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Carlisle's early history is marked by the establishment of a human settlement to serve castles along Hadrian's Wall in Britain. [6] Due to its proximity to Scotland (being located eight miles or thirteen kilometres south of the current Anglo-Scottish border ), Carlisle Castle and the city became an important military stronghold in the Middle Ages .
- 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.
Carlisle, England. Carlisle’s role as a fortress town dates from the reign of Henry I (1100–35). Its position commanding the narrow lowland entry into England from the northwest gave it strategic importance. Augustinian canons built a church behind the castle, and their prior was created the first bishop in 1133.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The City of Carlisle. The ancient city of Carlisle is situated in Cumberland ward, nearly surrounded by the rivers Eden, Pettrell, and Caldew, 305 miles from London on the great western road to Glasgow, and not more than 13 from the borders of Scotland. Figure 36: Plan of Carlisle.
Gospatrick, an Anglo-Saxon Earl of Northumberland recaptured Carlisle in that year, and it passed to his son Dolfin in 1072. The modern history of Carlisle begins in 1092 when Dolfin was driven out by William II of England, (called Rufus because of his red hair). Rufus was the second son of William the Conqueror, and because his conquest of ...
Carlisle has over 2,000 years of history. Celts, Romans, feuding Border Reivers and invading armies have all left a fascinating legacy for you to explore. A city linking two world heritage sites, Carlisle is a stone’s throw from Hadrian’s Wall, the northern frontier of a mighty empire that once covered the known world. The largest city in ...
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This ran from Carlisle to Corbridge. Recent excavations have shown that the fort at Carlisle, which lay between the castle and Tullie House, was occupied from AD 72/3 to the early fifth century. It predated the Stanegate frontier, but was incorporated into it around AD 103-5. In AD 122, Hadrian ordered the wall that bears his name to be built.
