Retirement Properties Spotlight in Kirkby Lonsdale

Kirkby Lonsdale is mentioned in Domesday as Cherchebi and was owned by the King. The affix means 'in the valley of the River Lune'. In the 17th century it was one of the four principal towns of Westmorland lying on the River Lune and the 14th century 'Devils Bridge' spans the river. The chief town of the county was Kendall about 12 miles to the north-west and cloth from the area was exported via Milnthorp on the Lune estuary to Ireland.

Today it is an attractive market town with a Victorian Fair held every September. There is a wide variety of shops and many fine buildings and an old market cross in the Horsemarket. Nearby the Norman church is an inscribed plague describing 'Ruskins View' which was also painted by Turner.