Endmoor Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:The view over Endmoor.jpg
Static Image Caption:Endmoor
Coordinates:54.257°N -2.708°W
Official Name:Endmoor
Civil Parish:Preston Richard
Shire District:South Lakeland
Shire County:Cumbria
Region:North West England
Constituency Westminster:Westmorland and Lonsdale
Post Town:KENDAL
Postcode District:LA8
Postcode Area:LA
Dial Code:015395
Os Grid Reference:SD538848
Pushpin Map:United Kingdom South Lakeland
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in South Lakeland

Endmoor is a small village within Cumbria, England, situated close to the A65 road. It is about 5miles 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018-10-19 . John Keats Walks the Lakes . 2024-06-11 . The Keats Letters Project . en.