The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-26
Quaint Old Kendall Of Kendall Green Fame
Elbe RUSSELL Of Eaham College Describes the Town That Clothed
of Shakespeare Nov the Same As Of Old

,eQre and Sc0h--Much Of II N
dren's Fairgrounds. next to the old
parish church. the workingmen's insti-
tute, the Y. M. G. A.. and the Carnegie
library. But these have been added to
the old without 1.-THE horrors of i'm
been paved without either straighten-
ing or widening them.
A visitor to Kendall two centuries
ago, wrote: "One would like to say
something in praise OF the town. but
the pavements are so bad one can on
feet care for themselves now and adj
mire the city. The streets are still
narrow, hardly more than the trails
for pack horses, they once were when
Kendall was the great center of wool
en- manufacture in the north and ex-
ported her wares by pack horse trains
in every direction Within a few
miles of the city are to be found a
dozen bridges which still show under
meath their stone arches how the mar
row pack-horse bridge has been wild
ened by adding a second narrow span
to accommodate vehicle traffic.
Long before Shakespeare's day a
Flemish weaver. attracted by the fine
pastures and sheen of the Westmore-
land da1es and fells. settled at Ken
dial and laid the foundations of its
prosperity and its fame for its wooden
cloth. Above the town by the side OF
the Kent are still pointed out the old
bleaching grounds, where sun and dew
produced snowy wilderness. The sec
ret of the kendall green" worm by
Shakespeare's and SCOTS northern he
roes, is lost, but one can easily imag-
inc it to have been reflection OF the
countryside pastures. The Westmore-
land Border Regiment no longer wears
the Kendall Green" but preserves its
organization and it's headquarters re-
call the old border raids and wars that
only ceased with the union of Scot
land and England.
Names That Tell Of Past.
But we must come back to the
streets and notice how the names
change as they wind along the valley.
Just as the names recall the vanished
figures from the taverns, SO the street
names recall the old wall and gates
We enter along Stramongate, pass on
to Highgate and may go-out by Strick
landgate, or Gillingate though we find
no other trace of gate or wall.
Two of the most interesting anti.
|Quities of the town are the parish
church and the castle. Love Is more
enduring than hate, the two relics OF
the medieval past seem to say. foI
the church Is we'll preserved and the
center of modern life while the castle
is a vanishing ruin. The architecture
of the church. the memorial tablets
within it and the blackened. almost
undecipherable tombstones of the
church yards speak of the past: but
the parish house-Abbott halls q
public hall, and about it are the chill
dren's Fairgrounds, park for nurses
and old people. where they may rest
undisturbed by the children's revels
and bowling green for the men. Be
hind 1t flows the placid Kent. where
the children love to wade and swim
We counted more than hundred one
afternoon, more than seventy-five o.
them In the water, with pants and
dresses drawn up as far as possible
wading about. Two old swans and {
gosling added an idyilic touch to the
scene. Our landlady reconciled her
self to these revels by saying 1t was
probably the only washing most o.
them ever got! Their faces. gravel,
happy and picturesquely dirty always
seemed to justify her opinion.
Church Of Five Aisles.
The church is distinguished from
the common type by having five IN
stead Of three aisles. separated b,
rows Of stone arches. It had evidently
at first only three aisles, but thu
growing parish required more room
and the structure was widened by add
ing aisles on each side, in different
styles Of window. arch and pillar. The
church builders seem never to have
tried to make the new structure,
agree with the old. Among its relic.
Is an old helmet. Tradition says tina,
during the civil wars one Robin. sur
named the Devil. held an island ii
IWindermere lake Cor the king. On !,
certain Sunday. hearing one OF Crom
wells generals was to be at church
In Kendall. Robin rode armed into til,
church to seize him. whereupon tn,
people ret uDon him. SO that he VIA,
glad to escape. leaving his helmet be
hind Pursuit WAS hot. but Robil
leaped his horse over the precipice o
Scout scar. two miles above Kendall
and 50 got safe again to Windermere
The story must be true. for the hel
met ID there.
The church dates back TO the build
ling Of the castle and gave its name Il
1.-THE village. which in the old charter,
| y known Is Kirkby kendall. by
seems N old Morse snffix Tor Village
- thAk III mama maE haya meant II,