Theres a mention of High Beast Banks on http://www.kendalwiki.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Greenside (hadn't seen that site before), it is at the top of Beast Banks. The triangular grass area is annotated as High Beast Banks on a 1911 map I have. I would expect the Ring of Bells Yard to be right next to the pub. An 1861 just shows "old vicarage" behind the pub. The yard may have run sideways to some properties behind Kirkland (now the parish church car park). The top end of Jennings Yard still exists, next to the (closed down) Kendal Bowman pub. I can email a photo of the entranceway (with sign over) if you want. The yard originally ran all the way down to the river (the footbridge was Jennings Yard Bridge on the old map), including the area that Jennings Terrace is now built on. There is only a single row of houses between Sedbergh Road and the railway line opposite Sawmill lane. They look a bit back to front, so what looks like the back of the houses faces the road. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frances" <fparker@bigpond.com> To: <ENG-CUMBRIA@rootsweb.com>; <ENG-WESTMORLAND@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 10:27 AM Subject: [ENG-WESTMORLAND] Places in Kendal > Hello everyone > > > > On a recent trip to the UK, I spent three wonderful (but tantalisingly > short) days in Kendal doing family history research. I was unable to > track > down all the places where my Ruthven ancestors lived in the 1800s and > wondered if local residents might be able to help with the following > queries. > > > > High Beast Banks (an address from the 1841 census) - I found photos of > Beast > Banks - would 'High' simply mean the top of the hill? > > > > Ring of Bells Yard (from the 1851 and 1861 census) - not found on modern > maps, presumably somewhere near the Ring of Bells public house? does the > Yard still exist? can someone tell me where exactly? > > > > Jennings Yard, 11 Highgate (from a 1846 book) - I've seen the wonderful > Matthew Emmott photos on the web and found Jennings Ter on a modern map > (off > Dowkers Lane) - is this where Jennings Yard was? > > > > 5 Castle Park Terrace - my family lived here for 30 years. The street is > not shown on modern maps but according to old maps and staff at Kendal > Library, the terrace is still there, a small lane wedged between the > railway > line and Sedbergh Road. I found a row of terraces behind those facing > Sedbergh Rd - approx opposite Sawmill Lane - but could not work out how to > access the houses. I've photographed them from the other side of the > railway line in Castle Road and would dearly love to know which one is > number five. > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Frances Parker > > Sydney, Australia > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WESTMORLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >