The Yards of Kendal

There are many yards, some narrow, some not so, in the town of Kendal. There were once around 150 yards in Kendal often named after the owner of the main house within it, or after a trade that took place there. Those that survive today, all have numbers, although they did seem a bit random to me! Some are closed off, or gated. We start this set of images with the cobbled New Inn Yard.

I wonder what is behind the door of Yard 38? 

The Hogg family kept a public bake-house here in the 1800s. There were no fewer than 52 residents in this yard in 1841, including labourers, weavers and nail makers.

Most of the Yards do have a number to indicate what it is. This is Yard 183.

Yard 165 has vehicular access to the rear. 

Shame about the rubbish bins in front of Jennings Yard - Yard 161. Named after William Jennings who had a grocer's shop specialising in the sale of corn and cheeses.

Yard 149 is another narrow one, and cobbled. 

An unusual gate across Yard 135. 

A bit wider than some, Yard 127.

This particular Yard was my favourite in Kendal, and reminded me very much of one in Edinburgh's Old Town.

The cobbled Dr. Manning's Yard.

Looking in the other direction towards Highgate, within Dr. Manning's Yard. 

A really, narrow, dark and short Yard. 

The gate is open in Yard 56. 

Traffic cones and gate in Yard 24.