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Kendal: Kirkland
Kirkland
locality:-   Kendal
civil parish:-   Kendal (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   street
coordinates:-   SD51569214 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD5192
10Km square:-   SD59

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BUW47.jpg (taken 3.7.2011)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 38 8) 
placename:-  Kirkland
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.
evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611
placename:-  Churche Lane
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.
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street of houses 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:-  Churchland
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Churchland"
in  "Kendal parish"
evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770
placename:-  Kirkland
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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"KIRKLAND"
street 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Images © National Library of Scotland
evidence:-   old text:- Capper 1808
source data:-   Gazetteer, A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom, compiled by Benjamin Pitts Capper, published by Richard Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808; published 1808-29.
image CAP126, button  goto source
"[Kendal] ... The entrance from the south is by another bridge, which makes a short turn into the outskirts of the town, where the street expands, and has a pleasant appearance. ..."
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