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First published to the year 1724, by Robert Wharton, and continued to the year 1802, by William Pennington. From thence, to 1923, by Mr. John Taylor. (The whole subsequently revised and corrected.)

A CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE

Of the Chief Magistrates of the Borough of Kendal, from its first incorporation, in 1575, and of the most remarkable events, chiefly in the town and neighbourhood.

Aldermen:

1575-1576 Henry Wilson, of Blackhall, Stricklandgate, nominated first Alderman of Kendal, by the Charter of Incorporation, granted to this Borough by Queen Elizabeth, dated November 28, 1575.

Robert Briggs, Esq., nominated Recorder, 1575; Thomas Braithwaite, Esq., of Ambleside, elected Recorder, 1576.

The first meeting of the Corporation was held January 8th, 1576.

1576-1577 Henry Fisher.

1577-1578 Myles Fox.

1578-1579 Robert Jopson.

1579-1580 Christopher Bindloss. A dealer in Kendal cottons, afterwards knighted.

1580-1581 Myles Bracken.

1581-1582 i Edward Swainson. Died during his Officiate. (Edward Potter, elected for the remainder of the year)

1582-1583 Henry Dixon. A great dearth; oatmeal sold for 21s. per Winchester bushel.

1583-1584 William Wilson. The boundaries and privileges of the Corporation ascertained by a jury of inquiry.

1584-1585 Thomas Potter.

1585-1586 John Armer.

1586-1587 Anthony Pearson. Oatmeal sold for 16s. a bushel.

1537-1588 James Wilson.

1588-1589 Henry Fleming.

1589-1590 Edward Wilkinson.

1590-1591 Roger Dawson.

1591-1592 William Swainson. Moot Hall built. Free Grammar School built by subscription. Ralph Tirer, BD., inducted Vicar, in the place of the Rev. Samuel Heron, resigned.

1592-1593 John Thwaites.

1593-1594 William Wilson (second time).

1594-1595 John Smith.

1595-1596 Edward Potter (second time).

1596-1597 Henry Dixon (second time). Died during his Officiate.

1597-1598 John Armer (second time). Died during his Officiate.

(James Wilson elected for the remainder of the year. The plague began in this town about Whitsuntide, and there died in June, in Kendal, 2,500— in Penrith, 2,260— Carlisle, 1,196— Eichmond, 2,200.

1598 -1599 Edward Wilkinson (second time).

1599-1600 Roger Dawson (second time).

1600-1601 John Thwaites (second time). July 1st, 1601, Heversham Church "utterly consumed with fire, and all implements, ornaments, books, monuments, chests, organs, bells, and all other things were perished. . . . fortuned through negligence of a careless workman, being a plumber."

1601-1602 John Smith (second time).

1602-1603 Robert Wilkinson. King James I. began his reign, March 24.

1603-1604 Francis Gibson. Gunpowder Plot, November 5th.

1604-1605 Richard Seile.

1605-1606 Nicholas Rowlandson.

1606-1607 James Dixon.

1607-1608 George Fleming. Hard frost from November 3rd, 1607, to March 6th, 1608. 1608-1609 Michael Rowlandson. Died during his Officiate. Edward Wilkinson (third time), elected for the remainder of the year.

1609-1610 Thomas Wilson. William Garnett, Esq., elected Recorder, August 21st, 1610.

1610-1611 Thomas Green.

1611-1612 Edward Fisher. A great drought from May 1st to August 8th, 1612.

1612-1613 John Smith (third time).

1613-1614 Edward Wilkinson (fourth time). Speed's Topography of Kendal, published.

1614-1615 Thomas Wilson.

1615-1616 James Dixon (second time). August 3rd, 1616, Sir Augustine Nicolls died at Kendal.

1616-1617 John Robinson. King James I., on his progress from Scotland, August 8th, lodged in a house in Stricklandgate, called Brownsword House. He had been entertained for three days at Brougham Castle on this journey. (The only animal ever known to return to Scotland, from England, was a cow, that broke through the "debatable land," to and fro, in the time of this King James, who, being a wit, observed that " she was a brute, and knew no better.)

1617-1618 Thomas Sleddall.

1618-1619 Richard Pearson. A dear year, being the first of three.

1619-1620 Stephen Newby. Oatmeal 21s. per Winchester bushel.

1620-1621 Rowland Dawson. Oatmeal 18s. per Winchester bushel.

1621-1622 Walter Becke. A Wednesday market begun.

1622-1623 Michael Gibson.

1623-1624 William Banke.

1624-1625 James Cocke. King Charles I. began his reign, March 27, 1625.

1625-1626 James Dixon.

1626-1627 Henry Parke. The Rev. Francis Gardener, B.D. inducted Vicar.

1627-1628 James Rowlandson.

1628-1629 Lawrence Parke.

1629-1630 Robert Crosfeild.

1630-1631 Edward Fisher (second time).

1631-1632 James Bateman.

1632-1633 Richard Forth.

1633-1634 William Guy, of Watercrook.

1634-1635 Thomas Sleddall (second time). October 18th, 1635, the river Kent rose into the vestry. On the following day, Thomas Miller, boatman, drowned in Windermere, together with forty seven men and women, and nine or ten horses, having been at a wedding.

1635-1636 Rowland Dawson (second time). Sir John Lowther, Baronet, nominated Recorder by the new Charter, dated February 4, 1635-6.

1636-1637 Thomas Sleddall, nominated by the Charter in these terms : " Our welbeloved Thomas Sleddall gent, to be the first and moderne Mayor of ye Borough of Kendal."

1637-1638 Walter Becke.

1638-1639 Edward Fisher.

1639-1640 William Banke. The Rev. Henry Hall, B.D. inducted Vicar.

1640-1641 Rowland Dawson. October 23, 1641, the Irish rebellion.

1641-1642 Lawrence Parke.

1642-1643 Robert Crosfeild.

1643-1644 William Guy.

1644-1645 Gervas Benson.

1645-1646 Richard Prissoe.

1646-1647 Allan Gilpin.

1647-1648 Thomas Sandes. Thomas Braithwaite, Esq., of Ambleside, sworn Recorder, March 30, 1648.

1648-1649 John Archer. King Charles I. beheaded. Sir M. Langdale marched with Kendal men out of the Miller's Close, to besiege Appleby Castle.

1649-1650 Giles Redman.

1650-1651 Anthony Preston. Test Act passed, by which Dissenters were precluded from municipal appointments.

1651-1652 John Tower.

1652-1653 Edward Turner.

1653-1654 James Cocke, late of Birckhagg.

1654-1555 William Jennings.

1655-1656 Robert Jackson. The Rev. John Strickland inducted Vicar.

1656-1657 Thomas Fisher.

1657-1658 John Washington. The Rev. W. Brownsword inducted Vicar.

1658-1659 George Archer. Sandes's Hospital, School-room and Library built.

1659-1660 William Potter. King Charles II. restored, May 29.

1660-1661 Richard Towers.

1661-1662 Thomas Jackson. Hard frost from Nov. 1st, 1661, to March 8th, 1662, during which time it was common to draw timber upon the ice over Windermere water. A market was kept on the Thames. 1662-1663 William Guy (second time).

1663-1664 John Parke.

1664-1665 Edward Turner. 100,000 persons died of the Plague in London.

