Rosemary Lane (New Road)

Running from Stramongate between 67 and 71 Stramongate to New Road.

From 'Kirkbie Kendal' by John F. Curwen (1900)

"Before this lane was widened and made a continuation of the New Road, it was merely a pathway that led down to the river-side and on to the tentering ground that lined the river's banks, which as far back as the year 1612, was used by the shearman dyers when Kendal was characterized by Camden to be "lanificii gloria et industria precellens".

The latin translates as "The distinguished and excellent clothing industry".