﻿ehurchei, • gymnuiam with • libnur and ooUeotion of worki of art, 

 ma bospiul, and an orphan aayliim. Thcra are manufacturea of eottuu 

 and liurn, and oooaidarabU trade in furs, wool, lalt, lineti, &o. The 

 ancient abb«; waa in the Slifta-Stadt. The prince abbot held 

 immrdiately under Uio Pop*. The abbej and the town ware naiignad 

 to Bararia iu 1802. Kemptvn ia a flnt-claaa station on the railway 

 from Augaburg to Lindau (on the Boden-Mc), and ia 6i miles S. by W. 

 from the former city, 



KI^NDAL, or mors ■oonrately Kirby Kendal, or Kirkby in Kendal, 

 that is, the kirk or ohuroh town in the dale or valley of the Ken or 

 Kent, Westmorland, a market-town, municipal and parliamentan 

 borough, and the aeat of a Poor-Law Union, in the panah of Kendal, 

 is situatMl in 64° 20' N. lat, 0° U' W. long., distant 22 miles &W. 

 by S. from Appleby, 262 miles N.W. by N. from London by road, and 

 850 mile* by the London and Xorth-Weatem and the Lancaster and 

 Carlial* railwaya. The population of the borough in 1851 was 11,829. 

 The liring is a vicarage m the archdeaconry of Richmond and diocese 

 of Chteter. The borough is governed by 6 aldermen and 18 council- 

 lore, and returns one member to the Imperial Pariiament. For sanitary 

 punMMes the borough ia under the management of a Local Board 

 of Health. Kendal Poor-Law Union contains 58 townships and 

 ohapelries, with an area of 185,790 acres, and a population in 1851 

 of 36.557. 



Kendal was made a market-town by licence from Richard I., and 

 became, by the settlement of the Flemings, in the reign of £d ward III., 

 the seat of a considerable manufacture of woollen cloths (which took 

 from the town the name of Kendals) : the manufncture still continues, 

 although greatly diminished in extent. The town was incorporated 

 in 1676 by Queen Elizabeth. Before the turnpike-road was made in 

 1752 nearly 200 pack-liorses were employed weekly, some of them 

 making two journeys in the week, in bringing provisions and merchan- 

 dise to the town, or iu taking away its manufactures ; besides two 

 waggons twice a week from Lancaster, carrying in all about sixty horse- 

 loads, and two or three carts making several journeys, and carrying 

 altogether about forty horse-loads weekly between Kendal and 

 Kilntborpe. 



The town is chiefly built on the slope of a hill which rises from 

 the right bank of the Kent ; it has a neat and clean appearance, and 

 is lighted with gaa. Among the public buildings are tlie towa-lial), a 

 house of industry, a house of correction, the Odd Fellows' hall, a 

 theatre, and the uaaembly rooms. 



The church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is chiefly of late perpen- 

 dicular character, and is only remarkable for its unusual width, which 

 is 110 feet, its length being 140 feet; the nave has four aisles, and 

 terminates at the east end in five divisions — the chancel and four 

 ohapels. St. George's church was erected in 1841 on the left bank of 

 the Kent; St Thomas's was erected in 1837. 'ihe Independents, 

 Baptists, WesUyan and Primitive Methodists, United Presbyterians, 

 Quakers, Roman Catholics, and Unitarians have places of worship. 

 Th* Fre* Qrammar school, founded in 1525, is free for classics to all 

 residing in Kendal parish : it has an income of about 50L per annum ; 

 in 1851 it had 23 scholars. Kendal possesses National, British, 

 and Infant schools: a Blue-Coat Free school; a Roman Catholic 

 aohool ; a mechanics institute, with 83 membere in 1851, and a library 

 of 1293 volumes; news-rooms; a natural history aocietv, with 126 

 members in 1861, and an excellent museum ; a savings bank ; a dis- 

 pensary ; a fever-house, and several almshousea. 



