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Carlisle unsuccessfully applied to become a Lord Mayoralty in 2002. Carlisle City Council had its headquarters at the 1960s Civic Centre in Rickergate, the tallest building in the city. At the time of the 2001 census, the population of Carlisle was 71,773, with 100,734 living in the district. In the 2011 census, the city's population had risen ...
This city is said to have been besieged and its suburbs burnt by the Scots in 1337, and again (Sir William Douglas being then their leader) in 1345. In 1380 an attempt was made on Carlisle, and one of its streets set on fire, by a party of borderers; and another ineffectual attack was made on it in 1385.
It changed hands once more in 1157 when Henry II exercised his authority over all Cumbria, granting Carlisle its first charter the following year. The town was besieged by the Scots again in 1173, and the area as so often in its history was subject to raids. Again in 1216, however, Carlisle fell gratefully into Scottish hands in the year of ...
- Roman Carlisle
- Carlisle from The 5th Century to The 11th Century
- Carlisle in The Middle Ages
- Carlisle in The 16th Century and The 17th Century
- Carlisle in The 18th Century
- Carlisle in The 19th Century
- Carlisle in The 20th Century
- Carlisle in The 21st Century
Carlisle began as a Roman town called Luguvalium. The Romans invaded Britain in 43 AD and about 78 AD the governor, Agricola, built a wooden fort on the site of Carlisle. Soon a civilian settlement grew up nearby. The soldiers in the fort provided a market for the townspeople’s goods. Roman Carlisle was called Luguvalium. In Roman Carlisle, there w...
Carlisle may not have been abandoned completely. There may have been some farmers living inside the walls and farming the land outside. However, it seems certain that Carlisle ceased to be a town, and all its Roman buildings fell into ruins. The Celts gave Carlisle its name. They called it Caer Luel, the fortified place belonging to Luel. St Cuthbe...
In the Middle Ages Carlisle was a small town with a population of perhaps 1,500-2,000. It would seem tiny to us but by the standards of the time, Carlisle was a fair-sized market town. However, Cumbria was a poor area of England with little trade and commerce in the region. However, Carlisle was strategically important because of its position near ...
In 1541 Henry VIII closed the priory and the 2 friaries. He also rebuilt and strengthened the castle. Henry replaced the southern gate of Carlisle with a citadel with 2 towers. Like all Tudor towns, Carlisle suffered outbreaks of plague which decimated the population each time. There was a severe outbreak of plague in Carlisle in 1597. Even so, the...
In the mid-18th century, Carlisle was no more than a medium-sized market town with a population of about 4,000. However, the situation began to change in the late 18th century. Trade had always been limited in Carlisle because it was in a poor area of England. In 1745 the Jacobites under their leader Bonnie Prince Charlie marched south and after a ...
In 1801 the population of Carlisle was 9,555. By the standards of the time, it was quite a large town. Carlisle grew rapidly and by 1851 it had a population of over 25,000. Scottish and Irish immigrants swelled the population. The textile industry boomed in Carlisle in the early 19th century although many of the weavers lived in poverty. However, i...
By 1901 the population of Carlisle was over 45,000. In 1900 electric trams began to run in the streets of Carlisle. They were replaced by buses in 1931. Carlisle gained its first cinema in 1906. In 1912 the boundaries of Carlisle were extended to include Stanwix and Botcherby. In the 1920s and 1930s, Raffles Estate was built. In the early 20th cent...
On 8 January 2005 Carlisle suffered from severe floods. Much of the city center was submerged and 110,000 people had their power cut. Worse, 3 people died and millions of pounds worth of damage was done. Yet Carlisle recovered. Today Carlisle is a flourishing town. In 2023 the population of Carlisle was 108,000.
Dec 8, 2021 · Carlisle finally becoming a permanent English city after the Act of Union. Carlisle became the county town for the old county of Cumberland. This historic town was eventually reclassified during local government reorganisation in 1970, when under Whitehall diktat the ancient counties were merged into what is now Cumbria.
Accessed 15 October 2024. Carlisle, urban area (from 2011 built-up area) and city (district), administrative county of Cumbria, historic county of Cumberland, northwestern England, on the Scottish border. In the Roman period a civilian settlement, Luguvallium (later the town of Carlisle), grew up on the south bank of the.
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The elevation of the priory church to a cathedral happened so quickly, following its foundation, that Æthewold, the first short-serving Prior of Carlisle became Carlisle’s first bishop and would serve this role up until his retirement in 1155.