1665-1666 John Becke. May 29th, Mayor and Inhabitants rode the boundaries.

1666-1667 Thomas Turner.

1667-1668 John Towers.

1668-1669 Thomas Jennings. The Mill Bridge built with stone pillars, the old wooden one having been carried down by a flood.

1669-1670 Thomas Fisher. Hospital, in Highgate, and School, endowed by Thomas Sandes.

1670-1671 James Simpson.

1671-1672 William Potter.

1672-1673 Stephen Birkett. The Rev. Michael Stanford inducted Vicar. Alan Prickett, Esq., of Natland Hall, elected Recorder. September 11, the river Kent swept over the wall of the churchyard, where it left behind it much fish.

1673-1674 William Collinson.

1674-1675 James Troughton.

1675-1676 John Jefferson.

1676-1677 Robert Kilner.

1677-1678 William Guy (third time). Thomas Lamplugh, Esq., elected Recorder.

1678-1679 Thomas Jackson.

1679-1680 Christopher Redman. A comet appeared, which caused great consternation.

1680-1681 Thomas Turner (second time).

1681-1682 James Cocke, jun.

1682-1683 James Simpson (second time). The Rev. Thomas Murgatroyd inducted Vicar.

1683-1684 Robert Hutton.

1684-1685 Launcelot Forth. Nominated Mayor by the new Charter, which was ushered into the town with great ceremony, December 26, 1684. Thomas Dalston, Esq., nominated Recorder. King James II. began his reign, February 6, 1685.

1685-1686 Richard Washington.

1686-1687 John Ingerson.

1687-1688 Thomas Towers. Friends' Meeting-house built in Stramongate. The Prince of Orange landed November 4, and the Revolution was effected on the day following. The Posse Comitatus assembled in Miller's Close, in this town, from whence they marched to Kirkby Lonsdale. (After the abdication of James II. in the year 1688, a rumour was spread in the north of England, that the abdicated monarch was laying off the Yorkshire coast, ready to make a descent with a numerous army from France, in hopes of regaining his lost throne. This report gave the Lord Lieutenant of Westmorland an opportunity of showing his own and the people's attachment to the new order of things. He accordingly called out the Posse Comitatus comprising all able-bodied men from sixteen to sixty. The order was obeyed with alacrity ; and the inhabitants met armed in a field called Miller's Close, near Kendal from whence they marched to Kirkby Lonsdale. This historical fact explains the following popular rhyme, the meaning of which is, at this day, not generally understood :

" Eighty-eight was Kerby feight,

When niwer a man was slain ; They yatt their meatt, an' drank their drink,

And sae kom merrily haem again.").

1688-1689 William Wilson. King William and Queen Mary began their reign, February 13th, 1689.

1689-1690 John Garnett.

1690-1691 Giles Redman. Roger Moore, Esq., elected Recorder.

1691-1692 Joseph Symson.

1692-1693 William Cocke. The boundaries ridden, February 28, 1693.

1693-1694 Edward Fairbank.

1694-1695 William Brownsword. Alan Chambre, Esq., elected Recorder. A late harvest ; corn to shear on the 18th of October, Christopher Redman The Mayor, two Aldermen, and one burgess (Robert Kilner), having refused to sign the Association, at the Midsummer Sessions, according to a late Act of Parliament, were discharged from their offices, and Robert Kilner was elected Mayor for the remainder of the year.

1696-1697 William Curwen.

1697-1698 Jonathan Thompson.

1698-1699 Richard Lowry. The Rev. William Crosby, MA. inducted Vicar.

1699-1700 Thomas Middleton ; died during his Mayoralty. (William Wilson (second time) ; elected for the remainder of the year. Tan-yards made in the fields adjoining the Vicarage. John Harrison, Esq., elected Recorder, on the resignation of Alan Chambre.

1700-1701 Henry Cort.

1701-1702 Joseph Dawson. A new organ erected in the church, built by "Father Smith" and a gallery built expressly for the same at the west end of the church. Queen Anne began her reign, March 8, 1702.

1702-1703 Thomas Bowes.

1703-1704 Robert Wilson.

1704-1705 John Hadwen.

1705-1706 Thomas Holme.

1706-1707 John Archer, M.D., of Oxenholme. The Union with Scotland.

1707-1708 Robert Kilner (second time.)

1708-1709 Launcelot Forth (second time).

1709-1710 Joseph Symson (second time).

1710-1711 William Cocke (second time). The great bell in the church re-cast.

1711-1712 William Wilson.

1712-1713 Richard Lowry (second time).

1713-1714 Henry Cort (second time). The Blue-coat school commenced by subscription, and the boys clothed in M blew." King George I began his reign, August 1, 1714.

1714-1715 Joseph Dawson (second time). Alan Chambre, Esq., elected Recorder second time. About 1600 Scotch rebels lodged one night in this town on their march southward. Boundaries ridden, March 22, 1714-15.

1715-1716 Thomas Rowlandson. May 9, peace with France proclaimed in Kendal.

1716-1717 Thomas Bowes (second time).

1717-1718 John Strickland.

1718-1719 William Herbert.

1719-1720 Thomas Winter. Unitarian chapel built.

1720-1721 Edward Whitehead.

1721-1722 John Hadwen (second time).

1722-1723 Thomas Holme. In this and the two following years the church was new glazed with large square crown glass, and the best of the old painted glass carefully preserved.

1723-1724 Bryan Philipson.

1724-1725 Thomas Scarisbrick. November 5, 1724, Robert Wharton's sheet list of Aidermen and Mayors, &c, published at Manchester, by Roger Adams ; price, upon Royal paper, 6d., upon common, 4d. per sheet.

1725-1726 Giles Redman.

1726-1727 John Dodgson. King George II. began his reign, June 11, 1727. The Corporation made an attempt to obtain an Act of Parliament to have "coles imported duty free at Milthrop."

1727-1728 William Hutton.

1728-1729 Simon Moore.

1729-1730 Thomas Scarisbrick (second time). Till this year potatoes were very sparingly used in Kendal.

1730-1731 William Symson. January 1, 1731, the first newspaper published in Kendal — called " The Kendal Courant."

1731-1732 John Miller. The boundaries ridden.

1732-1733 John Fairbank.

1733-1734 Edmund Foster. The Rev. Richard Cuthbert, M.A., inducted Vicar. January 4, 1734, "The Kendal Weekly Mercury" commenced by Thomas Ashburner.

1734-1735 Christopher Brown.

1735-1736 James Baxter.

1736-1737 John Holme; died in his mayoralty. (Richard Lowry ; elected for the remainder of the year.

1737-1738 William Mackreth. Walter Chambre, Esq., elected Recorder, on the resignation of his father. Common Garden commenced in Kendal.

1738-1739 James Shaw. Died in his mayoralty. (John Hadwen, elected for the remainder of the year.

1739-1740 James Fisher. A hard frost began in December, and continued for thirteen weeks. The fire-engines purchased,

1740-1741 Joseph Birkett.

1741-1742 Thomas Holme.

1742-1743 John Waide. The Mill Bridge built all of stone.

1743-1744 John Hadwen, Jun.

1744-1745 Jonathan Wilson. The Rev. Thomas Symonds, M.A., inducted Vicar.

1745-1746 John Shaw. About 6,000 Scotch rebels passed through the town. November 2 2d, and three following days.