Kendal has extensive manuboture* of cotton checks, kerseys, and 

 other woollen cloths, linsey, blanketing, carpets, fancy waistcoating, 

 girths, hosiery, sacking, and worsted. Rope-making, iron and brass 

 founding, marble statuary work, and brewing give some employment. 

 The market, held on Saturday, is th* principid market in the oounty 

 for com and provisions ; fain for horses, homed cattle and sheep are 

 held five time* in the year. A county-court and quarter-sessions are 

 held in Kenilal. On the left bank of the river Kent are the ruins of 

 the old castle of the barons of Kendal, consisting of the outer wall, 

 with two round and two square towers. The Castle-Uow, or Castle- 

 Law Hill, an ancient earthwork, is on the west side of the town, 

 opposite the caatle. On its summit is an obelisk erected in comme- 

 moration of the revolution of 1 088. 



KEMLWORTH, Warwickshire, a market-town in the parish of 

 Kenilwortli, is situated in 52° 21' N. Ut, 1° 85' W. long., distant 

 44 mile* N. by E. from Warwick, 90 miles N.W. from Loudon by 

 road, and 99 miles by the London and North-Westem railway. The 

 popuUtion of the town of Kenilworth in lb51 was 3140. The 

 livug ia a vicarage in the archdeaconry of Coventry and diocese of 

 Woreeater. 



Iliere waa anciently at Kenilworth a castle, which waa demolishad 

 in the war of txhuund Irousida and Canute the Done, early in the 

 1 1th century. In the reign of Uanry L Qeoffry de Clinton built here 

 a strong caatle and founded a monastery. In the reign of Henry III. 

 Kenilworth received a grant for a weekly market and a yearly fair. 

 Th* historical int«n*t of this plao* attach** to iU castle, which was 

 on* of th* stronghold* of Simon d* Xontfort, earl of Leicester, in his 

 insurrection against Henry III., and aflbrded shelter to bis son and 

 othera of hi* adherent* after Ui* fatal little of Evesham in 1265. 

 It was however, after a gallant defence, obliged to capitulate in 1268. 

 Henry IV., son of John of Qaunt, united th* castle, which he inherited, 



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to th* domain* of th* crown, of which it formed part till the tim* of 

 Elizabeth, who granted it to Robert Dudlcv, earl of Leicester. 1'he 

 mitgniflcent entertainment given here by Leioenter to Elizabeth has 

 been made familiar to the general reader by Sir Walter Sct>tt's historical 

 romanoe of ' Kenilworth.' After the civil war of Charles I. the 

 castle was dismantled, but extensive and picturesque niins remain. 

 The ruins include some Norman portions. The moat ancient part is 

 called Cesar'a Tower, of which three aides remain, with walls in some 

 part* 16 feet thick. The large and massive ad>litions of John of Qaunt, 

 known as Lancaster Uuildings, are in different stage* of decay ; and 

 Leicester Buildings, added by Dudley, earl of Leicester, thouuh of 

 comparatively modem date, present, from the fHable nature of the 

 stone of which they are builf^ an appearance of considfrable antiquity. 

 They contain the ruins of the noble banqueting-ball, S6 feet long by 

 45 feet wid& The gate-house erected by the earl of Leicester u in 

 better praservation. There are very few remains of the monastery, 

 ~which was firat a priory, and afterwards made an abbey. It belonged 

 to the Regular Canons of St. Augustine. An ancient stone bridge 

 crosses a brook flowing into the Avon. 



The town consists principally of one long street, extending nearly 

 a mile along the road from Coventry to Warwick ; another street 

 Irads towards the castle. The ohuroh has a rich western doorway of 

 Norman architecture, in the lower part of an ancient tower which is 

 surmounted with a spire of more modern date. One of the windows 

 is filled with beautiful modem stained glass. The Independents have 

 a chapel, and there are Endowed, National, and Infant schools. The 

 manujhcture of Prussian blue and other chemical substances is carried 

 on ; comb-making and the weaving of silks and gauxe* employ some 

 of the inhabitants. The market is on Wednesday, and there ia a 

 ye.irly cattle fair. 



