Kirkby Lonsdale

Kirkby Lonsdale is a small town and civil parish inside the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England, at the River Lune. Historically in Westmorland, it's far located 13 miles south east of Kendal alongside the A65. The parish had a population of 1,771, recorded in the 2001 census, growing to at least 1,843 on the 2011 Census. Notable homes include St Mary's Church, a Norman structure with first-rate carved columns.

The view of the River Lune from the churchyard is known as Ruskin's View; it turned into praised by means of John Ruskin as "One of the most adorable views in England" and painted through J.M.W. Turner. Early signs and symptoms of career inside the area are a Neolithic stone circle on Casterton Fell and remains of Celtic settlements at Barbon, Middleton and Hutton Roof. During the Roman profession, a Roman street observed the route of the River Lune, linking forts at Low Borrow Bridge and Over Burrow.

A Roman milestone unearthed in 1836 and described as 'the quality inside the united states of america' turned into re erected on a hill close to Hawkin Hall, near in which it changed into determined. Kirkby Lonsdale developed at a crossing factor over the River Lune where numerous drovers' and packhorse routes converged. It is one of the few Cumbrian cities stated in the Domesday Book, where it's miles described as Cherchibi. The in advance church become fully rebuilt by using the Normans, who additionally erected an artificial mound or motte on nearby glebe land.