Green plaque № 87720

Kendal, Halton, England, United Kingdom

CAPTAIN FRENCH LANE. The Lane is an old mediaeval pathway from the west of Kendal to the Parish Churck in Kirkland. In 1575, in the 'Boke of Recorde of Kirkbie Kendall' it was called Rattenrowe Lane and it was named on John Speed's map in 1610 as Rotten Rowe. From about 1700 it was renamed after Cap

tain John French who had lived at the bottom end of the lane. John French (1620-1689) was a Kendal Burgess in 1654 and 1659, a churchwarden in 1660 and was a glover by trade. He was a Captain in the P

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