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Kendal /ˈkɛndəl/, anciently known as Kirkby in Kendal or Kirkby Kendal, is a market town and civil parish within the South Lakeland District of Cumbria, England. Historically in Westmorland, it is situated about 8 miles 13 km south-east of Windermere, 19 miles 31 km north of Lancaster, 23 miles 37 km north-east of Barrow-in-Furness and 38 miles 61 km north-west of Skipton. The town lies in the valley or `dale` of the River Kent, from which it derives its name, and has a total resident population of 28,586,[2] making it the third largest settlement in Cumbria behind Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. Kendal today is known largely as a centre for tourism, as the home of Kendal mint cake, and as a producer of pipe tobacco and tobacco snuff. Its buildings, mostly constructed with the local grey limestone, have earned it the nickname Auld Grey Town.