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Kendal (other)
Kendal is a market town in Cumbria, England. Kendal may also refer to: Places ;Barbados * Kendal, Barbados ;Canada * Kendal, Ontario *Kendal, Saskatchewan ;Indonesia *Kendal Regency, a regency in Central Java Province *Kendal, Kendal, capital of Kendal Regency ;Iran * Kendal, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad ;Jamaica *Kendal, Jamaica ;South Africa *Kendal Power Station ;United Kingdom *Barony of Kendal, a subdivision of the historic county of Westmorland *Kendal (UK Parliament constituency) 1832–1918 parliamentary borough * Kendal House, an eighteenth century house ;United States *Kendal, Ohio, town absorbed into the town of Massillon in 1853 People * Kendal (surname) *Duke of Kendal *William Parr, 1st Baron Parr of Kendal (1434–1483) Businesses *Kendals, a department store in Manchester, England, taking on the House of Fraser name in 2005 *Kendal Industrial Estate, Indonesian real estate company Other uses *Kendal (horse), a thoroughbred racehorse and sire See also *K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kendal
Kendal, once Kirkby in Kendal or Kirkby Kendal, is a market town and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England, south-east of Windermere and north of Lancaster. Historically in Westmorland, it lies within the dale of the River Kent, from which its name is derived. At the 2011 Census, the town had a population of 28,586, making it the third largest town in Cumbria after Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. It is renowned today mainly as a centre for shopping, for its festivals 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". Name ''Kendal'' takes its name from the River Kent (the etymology of whose name is uncertain but thought to be Celtic) and the Old Norse word ''dalr'' ("valley"). Kendal is listed in the Domesday Book as part of Yorkshire with the name Cherchebi (from Old Norse ''kirkju-bý'', "church-village"). For many centuries it was ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kendal House
Kendal House was a historic property located near the River Thames in Isleworth, then to the west of London. It was constructed for the use of Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal, who had been the long-standing mistress of George I. After the King's death in 1727 she could no longer live at royal residences such as Kensington Palace. It was built as riverside villa in the fashionable Palladian style. One of many such buildings located in the area including Marble Hill House, built around the same time for Henrietta Howard, the discarded mistress of George II. The Duchess lived there until her death in 1743. Horace Walpole suggested that she believed that a raven that flew through the window of the property was the soul of her former lover King George, but it is probable that this story was embellished or even invented. By 1750 Kendal House was known as "a place of public entertainment" with dances Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kendal (horse)
Kendal (1883–1908) was an English Thoroughbred racehorse. He was trained at Kingsclere by John Porter for the 1st Duke of Westminster. He was a leading two-year-old, but retired due to injury. He later became a successful stallion and was Champion sire in 1897. Race career In his first race Kendal won the Mostyn Plate at Chester. He was then second to Saraband in the New Stakes at Ascot. Next he won the Stockbridge Post Sweepsteakes. He then won the July Stakes at Newmarket by ¾ length from Mephisto in a field that also included St. Mirin. Kendal next won the Ham Stakes at Goodwood. He also won the Great Breeders' Convivial Produce Stakes at the Ebor Meeting at York. He then won the Municipal Stakes in a walkover. In his last race he finished fourth in the Rous Memorial Stakes at Newmarket. Due to a leg injury sustained shortly after the Municipal Stakes he was retired to stud and never raced as a three-year-old. Stud career Kendal became a successful stallion and was C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kendal Industrial Estate
Kendal Industrial Estate is an international industrial complex operated by PT Kawasan Industri Kendal and developed by PT Jababeka Tbk and Sembcorp Development Ltd as a bilateral cooperation between Indonesia and Singapore. It is located in Kendal district, Central Java province, Indonesia and was inaugurated on 14 November 2016 by the President of Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo and the Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. Having Jababeka Industrial Estate at Cikarang as a blueprint, Kendal Industrial Estate that is also known as Kendal Industrial Park by the Bay is designed as an industrial area combined with residential and commercial area. With a total area of 2.700 hectares, it is expected to provide up to 500.000 workers. Of the total land area, 860 hectares is plotted for infrastructure development consisting of power network, water treatment and waste management. As an industry-based township, Kendal Industrial Estate sup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kendals
Kendals is the previous name of a department store in Manchester, England. Since 2005, the store now operates as House of Fraser. The store had previously been known during its operation as Kendal Milne, Kendal, Milne & Co, Kendal, Milne & Faulkner, Harrods or Watts. History The store was opened as Watts' in 1832, and became Kendal, Milne & Faulkner when three employees bought out the business and re-opened it in 1836.Ottewell, David (28 October 2005"Kendals name dropped forever"'' ManchesterEveningNews.co.uk'' (Retrieved: 19 February 2010) The founder John Watts had begun a drapery business in Deansgate in 1796 which became prosperous and was later known as "The Bazaar" and expanded onto a site on the other side of Deansgate. The store building of 1836 (on the east side) was reconstructed after the street widening of 1873 by the architect E. J. Thompson. The site of the present store was occupied by the cabinet showrooms, workshops and packing departments. It was purchased by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Parr, 1st Baron Parr Of Kendal
