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Kendal School
locality:-   Kendal
civil parish:-   Kendal (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   school
coordinates:-   SD51289258 (guess) 
1Km square:-   SD5192
10Km square:-   SD59
references:-   Simpson 1746

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 38 8) 
placename:-  Bluecoat School
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:-   probably descriptive text:- Simpson 1746
source data:-   Atlas, three volumes of maps and descriptive text published as 'The Agreeable Historian, or the Compleat English Traveller ...', by Samuel Simpson, 1746.
image SMP3P6, button  goto source
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"... There's a Charity-School here [Kendal] for sixteen Boys and ten Girls, all cloathed and taught. ..."

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