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Kendal , anciently known as Kirkby in Kendal or Kirkby Kendal, is a market town and civil parish within the South Lakeland District of Cumbria, England. Historically in Westmorland, it is situated about south east of Windermere, north of Lancaster, north east of Barrow-in-Furness and north west of Skipton. The town lies on the River Kent, and has a total resident population of 28,586,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lead Dataset List )〕 making it the third largest settlement in Cumbria behind Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. Kendal today is known largely as a centre for tourism, as the home of Kendal mint cake, and as a producer of pipe tobacco and tobacco snuff. Its buildings, mostly constructed with the local grey limestone, have earned it the nickname ''the Auld Grey Town''. ==History== Kendal is listed in the Domesday Book as part of Yorkshire with the name ''Cherchebi''.〔Mills, A.D., ''Dictionary of English Place Names'', Oxford University Press, 1998〕 For many centuries it was called ''Kirkbie Kendal'', meaning "village with a church in the valley of the River Kent". The earliest castle was a Norman motte and bailey (now located on the west side of the town) when the settlement went under the name of ''Kirkbie Strickland'' A chartered market town, the centre of Kendal is structured around a high street with fortified alleyways, known locally as ''yards'', off to either side which allowed the local population to seek shelter from the Anglo-Scottish raiding parties known as the Border Reivers. The main industry in these times was the manufacture of woollen goods, the importance of which is reflected in the town's coat of arms and in its Latin motto "Pannus mihi panis", meaning ''wool ''(literally 'cloth')'' is my bread''. "Kendal Green" was hard-wearing wool-based fabric specific to the local manufacturing process, and was supposedly sported by the Kendalian archers who were instrumental in the English victory over the French at the Battle of Agincourt. Kendal Green was also worn by slaves in the Americas, and is mentioned in songs and literature from that time. Kendal Green was traditionally the colour of clothing worn by foresters and as such was mentioned by Shakespeare in ''Henry IV, Part 1''. The site of several (ruined) castles, the most recent one constructed in the late-12th century, Kendal Castle, has a long history as a stronghold of one kind or another. The castle is best known for being the home of the Parr family. The Parrs inherited the castle through marriage during the reign of Edward III of England. Rumours still circulate that King Henry VIII's sixth wife Catherine Parr was born at Kendal Castle, but based on the evidence available this is very unlikely. By the time Catherine was born the castle was beyond repair and her father was already based in Blackfriars, London, as a member of the court of King Henry VIII.〔Linda Porter. ''Katherine, the Queen'', MacMillan, 2010. pg 21.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kendal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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