Kendal Parish Church

The site of Kendal Parish Church (Holy Trinity) has probably been used for religious purposes since around since the year 850 AD, the remains of an Anglican cross from the period can be seen in the Parr Chapel, parts of the present day church were built in the 13th Century [http://www.kendalparishchurch.co.uk/kpc/history.html] .

Saxon Church

A church was built on the site during the Saxon period using material "robbed out" from the ruined Roman fort at Watercrook to the south of the town [http://www.kendalparishchurch.co.uk/kpc/history.html] .

Norman Period

Westmorland was only subdued by the Normans in 1092 and Ivo de Tailebois (Anglicized, the name is translated to John Talbot) became the first Norman Baron of Kentdale, [http://balder.prohosting.com/shissem/Hissem_Lancaster.html] he gave the church and its lands to St Mary's Abbey in York [http://www.kendalparishchurch.co.uk/kpc/history.html] .

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