2580 x 3713 px | 21,8 x 31,4 cm | 8,6 x 12,4 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
10. Dezember 2024
Weitere Informationen:
It’s likely that there have been buildings on this site since at least the early 1600’s, as a famous map of Kendal from 1611 clearly shows a line of buildings on the South side of Kendal Parish church. The inn itself was probably built in 1741 on the instructions of Thomas Barker, the church sexton at the time. His intentions were that the inn should be used by the church wardens. However… the Westmorland Gazette reports that the inn was built on the instructions of the Rev Thomas Symonds in 1746. It is also thought that the inn wasn’t named “the Ring O’Bells” until 1789, when John Fisher succeeded Thomas Barker as church sexton. There are obviously a few inconsistencies surrounding the inn’s history. The sign for the inn was painted by Jack Fothergill in 1814 when John Reid of Heversham took over ownership. The sing represented the church tower and bell ringers with a jug of ale between them. When John Reid died in 1830, the inn?s sign was sold to Obadiah Burrows of the Eagle and Child inn at Heversham. The sign was then discovered a few years later, being used as a draught screen. It was purchased by Thomas Jennings who restored it and returned it to the inn. The original inn sign is now situated in the North Aisle of the church in Kirkland, whilst a copy is mounted on the gable end of the inn.
