Endmoor

{{Short description|Village in Cumbria, England}}

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{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| static_image_name = The view over Endmoor.jpg

| static_image_caption = Endmoor

| coordinates = {{coord|54.257|-2.708|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Endmoor

| population =

| population_ref =

| civil_parish = Preston Richard

| unitary_england = Westmorland and Furness

| lieutenancy_england = 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

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Endmoor is a small village within Cumbria, England, situated close to the A65 road. It is about {{convert|5|mi|0}} from Kendal, just south of Oxenholme, and is in the parish of Preston Richard.

Endmoor is a community with small businesses including the 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.{{Cite web |date=2018-10-19 |title=John Keats Walks the Lakes |url=https://keatslettersproject.com/correspondence/john-keats-walks-the-lakes/ |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=The Keats Letters Project |language=en}}

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.

See also

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