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Angel Inn, Kendal green plaque

Commemorative plaque

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This green commemorative plaque records: Angel Yard. Angel Yard is all that is left of the Angel Inn which stood on this site until the 1980s. Once one of Kendal's oldest hostelries, its premises, brewhouse, stabling and outbuildings ran behind Lowther Street, an area now occupied by outh Lakeland District Council's offices and car park. The Angel Inn is said to have taken its name from 1745 when Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops passed through the town. Some soldiers broke into the Inn and the occupants fled, leaving behind a little child. On seeing an angel standing beside the child brandishing a drawn sword the soldiers ran away in fear of divine punishment Recorded plaque organisation: Kendal Civic Society.
The Angel Inn was one of Kendal's oldest hostelries, renowned for its connection to Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops who passed through the town in 1745, and is remembered for a legendary tale involving an angel protecting a child.

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