1746-1747 John Braithwaite.

1747-1748 Francis Drinkell.

1748-1749 Edmund Foster (second time). May 13, 1749, the first number of a small magazine, called the " Agreeable Miscellany," published in this town, by Thomas Ashburner.

1749-1750 Christopher Redman.

1750-1751 Richard Serjeantson. Engines for pricking the leather of woolcards, invented by TV. Pennington (see card-making, p. 245).

1751-1752 Robert Rutson. Richard Crowle, Esq., elected Recorder. The Acts of Parliament passed for turnpike roads from Kendal to Keighley, and from Heronsyke to Eamont-bridge, being the first to or from this town.

1752-1753 William Gurnal.

1753-1754 James Godmond. The first post-chaise kept for hire in this town.

1754-1755 Thomas Kenady. June 24, 1755, St. George's Chapel consecrated by Bishop Keene.

1755-1756 Thomas Holme (second time). Brewery, in Wildman Street, established.

1756-1757 Wilson John Robinson. Roger Wilson, Esq., elected Recorder. The first stage-wagons from London, in the place of pack-horses. A new oak pulpit and reading desk erected in the Parish Church, in the Roman Doric style.

1757-1758 John Hadwen (second time).

1758-1759 John Shaw (second time). The Town-hall rebuilt. March 26, 1759, the boundaries ridden. Kendal Guild, June 4, and two following days ; exceeding any former one in splendour. Abbot Hall built. A snow shower fell in this town, June 4, 1759.

1759-1760 Francis Drinkell (second time)

1760-1761 Christopher Redman. King George III. began his reign, October 25, 1760.

1761-1762 Christopher Redman re-elected. The Book-club established.

1762-1763 Richard Fell. The first stage-coach from London to this town, drawn by six horses, called the "Flying Machine".

1763-1764 Thomas Wilson. Act of Parliament obtained for the Court of Requests, and the first meeting of the Commissioners held, May 3, 1764.

1764-1765 Thomas Strickland.

1765-1766 William Gurnal (second time). Thomas Fenwick, Esq., elected Recorder.

1766-1767 James Godmond (second time). Act of Parliament obtained for enclosing Kendal-fell Lands, &c, and the Trustees elected July 1, 1767. The greatest snow-storm ever known; no carriers arrived in the town for a fortnight or three weeks.

1767-1768 Thomas Kenady (second time). Kendal first lighted with oil lamps. Norman Newby, Robert Tailford, and William Stidman were the first lamp-lighters. The new Workhouse built on the "Waste, near the House of Correction." Mr. Richard Pedder, the architect, received two guineas for his plans and model.

1768-1769 Christopher Fenton. Oatmeal first sold by the stone in Kendal market. Gunpowder works erected at Sedgwick, by John Wake- field, Esq.

1769-1770 John Hadwen (third time).

1770-1771 William Baxter.

1771-1772 Thomas Scarisbrick. Nether-bridge enlarged.

1772-1773 William Rutson. The Society of Builders instituted March 1, 1773, being the first benefit society in Kendal.

1773-1774 Thomas Strickland (second time). The bells of the parish church recast, from a peal of six to eight.

1774-1775 Christopher Fenton (second time).

1775-1776 Francis Drinkell (third time). An additional wing to the work-house built.

1776-1777 Thomas Miller. Myles Harrison, Esq., elected Recorder. "The Kendal Diary," a sheet almanack, first published by James Ashburner. Theatre built in Woolpack yard : the previous theatre was on the north side of the market-place. The Friends' school- house built.

1777-1778 Jackson Harrison.

1778-1779 William Baxter. The News-room opened.

1779-1780 Thomas Scarisbrick (second time).

1780-1781 Thomas Miller (second time).

1781-1782 Christopher Fenton (third time). The Dispensary established by subscription. The river the highest ever known, June 15, 1782. Lowther-street built. The May-pole, which stood in Kirkland, removed about this time.

1782-1783 William Petty. Corn to reap at Martinmas.

1783-1784 Robert Harrison. The Wesleyan Methodists first introduced into Kendal.

1784-1785 Thomas Gandy. Church Sunday-schools established in Kendal. Umbrellas first seen in the town about this time ; they were made of oil-cloth, and had long sticks to walk withal.

1785-1786 David Jackson. The House of Correction built. The first mail coach from London. Shock of an earthquake felt in Kendal in August, 1786.

1786-1787 William Pennington. John Todd's Plan of Kendal, from actual survey, published. The boundaries ridden, April 10, 1787.

1787-1788 Jonathan Dawson. The Obelisk, in memory of the Revolution in 1688, built on Castlehow-hill. Kendal-fell stone first polished as marble, and made into chimney-pieces. The two Banks opened. Destructive fire on the west side of Stricklandgate, caused by an explosion of gunpowder, July 11, 1788.

1788-1789 Joseph Swainson. The Rev. Henry Robinson, M.A., inducted Vicar. The Blue-coat girls' school begun. Independents' Sunday-school commenced in Kendal.

1789-1790 Batty Hodgson. Kendal fell lands planted this year.

1790-1791 Thomas Dobson. Bull-baiting suppressed in Kendal by the Corporation.

1791-1792 Richard Braithwaite. The Act of Parliament obtained for making the Lancaster canal.

1792-1793 William Petty (second time) died in his mayoralty. Christopher Fenton (fourth time) elected for the remainder of the year.

1793-1794 John Suart. Stramongate bridge enlarged and greatly improved.

1794-1795 William Baxter. The Lying-in charity begun. The Kendal Library established November.

1795-1796 William Berry. October, 1796, The Museum opened at the corner of the Fish Market, by Mr. William Todhunter, and continued till 1832.

1796-1797 Jackson Harrison (second time). Richard Howard, Esq., elected Recorder. The Lancaster canal opened from Tewitfield to Preston. Richard Howard, Esq. elected Recorder.

1797-1798 Robert Harrison (second time). Thirty persons were interred this year in Kendal church, whose united ages amounted to 2,520 years, averaging 84 each ; the frost penetrated so far into the ground as to render it impracticable to dig graves in the churchyard.

1798-1799 Christopher Wilson. The Schools of Industry established. No vegetation in the fields, nor blossoms upon the fruit trees, on the 7th of May, 1799. The skins of upwards of 10,000 lambs, which perished in the spring, were sold in this town. The weather was cold and wet all through the year. August 24, 1799, Kendal Agricultural Society instituted.

1799-1800 Thomas Holme Maude. The last of the Free Companies of Kendal (the Cordwainers) broken up. Oatmeal sold for 8s. a stone of sixteen pounds. From 1800 to 1806 the main timbers of the Parish Church underwent thorough repair, and Divine service was suspended several weeks. July 10, a faculty was granted to the Mayor, Recorder, Sec, for erecting galleries in Kendal Church, the expense of which was 193/. 6s. 3d.

1800-1801 William Briggs, M.D. Provisions continued at extremely high prices till after the harvest, which was most abundant. At Michaelmas, oatmeal fell to 2s. 3d. a stone. Union with Ireland, January 1, 1801.

1801-1802 William Briggs, M.D., re-elected. The boundaries ridden on the 12th April, and again on the 26th July, 1S02. by William Briggs, Esq., Mayor. (The reason of the boundaries being ridden twice this year was in consequence of a mistake having been made on the first occasion.)

