Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| place:- | Webster's Marble Works | |
| place:- | Marble Works, The | |
| site name:- | Bridge House | |
| locality:- | Kendal | |
| parish |
Kendal parish, once in
Westmorland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| marble works; office; shop | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD517926 | |
| 10Km square:- |
SD59
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| 1Km square | SD5192 | |
| hearsay |
What is now Bridge House was the offices and showroom of the
Marble Works belonging to Francis Webster, about 1800; later
run by George and Francis Webster, about 1829. Francis snr,
architect, started the business:-
About the year 1800 ... Mr Webster erected machinery at Low Mills, on the River Kent, for sawing and polishing marble ... Part of the offices, 3 Bridge Street, was converted to a dwelling, occupied by Francis jnr in 1841. Nicholson, C: 1832: Annals of Kendal Parson, W and W: 1829: History, Directory and Gazetteer of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmorland: Baines (Ledds, Yorkshire) | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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