Endmoor
Endmoor | |
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Endmoor | |
Location within Cumbria | |
OS grid reference | SD538848 |
Civil parish | |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | KENDAL |
Postcode district | LA8 |
Dialling code | 015395 |
Police | Cumbria |
Fire | Cumbria |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
Endmoor is a small village within Cumbria, England, situated close to the A65 road. It is about 5 miles (8 km) from Kendal, just south of Oxenholme, and is in the parish of Preston Richard.
Endmoor is a community with small businesses including a shop, club inn, village school, village hall and bakery. A millennium clock stands on the green and there is a playground for the children.
History
Endmoor used to be home to a grand manor house called Enyeat. This is now the name of a nearby road and the coach house (1875) is a guest house. In 1991 the new primary school "St.Patrick's C of E School" was built by locals. It is now 'the hub' of the village offering a pre-school, parent and toddler group, parent and child activities and adult / community classes such as Art & IT.
Poet John Keats stayed the night in the village in the summer of 1818 on a walking tour through the Lakes, with the goal of meeting his hero, William Wordsworth. Keats and his walking companion, Charles Brown, walked from Lancaster along the path of the modern A65 before reaching Endmoor. The following morning they walked to Kendal.[1]
The old school, opened in 1862, has been turned into housing. It was replaced by a new school in 1991.
Local schools
Nearby secondary schools include Dallam School in Milnthorpe and Queen Elizabeth School in Kirkby Lonsdale.
See also
References
- ^ "John Keats Walks the Lakes". The Keats Letters Project. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
External links
Media related to Endmoor at Wikimedia Commons
- Cumbria County History Trust: Preston Richard (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
- http://www.thecumbriadirectory.com/Town_or_Village/location.php?url=endmoor