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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 from, 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> From 1889–1974, it became the county town. Under the 1974 reforms, it became the administrative centre of the [[South Lakeland]] district. The town became [[Westmorland and Furness]] district's administrative centre in a 2023 reform.
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