Kendal highways, be amended and kept in good repair, unless some further provision was made." In 1703 by Order of the Quarter Sessions of the Barony of Kendall the surveyors of highways was to make the roads good and sufficient for the passage of coaches, carts and carriages. In 1753 The Keighley and Kendal Turnpike brought the stage coach from Yorkshire to Kendal. Kendal is known for Kendal mint cake, a glucose-based type of confectionery reputedly discovered accidentally by Joseph Wiper during his search for a clear glacier mint. Used on numerous expeditions to mountaintops (including Mount Everest and K2) and
Lardy cake dripping cake. There is some dispute as to which area of England recorded the original recipe. In Hampshire a form of the cake was made without currants and it can still be bought in the county and neighbouring Sussex. Versions of the cake are also baked in the West Country particularly in Gloucestershire, Wiltshire. These are areas of England where pig farming (of which lard is a product) has traditionally been a mainstay of the agricultural economy. Despite contemporary concerns about high-calorie, high-fat foods, it is still widely eaten, appearing on the menu at the Royal United Hospital, Bath and