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| Kendal: Quiggin's | ||
| Quiggin's Kendal Mint Cake | ||
| Street:- | Stricklandgate | |
| Street:- | Allhallows Lane | |
| Street:- | Low Fellside | |
| locality:- | Kendal | |
| civil parish:- | Kendal (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | confectioner's | |
| locality type:- | mint cake works | |
| coordinates:- | SD51359266 (Low Fellside site) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD5192 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD59 | |
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 CAV48.jpg (taken 3.6.2014) |
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| evidence:- | object:- item:- packaging; Kendal Mint Cake |
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| source data:- | "SUPERIOR WHITE / QUIGGINS / KENDAL / MINT CAKE / Energy bar made with pure and natural
ingredients" "Quality confectioners since 1840" |
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| evidence:- | old advertisement:- item:- Kendal Mint Cake |
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| source data:- | Guide book and history, Auld Kendal, Westmorland, published by
Atkinson and Pollitt, Kendal, Westmorland, 1st edn 1926. click to enlargePR1666.jpg : 1926: Auld Kendal: Atkinson and Pollitt (Kendal, Westmorland)item:- JandMN : 509 Image © see bottom of page |
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 CAE69.jpg In Low Fellside. (taken 30.3.2014)  CAE70.jpg Sign. (taken 30.3.2014) |
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| hearsay:- |
The Daniel Quiggin, of the Quiggin Family, confectioners, moved from the Isle of Man
to Kendal in 1872, and began to make mint cake in 1880. They has a shop in Allhallows
Lane. They also made Mona Cough Drops and Treacle Tablets. |
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| Baren, Maurice: 2002: How It All Began in the Lake District: Dalesman Publishing Co
(Skipton, North Yorkshire):: ISBN 1 85568 195 1 |
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