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Kirkby Lonsdale

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Kirkby Lonsdale is a small town and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England, on the River Lune. [1]

52 relations: A65 road, Ashlar, Barbon, Barony of Kendal, Burrow-with-Burrow, Civil parish, Cockfight, Cumbria, Cumbria County Council, Devil, Devil's Bridge, Dissolution of the Monasteries, Domesday Book, Fulling, Glebe, Great Stone of Fourstones, Gritstone, High diving, Historic counties of England, Hutton Roof, South Lakeland, J. M. W. Turner, John Ruskin, Keighley and Kendal Turnpike, Kendal, Kirkby Lonsdale railway station, Lancashire, Listed buildings in Kirkby Lonsdale, Lonsdale, South Australia, Market town, Middleton, Cumbria, Milnthorpe, Motorcycle, Motte-and-bailey castle, Neolithic, Norman architecture, Normans, Packhorse, Queen Elizabeth School, Kirkby Lonsdale, River Lune, Roman roads, Scuba diving, Secondary school, South Lakeland, St Mary's Abbey, York, St Mary's Church, Kirkby Lonsdale, Tebay, Town, Trinity College, Cambridge, United Kingdom census, 2001, Victorian era, ..., Westmorland, Westmorland and Lonsdale (UK Parliament constituency). Expand index (2 more) »

A65 road

The A65 is a major road in England.

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Ashlar

Ashlar is finely dressed (cut, worked) stone, either an individual stone that has been worked until squared or the structure built of it.

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Barbon

Barbon is a village and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England.

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Barony of Kendal

The Barony of Kendal is a subdivision of the English historic county of Westmorland.

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Burrow-with-Burrow

Burrow-with-Burrow is a civil parish in the English county of Lancashire.

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Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority.

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Cockfight

A cockfight is a blood sport between two cocks, or gamecocks, held in a ring called a cockpit.

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Cumbria

Cumbria is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England.

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Cumbria County Council

Cumbria County Council is the county council of Cumbria, a county in the North West of England.

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Devil

A devil (from Greek: διάβολος diábolos "slanderer, accuser") is the personification and archetype of evil in various cultures.

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Devil's Bridge

Devil's Bridge is a term applied to dozens of ancient bridges, found primarily in Europe.

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Dissolution of the Monasteries

The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England and Wales and Ireland, appropriated their income, disposed of their assets, and provided for their former personnel and functions.

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Domesday Book

Domesday Book (or; Latin: Liber de Wintonia "Book of Winchester") is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William the Conqueror.

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Fulling

Fulling, also known as tucking or walking (spelt waulking in Scotland), is a step in woollen clothmaking which involves the cleansing of cloth (particularly wool) to eliminate oils, dirt, and other impurities, and making it thicker.

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Glebe

Glebe (also known as church furlong, rectory manor or parson's close(s)McGurk 1970, p. 17) is an area of land within an ecclesiastical parish used to support a parish priest.

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Great Stone of Fourstones

The Great Stone of Fourstones, or the "Big Stone" as it is known locally, is a glacial deposit on the moorlands of Tatham Fells, situated in North Yorkshire, England, near Bentham in the District of Craven, and from the county border with Lancashire.

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Gritstone

Gritstone or grit is a hard, coarse-grained, siliceous sandstone.

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High diving

High diving is the act of diving into water from relatively great heights.

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Historic counties of England

The historic counties of England are areas that were established for administration by the Normans, in many cases based on earlier kingdoms and shires created by the Anglo-Saxons and others.

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Hutton Roof, South Lakeland

Hutton Roof is a village and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England, close to Kirkby Lonsdale and Hutton Roof Crags.

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J. M. W. Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 177519 December 1851), known as J. M. W. Turner and contemporarily as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist, known for his expressive colourisation, imaginative landscapes and turbulent, often violent marine paintings.

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John Ruskin

John Ruskin (8 February 1819 – 20 January 1900) was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era, as well as an art patron, draughtsman, watercolourist, a prominent social thinker and philanthropist.

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Keighley and Kendal Turnpike

The Keighley and Kendal Turnpike was a road built in 1753 by a turnpike trust between Keighley in the West Riding of Yorkshire and Kendal in Westmorland, England.

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Kendal

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.

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Kirkby Lonsdale railway station

Kirkby Lonsdale railway station was located in Lancashire, England, on the Ingleton Branch Line, from the town of Kirkby Lonsdale in Westmorland (now in Cumbria).

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Lancashire

Lancashire (abbreviated Lancs.) is a county in north west England.

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Listed buildings in Kirkby Lonsdale

Kirkby Lonsdale is a civil parish in the South Lakeland District of Cumbria, England.

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Lonsdale, South Australia

Lonsdale is an industrial suburb south of Adelaide, South Australia, within the City of Onkaparinga.

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Market town

Market town or market right is a legal term, originating in the Middle Ages, for a European settlement that has the right to host markets, distinguishing it from a village and city.

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Middleton, Cumbria

Middleton is a village and a civil parish on the A683 road, in the South Lakeland district, in the county of Cumbria, England.

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Milnthorpe

Milnthorpe is a large village and electoral ward within the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England.

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Motorcycle

A motorcycle, often called a bike, motorbike, or cycle, is a two-> or three-wheeled motor vehicle.

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Motte-and-bailey castle

A motte-and-bailey castle is a fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised earthwork called a motte, accompanied by an enclosed courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade.

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Neolithic

The Neolithic was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 10,200 BC, according to the ASPRO chronology, in some parts of Western Asia, and later in other parts of the world and ending between 4500 and 2000 BC.

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Norman architecture

The term Norman architecture is used to categorise styles of Romanesque architecture developed by the Normans in the various lands under their dominion or influence in the 11th and 12th centuries.

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Normans

The Normans (Norman: Normaunds; Normands; Normanni) were the people who, in the 10th and 11th centuries, gave their name to Normandy, a region in France.

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Packhorse

A packhorse or pack horse refers to a horse, mule, donkey, or pony used to carry goods on its back, usually in sidebags or panniers.

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Queen Elizabeth School, Kirkby Lonsdale

Queen Elizabeth School is a coeducational, comprehensive secondary school and sixth form with academy status.

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River Lune

The River Lune (archaically sometimes Loyne) is a river in length in Cumbria and Lancashire, England.

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Roman roads

Roman roads (Latin: viae Romanae; singular: via Romana meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, and were built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.

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Scuba diving

Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving where the diver uses a self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (scuba) which is completely independent of surface supply, to breathe underwater.

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Secondary school

A secondary school is both an organization that provides secondary education and the building where this takes place.

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South Lakeland

South Lakeland is a local government district in Cumbria, England.

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St Mary's Abbey, York

The Abbey of St Mary is a ruined Benedictine abbey in York, England and a Grade I listed building.

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St Mary's Church, Kirkby Lonsdale

St Mary's Church is in the town of Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, England.

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Tebay

Tebay is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, within the historic borders of Westmorland.

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Town

A town is a human settlement.

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Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England.

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United Kingdom census, 2001

A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001.

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Victorian era

In the history of the United Kingdom, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.

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Westmorland

Westmorland (formerly also spelt Westmoreland;R. Wilkinson The British Isles, Sheet The British Isles. even older spellings are Westmerland and Westmereland) is a historic county in north west England.

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Westmorland and Lonsdale (UK Parliament constituency)

Westmorland and Lonsdale is a constituency in the south of Cumbria, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Tim Farron, the former leader of the Liberal Democrats (2015-2017).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkby_Lonsdale

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