![]() The first is early thirteenth century and describes part of the boundary as lying next to the ‘ magna strata que venit de Kendale.’ The ‘great street which comes from Kendal’ in other words. ![]() Two relate to grants of land to Shap Abbey. The earliest example we know of is the road between Kendal and Shap which is mentioned in several medieval charters. Written evidence for the routes these packhorses used in Westmorland during the medieval era is limited. Medieval packhorse and donkey, from Hortus Deliciarum.
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