1802-1803 Thomas Hurd. The New Biggin sold by auction, in lots, on May 30, 1S03, and taken down immediately afterwards. A corps of volunteers raised.

1803-1S04 William Pennington (second time). The Butchers' Shambles opened in the market-place. The Society of " Glassites " introduced into Kendal ; now (1861) extinct.

1804-1805 Joseph Swainson (second time). The organ in the Parish Church repaired and enlarged.

1805-1806 Thomas Harrison. Castle Mills built for the manufacture of woollens, by William Braithwaite and Son. and Isaac and William Wilson. Low-mills built by John and Thomas Ireland. The Rev. Matthew Murfitt, M.A., inducted Vicar.

1806-1807 Smith Wilson.

1807-1808 John Suart (second time). The Methodist Chapel finished, October 1, 1808, and opened in the same month.

1808-1809 Jonathan Hodgson. Thunderstorm, 26th July, 1809, which continued from 10 a.m. till 6 p.m., accompanied with torrents of rain and awful darkness. October 25, grand national jubilee his majesty George III. having this day entered on the fiftieth year of his reign.

1809-1810 John Pearson. January 15, 1810, Kendal Auxiliary Bible Society instituted. Workhouse established in Kirkland.

1810-1811 Henry Bradshaw. Riot in the streets between the country and townspeople, and a portion of the 55th Regiment of Foot, on Whit Monday, June 3d, 1811. The " Westmorland Advertiser and Kendal Chronicle" first published on Saturday, June 29.

1811-1812 Thomas Dobson (second time). Gibson's-place in Stramongate, built by Mr. Edward Gibson (builder). April, 1812, "Mint's feet" surveyed, and divided amongst the several proprietors, by virtue of a late Act of Parliament.

1812-1813 William Berry (second time). The Green-coat Sunday school endowed by Mr. William Sleddall, who died July 25, 1813, at the age of 92. The manufacture of carpets introduced into this town by Mr. Rowland Cookson. The Church Missionary Society established in Kendal.

1813-1814. Thomas Holme Maude (second time). Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews established. A hard frost from Christmas Day, 1813, till the beginning of March, 1814, which penetrated upwards of eighteen inches into the churchyard, and caused great mortality amongst old people. May 17, 1814, a grand festival, consisting of a procession of the Corporation and Trades, and a general illumination, concluding with a ball on the following evening, in celebration of Peace. The potato market removed from the Market-place into Stramongate, to make room for the oat-market, which was brought from the front of the Globe Inn into the Market-place. The Market house was appropriated for wheat.

1814-1815 Thomas Atkinson. The Rev. John Hudson, M.A., inducted Vicar.

1815-1816 Thomas Harrison (second time). October 17, 18, 19, and 20, 1815, grand musical festival held in the parish church. January 1, 1816, Bank for Savings established. January 15, Mark Thornton whipped through the town for begging and using abusive language. The Friends' Meeting House rebuilt on the site of the former Meeting House. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge established in Kendal. Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School established.

1816-1817 Smith Wilson (second time). Four chests of new coinage arrived in Kendal for the use of the town and neighbourhood, January 29th, 1817. Dockray Hall Mills built by James Gandy and Sons, for the woollen and drysalting businesses ; F. Webster, architect. September 3, 1817, an association of tradesmen formed to patrol the streets. October 22, a destructive fire on the west side of Highgate, at the shop occupied by Mr. Dent (draper), the property of Mr. Alderman Berry : damages estimated at 2,000£. Sunday morning, November 9, the shock of an earthquake felt in Kendal, this being the fifth or sixth shock here since June, 1668. December 16, foundation stone of the Boys' National School laid by Rev. John Hudson (Vicar).

1817-1818 Jonathan Hodgson (second time). February 11, 1818, serious riot in Highgate on the arrival of Lord and Colonel Lowther to canvass for the forthcoming county election, in opposition to Henry (now Lord) Brougham. May 20, foundation stone of the Mill Bridge laid by the Mayor ; Alderman F. Webster was the architect of this bridge, which cost £888., two former ones had each stood seventy-five years. May 23, "The Westmorland Gazette and Kendal Advertiser" first published. Kent Lane widened by subscription. August 27, the bridge over the Castle Mills dam finished. December 7, 1818, Fletcher Raincock, Esq., of Liverpool, elected Recorder.

1818-1819 John Pearson (second time). February 22, 1819, Kendal Union Building Society established. The canal warehouse, basin, and wharfs, built by the Corporation. June 18, the canal opened from Tewitfield to Kendal, by one of the most splendid aquatic processions ever witnessed in the north of England ; two sailing packets for passengers, drawn by horses, were subsequently placed upon the canal, which went at the rate of four miles an hour. August 11, National School for boys opened. October 21, County Meeting held in Stricklandgate, at which it was estimated 4,000 persons were present, occasioned by the "Peter- loo massacre."

1819-1820 Joseph Braithwaite. February 17, King George IV. proclaimed in Kendal, with a procession, on which occasion the poor inhabitants of the age of 70 and upwards, had half-a-crown each given them by the Corporation; 118 men and 198 women (four of whom were 90 and upwards) received the half-crown. September 12, 13, and 14, Kendal Races revived, in a field near Burneside, after a lapse of thirty years, having previously been held on the " heights" of Kendal-fell. November 20 and 21, illuminations in Kendal in honour of Queen Caroline (wife of George IV.) November 21, Tradesmen's News Room in the market-place opened. Caroline-street, Union-street, Cross-street, and Strickland-place built. Society of Odd Fellows established in Kendal. Shaw's Brow built, by Mr. Thomas Shaw, Senior.

1820-1821 John Harrison. April 3, boundaries ridden, and the boundaries marked by mere stones (placed August 24. 1821) on the new enclosures on Hay-fell. April 24, severe thunderstorm, which in extent and duration surpassed the memorable one of July 26, 1809. July 19, the coronation of King George IV. celebrated. New race-course on Fisher's Plain opened, August 7. A regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry raised in this county, Kendal supplying one troop. Provisions reasonable, oatmeal 2s. and flour 3a. per stone.

1821-1822 Benjamin Hunter ; died in his mayoralty. ([[Robert Harrison] (third time) ; elected for the remainder of the year. A most abundant year; wheat 395. and oats 16s. per quarter — oatmeal Is. 10d„ and flour 2s. per stone of 161b. — beef 2>\d., and mutton 2d. per lb. — potatoes 2d. per stone of 141bs. The churchyard inclosed with iron palisades by subscription. Ladies' Bible Association established.

1822-1823 William Pennington. October, 1822, Edward Tatham, Esq., appointed Deputy Recorder, vacant by the death of John Barrow, Esq. November 4, 1 822, Kendal Samaritan Society (Wesleyan) established. The Primitive Methodists, or Ranters, introduced into Kendal, preaching in the open air for about twelve months. Ordination in Kendal Church, by the Bishop of the Diocese, of 11 Priests and 8 Deacons. Blindbeck Bridge rebuilt. Twelve stage-coaches leave the town daily ; the first commenced in 1763. Primitive Methodists' Chapel in Castle Street built and opened.

