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<p>Inventory Content</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>The original entrance to Elephant Yard was not quite where it is today as part of the [[Elephant Yard Shopping Centre]] - it was previously adjacent to the [[Woolpack Inn]].<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> <br /> In &quot;An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland&quot; [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/westm/pp119-129] the Kendal section (p119-129) lists a cottage in the yard:<br /> <br /> &lt;blockquote&gt;(35). House, on the W. side of Elephant Yard, 20 yards S.W. of (34), retains two cylindrical chimneyshafts. The W. wing has two original windows with solid frames. Inside the building is a panelled partition with the initials and date T. and K.S. 1651 on the enriched frieze. There is some more panelling of the same period and some 18th-century doors and a staircase.&lt;/blockquote&gt;<br /> <br /> This cottage, with a photograph of the panelling, is mentioned in Jack O'Connor's book (&quot;Memories of Old Kendal&quot;)<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <br /> &quot;Kendal.&quot; An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1936. 119-129. British History Online. Web. 11 October 2017. [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/westm/pp119-129 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/westm/pp119-129].<br /> <br /> [[Category:Yard]][[Category:Shopping Centre]]</div>

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