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!mbleside, rural deanery of Kendal, a,rchdeaconry of protected by two lines of defences, one within the other, and diocese of . The church of St. and consisting of parallel rOW8 of rough stones, the Anne, situated on the road to Windermere, and erected inteTvening space being filled in with small stones and ID 1743 by Robert Bateman, is an edifice of blue stone earth; other walls traversed the inner area in various faced with cement and with freest{)ne dressings, in the directions, and there are also a number of hut circles Renaissance style, consisting of chancel, nave and a from 12 to 18 feet in diameter, and in the centre of western tower containing 2 bells: the church was the place is a large one, with a diameter of 56 feet, thoroughly rE'swred in 1877-8, at a cost of £1,325, and which touches the outer walls; some of these circles a new chane'el and vestry added: the entrance beneath were examinE'd about 1881, and under a well-defined the tower has plain pilasters on either side, and the one on the west side, at a depth of 18 inches, an uneven arch is surmounted by a pediment: the stained east clay flooring was reached, on which were remains of window is a memorial to Isabella Thompson, and there vegetable charcoal, and st{)nes which had evidently been liTe others to Thomas Herdson, of Hugill, and Christopher used to form a hearth and bore traces of fire; one Fell, of A.pplethwaite: in the chancel is a brass, with of the inner circles on thE" north-east side has, in the epitaph by Wordsworth, to Robert Bateman, the founder, centre, embedded in the ground, a rude platform or who also imported the beautiful Italian marble with plinth formed of large stones, near which lies a great which the floor is laid: the font is of stone and has boulder, with a cup-mark about 2 inches in diameter: sculptured faces at the angles: the ceiling is of oak, an ancient bridle road from Trontheck into but has been plastered over and marked off in blue rasses close by on the south side, and traces of a Roman line. drawn diagonally: in 1899 the church was road leading to the mountains of III Bell and Iligh Street thoroughly restored, at a cost of £400, and a carvp.d may also be found: the principal gateway appears to o'1k reredos, pulpit and lectern erected: there are 161 have been on the north-west, and another entrance seems sittings. The register of baptisms and burials dates to be indicated by a gap in the south-west bank: the from 1732, and of marriages from 1755. From 1775 to area inclosE"d by the circumvallatioI1 is la. 31'. 28p. 1813 the bartisms and burials were imperfectly kept on Peter Collinson F.R.S. an eminent naturalist and scraps of paper. The living is a vir:arage, net yearly antiquary, was born at Hugill Hall 14th Jan. 1693; d. value £16H, with rE'sidence, in the g-ift of the vicar of rrth Aug. 1768. WilliamS()n's Monument, on High Kendal, anrl held since 1910 by the Rev. George Edwin Knott, nea.r Hugill Fell, erected a.bout 1798 by the Rev. Pearsall Reade M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin. There Thomas Williamson, is a large circular obelisk. The arE' four almshouses, erected and endowed by Rabert Earl of Lonsdale is lord of the manor. The principal Bateman for poor people of the township; these are landownE'rs are John Lancelot Johnson esq. and Thomas built of stone and have gardens attached. Charities:­ Wilson Johnson esq. of Reston Hall, Hugill; Richard Bateman's, consisting of rent-charges of £69 yearly and 'Vilson Johnson esq. of Low House; Charles Frederick a sum of £1,419 in Consols; thEl total income, amount­ Johnson esq. and William Henry Challoner esq. The ing to about £III yearly, provides £20 for educational soil is sandy; subsoil, limeswne. The chief crops are­ purposes and £50 for the general uses of the poor: oats, turnips and potatoes. The area of the township Braithwaite's, founded by will in 1862, consists of £1,021 of Hngill is 2,888 acrell of land and 13 of water; rate­ in Consols, the interest of which, about £30 yearly, able value, £3,816; the population in 1901 was-town­ is for E'ducation: there is also a sum of £12 lP.ft to ship, 33g, and ecclesiastical parish, 187. the curate for teaching the Catechism and good manners to the children of the parish. High House, in this IJlthwaite is a small hamlet in the t

(i: E NDA L I.xCLUDI~G THE DISTRICT OF PARK AND CASTLE LANDS. KENDAL, or Kirkby Kendal, i.e., Kirk-by-Kent-Dale, is lisle, 72~ north-west from Manchester, 70 north from a municipal borough, market and union town, parish, Liverpool, 22 north from Lancaster and 22 south-west hl:ad of a county court district and petty sessional divi­ from Appleby. sion, in the Southern division of the county, Kendal 'l'he wwn, which is the large8t in Westmorland, stands ward, rural deanery of Kendal, archdeaconry of West­ on an acclivity, gradually rising froIn the banks of the mOl'land and diocese of Carlisle, with a station on the ; it consists chiefly of one main street run­ Kl'ndal and Windermere branch of the London and ning north and south and comprising Stricklandg-ate. North Western railway from Oxenholme Junction, 261 Highgate and Kirkland; the other streets branching miles from London (252 by rail), 46 south from Car- therefrom include Finkle street and Stramongate. With WESTMORLAND 5