1823-1824 Francis Webster. November, 1823, the Theatre in Woolpack Yard converted into a place of worship. April 12, 1824, the Wesleyan Missionary Society organised. April 14, Dockray Hall Mills, belonging to Messrs. James Gandy and Sons, destroyed by fire ; the most destructive that ever occurred in this neighbourhood ; nearly 700 packs of wool were destroyed, besides the whole of the valuable machinery, which had but recently been erected ; the total loss was estimated at from 15,000?. to 20,000Z. The mill was rebuilt, fire-proof, and the works were again in full operation by the end of the "year. April 19, Kendal Mechanics' and Apprentices' Library and Institute formally established at a meeting in the Moot Hall, Edward Tatham, Esq. (Deputy Recorder), in the chair; Samuel Marshall, Esq., appointed President. June 21, Church Missionary Society organized. September 13, Girls' National School opened. New chapel for the " Glassites " built in the Windmill Yard. This society was dissolved a few years ago (1861), and the chapel sold. The first steam-engine erected in Kendal by Mr. Alderman Berry, for cutting ivory combs. Rydal Chapel opened.

1824-1825 Michael Branthwaite. October 24, 1824, the organ in the parish church underwent thorough repair and enlargement by Bewsher and Fleetwood, of Liverpool. From January to March, 1825, a great mortality in this town, 54 males and 77 females (chiefly children) having been buried in the churchyard wdthin three months. April 1, Sprint Mill (near Burneside), belonging to Messrs. James Gandy and Sons, destroyed by fire. July 1, the foundation stone of the Whitehall Buildings laid by the Mayor on the site of " Leaden Hall," (Leather Hall, originally, no doubt) at the head of Lowther Street. One of each of the Kendal newspapers, a facsimile of the corporation seal, printed on satin, with a memorandum of the date of this celebration, and the name of the architect (Francis Webster, alderman), were inclosed in glass and deposited beneath the stone. Helm Lodge, the residence of William Dillworth Crewdson, Esq., erected, F. Webster, architect. July 18 and 19, extreme heat ; on the former day the thermometer rose to 83° Fahr. in the shade, and on the latter to 85° ; haymakers were obliged to retreat from the burning sun ; one old man died in a field from a coup de soleil, and three horse3 in one of the coaches died in the road between Kendal and Lancaster. Gas Works built, and the town of Kendal first lighted with gas, July 25 ; the event was celebrated by a public procession and spirited acts of rejoicing. Natland Chapel rebuilt. August 9, the Right Hon. George Canning passed through Kendal on his way to Storrs Hall, the seat of John Bolton, Esq., on which occasion the distinguished statesman was met at the King's Arms by the Mayor and Corporation, and partook with them of a hospitable entertainment. August 16. Messrs. G. and W. Green ascended in their balloon from an enclosed area contiguous to the Gas-works, amidst a vast concourse of spectators. August 30, Mr. George Green made another ascent from the same place, accompanied by Miss Dawson, and descended at the foot of Murton-pike, twenty -nine miles from Kendal Cattle Market removed from Highgate to the New Road. Scotch Seceders' Sunday Schools established. Low Mills rebuilt.

1825-1826 George Forrest. November, 1825, the [[Independent Chapel] in Lowther Street lighted with gas. November 14, Kendal New Union Building Society established (dissolved November 19, 1827). December, a great run on the metropolitan and provincial Banks, many of which were obliged to suspend payment. It was called the " paper panic," and caused great distress in the manufacturing districts. The banks at Kendal stood the issue of the pressure amidst unshaken confidence. March 15, 1826, a meeting held in the Town-hall to devise means for the relief of those out of employment in the township of Kendal, when 141s. was collected, and the amount distributed in meal and potatoes. The Rev. J. Hudson, vicar, removed the tanyards near the vicarage, built a neat lodge, and adorned the grounds. July 29, wheat and oats sold in the market (Saturday), proof of an early harvest. August 6 (Sunday), the new chapel at Burneside, built by subscription, opened. A drought prevailed in the months of June and July this year, which had no parallel since 1762.

1826-1827 John Moffett. October 5, 1826, Mail coach between Kendal and Whitehaven, via Ambleside and Keswick. November, 1826, Lowther Street and Stricklandgate first macadamized. January 14, 1827, Joseph Garnett, clerk of the parish church, died, aged 78, having fulfilled the duties of that office for the lengthened period of forty-five years. A most abundant year for fruit ; apples 2d. per pannier of sixteen quarts.

1827-1828 Joseph Swainson. October 4, 1S27, died Robert Harrison, Esq., senior Alderman and Magistrate, at the advanced age of eighty-eight. He had served as a member of the Corporation fifty-two years, and as a magistrate twenty-two years. December 31, 1S27, the Whitehall Assembly Room opened with a splendid ball. February 14, 1S2S, severe snowstorm in Kendal, lasting from about 6 a.m. to 5 p.m.; the streets, the next day were banked up on each side by snow, having the appearance of breastworks, as if to defend the houses from the attack of an invading army. August 1, Hodgson's Map of Westmorland published. August 8, severe thunderstorm from 2 to 10, p. m. ; three coach-horses killed. The Independent Chapel, in New Street, fronted with hammered limestone, and otherwise improved.

1828-1829 Thomas Harrison (third time). January 18, 1829, New Hutton chapel opened. February 22, 1829, Divine service suspended in Kendal church, in consequence of the improvements going on there. June 22, 1829, the new theatre, in the "Shakspeare" yard (built by Thomas Simpson, Esq., of Wath Field), opened, John Richardson architect. (The theatre continued till 1834, when it was converted into stables for the use of the Inn.)

1829-1830 George Webster. October 14, 1829, the river Kent the highest known for twenty or thirty years. Infants' School established, and built by voluntary subscriptions, chiefly from amongst the Society of Friends ; John Richardson, architect. April 5, 1830, the mail coach between Kendal and Whitehaven discontinued. July 9, Proclamation of King William IV. at Kendal : the proclamation was read, in different parts of the town, by Edward Tatham, Esq., deputy recorder, on horseback. There was a large procession, consisting of the Mayor and other members of the Corporation dressed in their robes, and carrying the insignia of office, together with a numerous train of gentlemen, and the different trades and societies, accompanied by music and flags : in the evening, an entertainment took place at the King's Arms. July 30, awful thunderstorm, Christopher Fletcher, gardener, aged 53, killed by the lightning. The summer of 1830 was remarkably cold and wet in Kendal. October 11, 1830, opening of the beer trade ; upwards of a score of beer-houses opened in Kendal, at each of which there was more or less feasting and drinking The price of ale fell from 8d. to 6d. per quart, on the premises, and from Id. to 5d. off the premises.

1830-1831 Jonathan Hodgson (tbird time). February 9, 1831, a great flood of the river Kent ; it inundated all the lower part of Stramongate to a great depth, reaching up as far as the Nag's Head Yard. In the Vicarage Library the water was a foot deep ; and on Colonel Walk it was nearly seven feet deep. The arches of Nether Bridge were full to within a few inches of the keystones, and the ground-floors of the cottages at Castle Mills were filled nearly to the ceilings : the water passed between the 78th and 79th palisades, from the south, at the bottom of New Street. September 8, coronation of their Majesties, King William IV., and Queen Adelaide. This event was celebrated in Kendal with every possible demonstration of loyalty, and the spirited rejoicings here surpassed, it was said, those of any provincial town in the kingdom. Several arches of different orders tastefully decorated with flowers, evergreens, and flags, and bearing appropriate mottoes and devices, were thrown across the streets, in various parts of the town : these were mostly transparent, and in the evening were brilliantly illuminated with gas. The day was observed as a complete holiday.

