Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| race course, Bradleyfield | ||
| Kendal Racecourse | ||
| locality:- | Fishers Plain | |
| locality:- | Bradleyfield | |
| civil parish:- | Underbarrow and Bradleyfield (formerly Westmorland) | |
| civil parish:- | Helsington (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | race course (disused) | |
| coordinates:- | SD50069152 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD5091 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD59 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 38 7) |
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| 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. OS County Series (Wmd 38 11) "Race Course / Post / ..." |
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| text:- |
Long established by 1821,in that year the Sporting Magazine had:- |
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| "[Kendal Races are fixed for 7th, 8th, 9th August. Lord Lowther and Thos, Upton, Esq.,
Stewards. A new course is now making out on Fisher's Plain, an elevated situation
at a short distance from the town, admirably adapted for the purpose.]" |
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| There was a gold Cup race won by Miss Syntax owned by Lord Queensberry. Miss Syntax
was beaten the same day in the Town Purse for ~50. |
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| The last meeting was in 1882. |
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| Fairfax-Blakeborough 1950 |
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