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'''Kendal''', once '''Kirkby in Kendal''' or '''Kirkby Kendal''', is a [[market town]] and [[civil parish]] in the [[Westmorland and Furness]] district of [[Cumbria]], England. It lies within the [[River Kent]]'s dale, from which its name is derived, just outside the boundary of the [[Lake District National Park]].
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-in-Westmorland|Appleby]] as the historic [[county town]].<ref name="youngs">F.A. Youngs, ''Guide to the Local Administrative units of England, Vol.II, Northern England'', London, 1991</ref>
It is {{convert|8|mi|0}} south-east of [[Windermere, Cumbria (town)|Windermere]] and {{convert|19|mi|0}} north of [[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]]. At the [[2011 United Kingdom census|2011 census]], the town had a population of 28,586,<ref name=census2011>{{NOMIS2011|id=E04002617|title=Kendal Parish|access-date=7 May 2021}}</ref> making it the second largest town in Westmorland and Furness after [[Barrow-in-Furness]]. As of the 2021 Census, its population was 29,593. It is renowned today mainly as a centre for shopping,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shop |url=https://visit-kendal.co.uk/discover/shopping/ |website=Kendal Town}}</ref> for its festivals<ref>{{Cite web |title=Events and Festivals - Visit Kendal {{!}} Kendal {{!}} Cumbria |url=https://visit-kendal.co.uk/culture/events-festivals/ |website=Kendal Town}}</ref> and historic sights, including [[Kendal Castle]], and as the home of [[Kendal Mint Cake]]. The town's grey [[limestone]] buildings have earned it the sobriquet "Auld Grey Town".<ref>[https://www.cumbriatouristguides.org/place/kendal-the-auld-grey-town/ Cumbria Tourist Guides. Retrieved 4 August 2020.]</ref>
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==Notable people==
*[[Dave Allen (English musician)|Dave Allen]] (born 1955), bass player for post-punk band Gang of Four
*[[Neil Ashton (actor)|Neil Ashton]] (born 1969), actor, appeared in [[Channel 4]]'s [[It's A Sin]] and [[Sky]]'s [[Brassic]]
*[[Desmond Bagley]] (1923–1983), thriller writer
*[[Matt Bigland]] (born 1985), guitarist and lead singer for alternative rock band [[Dinosaur Pile-Up]]
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*[[Tim Farron]] (born 1970), current [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] for [[Westmorland and Lonsdale (UK Parliament constituency)|Westmorland and Lonsdale]] and former leader of the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]
*[[Myles Fenton|Sir Myles Fenton]] (1830–1918), railway knight<ref>"Sir Myles Fenton" in ''Leading Men of London'' (London: British Biographical Company, 1895), [https://books.google.com/books?id=hmNji3BPgXsC&pg=PA153 p. 153]</ref>
*[[Maurice Flitcroft]] (1929–2007) British golfer, immortalised in the film [[The Phantom of the Open]], was evacuated to the town during the Second World War and was a pupil at [[Kendal Grammar School]]
*[[Nicholas Freeston]] (1907–1978), award-winning Lancashire poet, born in Kendal
*[[Daniel Gardner]] (1750–1805), portrait painter
*[[Britain's Got Talent (series 5)|Steven Hall]], ''[[Britain's Got Talent (series 5)|Britain's Got Talent]]'' finalist 2011 as a comedy dancer
*[[Paul Hogarth]] (1917–2001), artist and book illustrator, who collaborated with such authors as [[Graham Greene]] and [[Sir John Betjeman]] and provided covers for [[Penguin Books']] editions of [[Shakespeare]]
*[[Steve Hogarth]] (born 1959), vocalist of rock band [[Marillion]]
*[[Geoffrey Kendal]] (1909–1998), [[Shakespearean]] actor and father of [[Felicity Kendal]]
*[[Francis Nigel Lee]] (1934–2011), theologian
*[[Isabella Lickbarrow]] (1784–1847), poet
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*[[Peter McDonnell]]: Footballer,
*[[Caroline Moir]] (living), author
*[[Eric Pringle]] (1935–2017), writer for TV and radio, including [[Doctor Who]], lived in the town for 30 years
*[[James Rogers (cricketer)|James Rogers]] (born 1958) first-class cricketer
*[[George Romney (painter)|George Romney]] (1734–1802), portrait painter
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*[[Mary Augusta Wakefield]] (1853–1910) composer and festival organizer
*[[William Wakefield (cricketer)|William Wakefield]] (1870–1922), cricketer
* [[Raphael Weatherall]] (born 2004), first-class cricketer for [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]]
* [[Jack White (cricketer, born 1992)|Jack White]] (born 1992), first-class cricketer for [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]]
*[[Wild Beasts]], indie-rock band
*[[Keith Wilkinson (reporter)|Keith Wilkinson]] (living), ITV television news reporter
*[[John Wilson (mathematician)|John Wilson]] (1741–1793), mathematician and astronomer
*[[Mark Wilson (rugby union)|Mark Wilson]] (born 1989), Newcastle Falcons and England Rugby Union player
*[[Philip Whitwell Wilson]] (1875–1956), Liberal politician and journalist
==Literary, artistic and musical references==
* [[Lydia Sigourney]] includes the poem ''Kendal'' in her ''Pleasant Memories of Pleasant Lands'' of 1842, recollections of her visit to Europe in 1840.<ref>{{cite web| last =Sigourney|first=Lydia|title=Pleasant Memories of Pleasant Lands| url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=6QZaAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA34| year=1842 |publisher=James Munroe and Company}}</ref>
*Poet [[W. H. Auden]] says his love is "more wonderful" than "a turbine built by [[Gilkes & Co]]. of Kendal" in his prose poem ''Dichtung und Wahrheit'' <ref>{{Cite book |last=Auden |first=W. H. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pe5JEAAAQBAJ&dq=w+h+auden+kendal+gilkes&pg=PA477 |title=The Complete Works of W. H. Auden: Poems, Volume II: 1940–1973 |date=2022-06-14 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-0-691-21930-1 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Paul McCartney]] references Kendal in the lyrics of his 1973 [[Wings]] song [[Helen Wheels]], stating: "The Kendal freeway's fast". In his 2023 book [[The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present]], McCartney explains that the song was a description of the journey from his farm in Scotland to London undertaken in his Land Rover which he and wife [[Linda McCartney|Linda]] nicknamed 'Helen Wheels', and referencing key places on the route. He explains: "Kendal is in the Lake District, but the 'Kendal freeway' is meant to be a joke because Kendal is a total bottleneck, as anyone who's tried to drive through it will confirm."<ref>{{Cite book |last1=McCartney |first1=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uTW9EAAAQBAJ |title=The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present |last2=Muldoon |first2=Paul |date=2023-11-07 |publisher=Liveright Publishing |isbn=978-1-324-09468-5 |language=en}}</ref>
==Local dialect==
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[[Category:Towns in Cumbria]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in Cumbria]]
[[Category:Westmorland and Furness]]
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