 > pop of 18,600

  17. 1990s > K village boomed

  18. 2003 > K shoes with Clarks closed factories

  19. 2014 > K village went into administration