1831-1832 Isaac Wilson. October 26, a ladies' bazaar held in the Whitehall Assembly Room, in aid of the Sunday-schools, and for procuring warm clothing for the aged poor in Kendal and Kirkland. January 6, 1832, a police force, consisting of one superintendent and three police-constables, established in Kendal. February 1, Temperance Society established. (E. W. Wakefield, Esq., chairman.) April : Thomas Harrison, Esq., surgeon, appointed one of the Senior Aldermen (and Magistrate), vice William Berry, Esq., resigned. May : " The Annals of Kendal," first edition, published ; price 7s. 6d. July, the cholera made its first appearance in Kendal. Mr. Green ascended in his balloon from the Gas Works, and alighted on Helsfell. August 25, Thomas Harrison, Esq., solicitor, elected Town Clerk, vice William Berry, jun., resigned. September 6, a splendid procession this day to celebrate the passing of the " Parliamentary Reform Bill," and to welcome to Kendal, James Brougham, Esq., the designate Borough member. Dinner at the King's Arms ; Jacob Wakefield* Esq., in the chair. "Birklands," the seat of E. W. Wakefield, Esq., built; G. Webster, Esq., architect. Town View, built by Mr. William Wilson ; John Richardson, architect.

1832-1833 Richard Rawes. November 22, 1S32, Temperance Coffee and Reading Room opened. December 11, James Brougham, Esq- (brother of the Lord Chancellor Brougham) elected, without opposition, the first representative in Parliament for Kendal. He was chaired through the streets, and afterwards dined with 200 of the electors at the King's Arms. The number of registered electors at this time, 310. December 18 and 19, Westmorland Election. Polling places for the first time at Kendal, Kirkby Lonsdale, Kirkby Stephen, Ambleside, and Shap, in addition to the county town of Appleby. Serious rioting at Kendal, on the first day of Election, when many persons were wounded, and many lives were put in jeopardy. December 27, a fire in the Town Hall, which originated in the justices' room ; an oaken book-case, full of valuable law books, in great part destroyed. February 19, 1833, foundation stone laid of the Oddfellows' Hall, in Highgate. March 15, Bank of Westmorland (Joint- Stock Company) established, capital £250,000. July 9, a swift sailing packet-boat (called " The Water Witch ") commenced on the Canal, at about eight miles an hour. The manufacture of paper by machinery commenced in IS 33, at Burneside Mills, by Messrs. Hudson, Nicholson, and Foster.

1833-1831 George Forrest (second time). December 22, 1S33, died, James Brougham, Esq., M.P. for Kendal, aged 54. He was buried at Brougham Church. Old Maids', or Dowker's Hospital, in Highgate. built.

1834-1835 Joseph Swainson (second time). Served up to 31st December, 1835, when the new (Reformed) Corporation came in. May 7 to 12, 1S35, Richard Wilson, Esq., solicitor, elected Coroner for the Kendal and Lonsdale wards, after a hard contest at Appleby with Thomas Wardle, Esq., of five days' duration and much excitement, there were polled : For Mr. R. Wilson .... 762 „ Mr. Wardle 569 Majority .... 193

July 4, died, Thomas Harrison, surgeon, Senior Alderman of the borough, aged sixty. He had been three times Mayor ; was a man of varied acquirements, and highly esteemed. August 4, foundation stone laid of St. Thomas's Church. August 20, the shock of an earthquake felt in Kendal and neighbourhood ; bells in the houses were set ringing, and fence-walls were thrown down in great lengths. August 20, Natural History and Scientific Society established. The " stocks " re- moved from the Market Place. August : Alderman John Harrison, of Hundhow, appointed one of the Senior Aldermen (and Magistrate) of the Borough, in place of Alderman Thomas Harrison, surgeon, deceased. September 9, Corporation Reform Act passed (5 & 6 William IV. cap. 76). October 1835. British School opened ; built chiefly by subscription. 1836 January 1, to November 9, 1836. John Richards (afterwards Yeates). First Mayor after the passing of the Municipal Corporations Reform Act. Mr. John Mann appointed Borough Treasurer. May 15, 1836, a visible annular eclipse, the greatest solar eclipse since 1794 ; at Kendal the sun presented a luminous segment equal only to three-quarters of the annulus ; the thermometer fell to the temperature of January. July 15, 1836, first election of Guardians of the Kendal Union; first meeting of the same on the 16th. Regular police force with office and new lock-ups, established in Finkle Street. The old " black hole " under St. George's Chapel, added to the front shop under the same. September 29, deep fall of snow on the Kentmere hills. The severest winter since 1816; potatoes 7d. and 8d. a stone throughout the winter.

1836-1837 John Wakefield. April 3, 1837, repeated snow showers. A year of mercantile disasters, together with numerous bank failures. July 3, proclamation of her Majesty Queen Victoria (aged 18). There was a splendid procession in Kendal, composed of the Mayor and Corporation, and the various clubs ; a proclamation was made from the " Cauld Stean," and other places. A banquet was given at the King's Arms Hotel, by the Mayor, who presided on the occasion. July 5, St. Thomas's Church, in Stricklandgate, consecrated by the Right Rev. J. B. Sumner, D.D., Bishop of Chester (Kendal being still in the diocese of Chester). June 25, George William Wood, Esq., Whig, elected M.P. for Kendal, vacancy by Dissolution of Parliament, on the demise of the crown : Edward Wilson, Esq., of Abbot Hall, Tory, was an opposing candidate, but was withdrawn before the time of polling. September 13, new Roman Catholic Church, on New Road, opened for Divine Service, by the Right Rev. Dr. Briggs, the sol-dlsant Bishop of the northern diocese.

1837-1838 William Gelderd. January 21, 1838, first interments at St. Thomas's Church. February 16, fire in the belfry of St. George's Chapel. June 28, coronation of her Majesty Queen Victoria, celebrated at Kendal with great rejoicings; there were five triumphal arches, of tasteful design, thrown across the streets in various parts of the town ; there was also a splendid procession, consisting of the Mayor and Corporation, the Vicar and Clergy, the Yeomanry Cavalry, the several benefit societies, and Sunday-schools ; a sermon was preached for the occasion by the Rev. J. Hudson, the Vicar, the church being " choke full" even to standing room. Superintendent Registrar's Office and Fire Engine Station House in Finkle Street, built by the Corporation, 1838. Service finally discontinued in St. George's Chapel. Foundation stone of the Roman Catholic Church laid, by Mr. Strickland, of Sizergh.

1838-1839 Thompson Bindloss. January 6 and 7, 1839, the greatest storm of wind ever remembered ; chimney-stacks fell and houses rocked to their foundation ; the destruction of timber was everywhere great, but especially in Lowther Park. January 22, 23, the north warehouse at the Canal head totally destroyed by fire, and the south warehouse injured ; at the time the fire broke out there were in the warehouse 100 quarter- | barrels of gunpowder, which were providentially removed in

time, by four courageous men, whilst the warehouse was still in flames. April 8, foundation stone of St. George's Church laid, without formalities. August, names of the streets painted and fixed up. November 2, extensive fire at the warehouse of Messrs. Isaac and "William Wilson, in Stramongate ; damages between 2,000Z. and 3,000/.

