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Market House, Kendal
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Market House
Street:-   Market Place
locality:-   Kendal
civil parish:-   Kendal (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   market
coordinates:-   SD51529278 (about) 
1Km square:-   SD5192
10Km square:-   SD59

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 38 8) 
placename:-  Market House
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
market hall at the W end of Market Place  "Market House"

evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611
placename:-  Market, The
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
image  click to enlarge
SP14Mk.jpg
"I The Market"
building W end of Market Place 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
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J55192P.jpg
buildings 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

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