Sir William Parr, KG (1434–1483)Linda Porter. ''Katherine, the Queen'', MacMillan, 2010. . was an English courtier and soldier. He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Parr (1405–1461) and his wife Alice, daughter of Sir Thomas Tunstall of Thurland, Lancashire. Family The Parr family originally came from Parr, Lancashire. Sir William's great-grandfather, Sir William de Parre (died 1405) married in 1383 Elizabeth de Ros, daughter of Sir John de Ros of Kendal and Katherine de Latimer, a daughter of Thomas, 1st Baron Latimer of Brayebrooke. Elizabeth was the granddaughter and heiress of Sir Thomas de Ros, Baron of Kendal and had livery of her inheritance. Their marriage alliance with the Ros (or Roos) family enhanced the Parr family standing. On the accession of the Duke of Lancaster as Henry IV of England, Sir William senior stood so high in the estimation of the new monarch that he was deputed with the bishop of St. Asaph to announce the revolution to the court of Spain. Thro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Of Kendal
The titles of Earl of Kendal and Duke of Kendal have been created several times, usually for people with some connection to the royal family. *The first creation was for John, 4th son of King Henry IV, who was created Earl of Kendal, Earl of Richmond and Duke of Bedford in 1414. The titles became extinct at his death. *The second creation was for John Beaufort, 3rd Earl of Somerset, a grandson of John of Gaunt, who was created Earl of Kendal and Duke of Somerset in 1443. He died the following year, when the titles became extinct. *The third creation was for Jean de Foix, vicomte de Castillon, who was created Earl of Kendal in 1446. He gave allegiance to the King of France in 1462, and is thereby presumed to have forfeited his English peerage. However, his descendants in France (and, later, in Spain) continued to use the title under the name 'Candale' (or 'Candal'). *The next Kendal creation was for Prince Rupert of the Rhine, nephew of King Charles I and a Royalist commander in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kendal (surname)
The surname Kendall, Kendl, or Kendal (also spelt Kendell, Kendoll, Kendel, Kendle, Kindell, Kindel, or Kindle) has two widely accepted origins. The first is from the market town of Kendal in Cumbria. The earliest recorded form of this town's name is in 1095 as ''Kircabikendala'', literally "Church by Kent dale". The second is as an anglicization of Middle Welsh ''Kyndelw'' (modern Welsh ''Cynddelw''), a given name, as in Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr (Kyndelw Brydyt Maur). Kendall The name Kendall may refer to: *Alan Kendall (born 1944), English musician and lead guitarist for the Bee Gees *Amos Kendall (1789–1869), American politician and U.S. postmaster general under Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren *Arnold Kendall (1925–2003), English footballer *Arthur Samuel Kendall (1861–1944), Canadian physician *Austin Kendall (born 1997), American football player *Barbara Kendall (born 1967), New Zealand boardsailor *Bill Kendall (ice hockey) (1910–1996), Canadian hockey player *Brian K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kendal, Ohio
The plat for the town of Kendal, in Stark County, Ohio was entered on April 20, 1812. It was named by its founder, Thomas Rotch (1767–1823), after the town of Kendal, in Cumbria, England. Kendal was absorbed into the town of Massillon, Ohio in 1853. History Thomas and Charity Rotch migrated to Ohio from Hartford, Connecticut in 1811, bringing with them over 400 head of merino sheep. Thomas intended to create a manufacturing town with a woolen factory as a primary industry. They settled in the western part of Stark County near the Tuscarawas River and along a stream known as Sippo Creek. The Rotches were both from respected Massachusetts Quaker lineage and several New England families who followed them to their new settlement. On April 20, 1812, Thomas Rotch entered a plat for the town of Kendal. He named it in honor of a town of the same name in England's Lake District for its significance to the Society of Friends and its renowned textile industry. It was oriented in the cardi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kendal (UK Parliament Constituency)
Kendal was a parliamentary borough centred on the town of Kendal in Westmorland. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system. History The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election. The small Kendal parliamentary borough constituency created in 1832 was abolished in 1885 by the Reform Act 1884. James Cropper, Liberal, being its last MP. The constituency after 1885 was a result of dividing the Westmorland constituency which up to then had two members since 1297. Thereafter it was the Kendal Division of Westmorland and the other being the Appleby Division. The two Conservative members for the old constituency William Lowther and the Earl of Bective were reelected in the 1885 general election, Mr Lowther for the Appleby Division and the Earl of Bective for the Kendal Division. These two co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