1839-1840 Richard Wilson. January 1, 1840, the two Kendal Banks amalga- mated. January 10, penny postage commenced. February 10, marriage of Queen Victoria. April 11, slight shock of an earthquake felt in Kendal. August, the dials of the Town Clock made to project forward from the tower. August 17, Fletcher Raincock, Esq., F.S.A., last Recorder of Kendal, died at Liverpool, aged 71.

1840-1841 James Machell. June 17, 1841, St. George's Church consecrated by the Lord Bishop of Chester. St. Thomas's School, Strick- landgate, built.

1841-1S42 John Wakefield (second time). September 4, 1S42, Firbank Chapel (rebuilt) opened this day. September 11. Crosscrake Chapel re-opened. A year of great depression in trade, and suffer- ing amongst the labouring classes ; this town felt its effects severely.

1842-1843 Richard Wilson (second time). March 17. 1S43, the shock of an earthquake felt in Kendal, accompanied with a rumbling noise. May 16, first interment in the new cemetery, head of Castle street. October 3, George William Wood. Esq., M.P. for Kendal, died at Manchester, aged 62. October 31, the Rev. John Hudson, A.M., Vicar of Kendal, died at Haverbrack, aged 70. November 8, first contested election for Kendal, Henry Warburton, Esq.,

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Whig, being returned by a majority of 63, over George Bentinck, Esq., a Tory.

1843-1844 Samuel Whinerey. "Working-men's News-room in the Market-place opened. March 19, Earl of Lonsdale died, aged 86. April 14, the Rev. Joseph Watkins Barnes, M.A., inducted Vicar. July 27, Dr. Dalton died, aged 77. September : first sod of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway cut. October 16, Zion Chapel, in New Inn-yard, opened this day. Inghamite chapel, at the head of Beast-banks, re-built.

1844-1845 Thompson Bindloss (second time). June 30, 1845, Kendal and Windermere Railway Act received the royal assent. July 21, Kendal Reservoir Bill received the royal assent. July 23, "Lady of the Lake" steamer launched on Windermere, being the first steam-boat on that lake, or in the lake district : grand banquet given in the saloon to Professor Wilson, and other distinguished guests.

1845-1846 Cornelius Nicholson. April 13, 1846, Steam-power first applied in Kendal for cutting timber into boards with vertical saws by Mr. John Fisher. June 26, Kendal Union Gas and Water Com- pany's Act received the royal assent. July 7, Grand Festival in Kendal to celebrate the passing of the Corn Law Repeal Bill ; Mr. Warburton, M.P. for Kendal, the Mayor and Corporation, and all the Societies joined in a procession, which was a mile in length : the Mayoress, assisted by several ladies, distributed in front of the Mayor's house in Stricklandgate more than 3,000 loaves of bread, to the Sunday-school children, and to the aged poor, on the presentation of tickets. September 21, the Lan- caster and Carlisle Railway opened from Lancaster to Kendal, and celebrated by a banquet in the Whitehall Buildings, the Mayor in the chair. Passenger packets ceased plying on the canal, the same day.'

1846-1847 John Wakefield (third time). December 15, 1846, the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway opened from Kendal to Carlisle. January 31, 1847, the organ of the parish church removed from the gallery to the floor, having been considerably augmented and improved, was reopened this day. April 20, Kendal and Winder- mere Railway opened. May 6, first "County Court" held in the Town Hall. September 14, first fortnightly fair for the sale of fat cattle and general stock, held on the New-road ; re. moved to near the railway station in November. September : Wesley an Day and Sunday-schools built. 1847-1848 James Machell (second time). February 5, 1848, the town clock first illuminated with gas. May 27, Fire at Town View, the property of Mrs. Wilson. June : Kendal reservoirs and water- works completed. August 31, Health of Towns' Act passed. 1848-1849 Samuel Whinerey (second time). The Serpentine Walks thrown open to the public by the Trustees of Kendal-fell, at Easter, 1849. August 6, Procession of the Mayor and Corporation and other gentlemen on horseback, &c. to meet G. E. Wilson, Esq., of Heversham, the newly appointed High Sheriff of the county ; the high-shrievalty having been till now hereditary in the Earls

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of Thanet, for upwards of 600 years. September 4, first meeting of the Council as a local Board of Health. Hartley Coleridge died, at Rydal, aged 53.

1849-1850 George Braithwaite Crewdson. April 23, 1850, "William Words- worth died, at Rydal Mount, aged 80. May 3, Colours of the 55th Regiment of Foot deposited in the parish church. July 2, Sir Robert Peel died, aged 62. July 17, Storm of thunder and lightning, with heavy rain ; house set on fire in Kirkland by the electric fluid. September 1, service suspended in the parish church till June 3, 1852, during the restoration. Working-men'a public baths, &c. in Market-place opened.

1850-1851 Jacob Giles Jame3 Ireland. December 2, 1850, Yagrant Wards brought into use for vagrants this day. January 13, 1851, county meeting held in" the White-Hall, the High Sheriff (G. E. Wilson, Esq.) chairman. June 9, Low Mills, near Kendal, destroyed by fire, the property of Messrs. John Ireland and Co. June 17, widening of Branthwaite-brow commenced. July 1, foundation stone laid of Fell side schools.

1851-1852 Jacob Giles James Ireland re-elected (second time). February 2, 1852, very high flood of the Kent, second only to that of February 9, 1831. February 22, Kendal new Horse Fair established. April 13, Fellside Schools opened. June 3, the Parish Church re-opened by the Lord Bishop of Chester, after its restoration. September 1, Electric Telegraph brought to the town along the Kendal and Windermere Railway. September 14, died the Duke of Wellington, aged 83. October 13, the Queen, Prince Albert, and suite, halted a short timeatOxenholme, on their journey from Balmoral southward

1852-1853 John Hudson. November 18, 1852, the Duke of Wellington buried in St. Paul's, London. November 28, Preston Patrick Church (rebuilt, by subscription, at a cost of about 1,400/.) opened this day. December 25, violent stonn of wind from the S.W., nearly equal to that of January 7, 1839 ; a lady killed in Highgate, by the falling of a chimney, December 27, again a great storm of wind from the same quarter, accompanied by heavy rain ; serious and extensive damage caused by the flood at Foulshaw. January 13, 1853, first marriage at St. Thomas's Church. Feb- ruary 21, Procession of the Mayor and Corporation, and a large number of the inhabitants in carriages, &c, to escort the High Sheriff (John Wakefield, Esq.) through the town, on his way to the Assizes at Appleby. April 6, two Receiving Houses for letters opened at Kendal, viz., one in Stricklandgate. and one in Stramongate. June, the Magnetic Electric Telegraph laid through Kencal. June, the river Kent considerably widened sotith of Mill Bridge. August 9, first Wool and Cheese Fair in Kendal (held in the Market-place). October 10, penny receipt stamps came into use. October 14. Her Majesty the Queen, Prince Consort, Prince of Wales, and suite, sojourned at Oxen- holme, on their return from Balmoral ; the Mayor, Corporation, clergy, and a large number of the inhabitants, went to pav homage. St. George's Schools built. 1S53. Lithographic plan

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of Kendal by H. Hoggarth, published. The " High front" in Kirkland, reduced to the level of the street. The Widows' Houses, at Sandes's Hospital, rebuilt.