KENMARE, county of Kerry, Ireland, a market- and post-town, 

 and the seat of a Poor-Law Union, is situated at the head of Kenmarc 

 Bay, on the north shore of the tsstuary of the Roughty, in 51° 52' 

 N. lat, 9° 34' W. long., 16 miles S. by W. from Killaraey, 163 mUes 

 S.W. from Dublin. In 1851 the population waa 1501. Kenmare Poor- 

 Law Union contains 16 electoral dtvi^tions, with an area of 198,146 

 acres, and a population iu 1851 of 21,282. 



The town was a mere hamlet till the close of the 18th century; it 

 now consists of one large street of neat well-built houses from which 

 others diverge towards the Sound, a narrow part of the bay, which is 

 spanned by the Lansilowne suspension-bridge. In the town are a 

 Protestant church, a lai^ge Roman Catholic chapel, a news-room, 

 market'hou^c, petty-sessions house, a bridewell, and the workhouse, 

 which affords accommodation for 540 inmate*. A little below the 

 town is a substAntial pier; the depth of water at hightiile is IU feet, 

 and vessels of the largest siae can oome at all times within a mile of 

 the pier. Coal, timber, iron, and slates are the chief imports : corn, 

 salmon, and other fish, aud copi>er-ore from the neighbouring minca, 

 are the principal ex|>orta. The country on both sides of the bay for 

 several miles beloi^s to the Marquis of Lausdowne. 



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KENNEUECK. [Mai.nk.] 



KENNINGTUN. [Sukkkv.] 



KENSINGTON, Middlesex, a western suburb of London, in the 

 parish of Kensington. The population of the parish of Kensington in 

 1851 was 44,053, of which number 14,870 were returned for Bromptun 

 subdistrict The living is a vicarage in the archdeaconry of Middlesex 

 aud diocese of Lon.lon. Kensington parish is, for poor-law purjioses, 

 governed by a board of guardians. 



The principal street of Kensingtou consists of ranges of well-built 

 houses extending along the great western rood ; aud there aro other 

 street* diverging from, and parallel to it, beside* a district of villa- 

 residences on the north of the Oxford road, known as Kensington 

 Park. Bronipton and Little Chelsea, and Kensington Oravel-pits are 

 in the parish. At Kensington is a royal palaue, commenced by 

 William III., who having purchased a dwelling-house, converted it 

 into a palace, rebuildiug the principal parts, aud making many 

 additions to it, which Buccoe<]iug princes have augin<'ntc<l. The edifice 

 is of red brick, ornamented with columns and quoins of sUiue, aud 

 consults of three principal quadrangles. The gardens aud grounds, 

 which are agreeably laid out, are three miles in circuit ; they are open 

 to the pubha Several membera of the royal family have apartments 

 within the palace. There are barracks for detachments of the guanis. 

 A calvary barracks is at the southern entrance to Kensington Oordena. 

 Holland House, a quaint mansion in the Elizabethan style, erected by 

 Sir Walter Cupo in 1007, was the residence of Aildison, who died in 

 it It is now the property of Lord Holland : it contains some inti-r- 

 esting portraits. Kensington church, a \»igt inelegant brick buildhig, is 

 near the principal street. There are several district churches in the 

 parish. One on the highest point of Kensingtou Park, is of unusually 

 elegant as well as picturesque form ; it is in the decorated style. There 

 are Independent, Baptist, Wesleyan Methodist, aud Roman Catholic 

 diap«ls ; and National, British, and Infant schools. A proprietary 

 Qrammar school, in oonnoction with the Church of England, bad 225 

 scholara in 1858. 



KENT, a maritime county in the louth-castera comer of England. 

 It ia bounded N. by the nstuary of the river Thames, by which it is 

 separated from the counties of Middlesex and Essex; £. by tho 