1853-1854 John Jowitt Wilson. February 27, 1854, Burial Board esta- blished for the united townships of Kendal, Kirkland, and Nethergraveship. March 10, Alderman Thompson, M.P. for Westmorland, died, aged 61. May 25, St. George's Sunday- school opened. June 14, Ambleside Church opened by the Lord Bishop of Chester. Wesleyan burial-ground closed. 1854, the windows on the north side of Kendal Church re-glazed with diamond quarries, instead of the old "square crown." Kendal Natural History and Scientific Society, removed to Stricklandgate House, and a new Lecture Room built.

1854-1855 John Whitwell. November 28, 1854, Corner stone of the Cemetery Chapel laid, by Mr. John Hudson. 1855, from February 20, Windermere Lake frozen completely over for several days, and bearable its whole length ; again on March 8 and 9, and frozen over also on March 26. July 21, foundation stone of the Covered Market Hall laid, by the Mayor. August 23, the New Cemetery Chapel and burial-ground consecrated by the Right Rev. John Graham, D.D., Lord Bishop of Chester. Sep- tember 14, first interment in the New Cemetery. A second reservoir, at Bird's Park, in course of formation. The new sheds and drying stoves at Castle Mills built by Messrs. J. J. and W. Wilson.

1855-1856 William Longmire. March 29, 1856, Kendal new Butter-market first occupied ; the first pound of butter sold for Is. 2>\d. May 29, on this day the Mayor entertained at dinner the Corporation, Magistrates, and Clergy, and the day was observed as a holiday in commemoration of the return of Peace. July 1, severe frost this morning. The potato tops all killed on the low lands in the neighbourhood of Kendal. Again, frost on the morning of July 10. August 1 to 8, Heat unequalled for thirty years. Thermometer stood at 84° in the shade on the 4th. August 8, Birthwaite (Windermere) Church, dedicated to St. Mary, and Bowness Cemetery, both consecrated by the Lord Bishop of Carlisle.

1856-1857 John Whitwell (second time). January 12, 1857, new painted window placed in the Baptistry of the parish church; the bequest of the late Mr. Joseph Robinson. February 9, the Kendal Chamber of Commerce formed. April, new clock placed in the Tower of Kendal Church, the gift of Mr. Chris- topher Gardner. May 11, the Prince of Wales and suite visited the Lake District. June 25, the thermometer higher by 6g° than it was ever registered in Kendal. It stood at 90|° in the shade, and at 1231° hi the sun. July, Wooden Bridge over the Kent, at the north end of Colonel-walk, built, at the cost of E. W. Wakefield, Esq., and prolonged across the Mill Race shortly afterwards, by subscription. October 4, Chapel in Sand Area for the Christian Brethren, opened.

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1857-1858 John Jowitt "Wilson (second time). November 10, 1857, Inaugura- tion of the premises in Highgate (late Odd-fellows' Hall) for the Mechanics' Institution, by the Right Honourable Lord Brougham, who was afterwards entertained at the King's Arms by the ex- Mayor (Mr. J. Whitwell), and had an address presented to him by the Mayor and Corporation. Dec. 14, Pillar Letter Boxes erected in Stricklandgate, Stramongate, and Kirkland ; the re- ceiving houses being discontinued. January 25, 1858, Marriage of the Princess Royal celebrated at Kendal, with considerable rejoicing; the Mayor presented about 1,300 scholars with a currant bun each, in front of his own house on Kent Terrace. April 29, a public drinking fountain erected in Crock-lane, near the Fish-market, by subscription ; the fountain bears date 1857. May 3, Amalgamation of the Lancaster and Carlisle and Kendal and Windermere Railway Companies. May 15, the Rev. Joseph Watkins Barnes, M.A., Vicar of Kendal, died at the Vicarage, aged 51. August 15, the Rev. John Cooper, M.A., inducted Vicar. September 1, the Local Government Act came into operation in Kendal, having received the royal assent August 2. October 29, extensive conflagration at Castle Mills, the property of Messrs. J. J. and W. Wilson ; damages from 1,200Z. to 1,500Z. Pale Ale Stores built, in Mints Feet, for Messrs. William Whitwell, and Co., brewers.

1858-1859 John Wakefield (fourth time). December 5, 1858, Helsington Chapel re-opened by the Rev. G. W. H. Taylor. December 14, a boulevard of trees planted, by Rev. J. Gibson, along the New- road. December 14, Exhibition of paintings, articles of virtu, &c, opened in the large hall of the Mechanics' Institution, in Highgate, and continued open till January 22, 1S59. March 5, foundation stone of the new Vicarage laid, by the Vicar. April 8, the Quarter Sessions held for the first time in the new Town Hall. April 12, the old Town Hall sold by auction, to Mr. Job Bintley. July 16, first steamer on Ullswater. August 24, Association for the protection of ancient footpaths, established. September 22, Dinner given by the Mayor, to the Corporation, Magistrates, &c, in the new Town Hall, to celebrate the inauguration thereof.

1859-1860. John Wakefield re-elected (fifth time). December 8, 1S59, Volunteer Rifle-Corps formed, at a meeting held in the Town Hall. August 23, 1S60, ornamental pillar and lamps erected in the Market-place. September 25, the first steamer on the canal, arrived at Kendal. Card-making Steam Mill built, in Potter's Close, by Mr. James Thompson.

1860-1861 William Henry Wakefield. December 21, 1S60, destructive fire of the warehouses of Messrs. John Ireland and Co., in "Rose- mary-lane," Stramongate ; the building was completely des- troyed, together with a large quantity of manufactured goods, damages, 3,000?. to 4,0001 December 24. 25. the ther- mometer during this night fell to 1|° below zero, as indicated by a self-registering thermometer, placed a few feet from the ground. February 11, 1861, Mr. C. 0. Thomson , solicitor, Kendal.

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elected Coroner for the Kendal and Lonsdale Wards, vacant by the resignation of Richard Wilson, Esq. March 28, Burneside Chapel re-opened by the Lord Bishop of Carlisle. April 21, Troutbeck Chapel re-opened by the Rev. Mr. Graves, of " Dove's Nest." May 17, the Kendal Fell Trust (Amendment) Act received the Royal assent. May 26, Ordination held in the parish church by the Lord Bishop of Carlisle (Waldegrave), when five priests and six deacons were ordained; it is forty years since the last Ordination at this place. Kendal new Railway Station built this year, S. B. Worthington, Esq., of Lancaster, architect. June 11, Yacht capsized in a squall on Windermere, when two out of the three gentlemen sailing in her were drowned, viz. Captain Parke, of the 55th (Westmorland) Regiment, and Captain Forde, of the 2d Lancashire Militia; G. R. Rawlinson, of Graythwaite, the third party, swam ashore, and thus saved himself.

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1954-1955 William Fulton Pennington, Douglas Whitton Howie, Thomas Henry Dobie, Willaim Henry Stables, Walter Wilkinson, George Jackson

1955-1956 William Fulton Pennington, Douglas Whitton Howie, Thomas Henry Dobie, Willaim Henry Stables, Walter Wilkinson, George Jackson