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Page 176:-
it continu'd 'till the Year 1643, when Henry Lord
Clifford, the then Earl of Cumberland, died at
York, leaving only a Daughter, and the Times being
disturbed, the Honour ceas'd for a Time, 'till King
Charles I. was pleased to create his Nephew.
Rupert, Count Palatine of the Rhine, second Son of
Frederick, Prince Elector Palatine, and the Princess
Elizabeth, his Wife, Duke of Cumberland, and Earl
of Holderness. He died unmarried in the Year 1682, and
seven Years after
Prince George of Denmark, then Consort to the
Princess (afterwards Queen) Anne, was created Duke of
Cumberland, Earl of Kendal, and Baron of
Ockingham. The present Duke of Cumberland is,
His Royal Highness Prince William, second Son of his
Majesty, King George II.
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towns
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The principal Towns in Cumberland, are, besides the City
of Carlisle and the Borough of Cockermouth,
Ravenglass, Egremond, Whitehaven, Workington, Keswick,
Penrith, Ierbey, Wigtown, Kerkoswald, Alstodmore, Brampton,
and Longtown.
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Carlisle
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Carlisle, the British Chronicle tells us, was first
built by a petty King of this County, named Luel, or
Lugubal, long before the Romans invaded
Britain, and upon that Account had the name of
Caer-luel, or Lugubal. In the Time of the Emperor
Claudius, when the Roman Legions had extended their
Conquest thus far Northward, they altered the Name but very
little, calling it Luguballum, or Lugubalia, and
fixed their Head Quarters here; whence it is that so many
Roman Monuments have been, and still are discover'd in
this Neighbourhood, and indeed through the whole County, which
affords much Matter of Speculation to the curious Enquirers into
Antiquity. This City of Carlisle is 235 Miles computed
from London, and 302 measured.
Upon the Departure of the Romans, this City was ruined by
the Caledonians, i.e. Scots and Picts, and
other barbarous Nations, who spoiling and ravaging it, it lay
buried it in its Ruins 'till about the Year of Christ 680, when
Egfrid rebuilt it, and encompass'd it with a Stone
Wall
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-- "Astonmore" -- Alston
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-- "Carlisle" -- Carlisle
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-- "Cumberland" -- Cumberland
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-- Egremont
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-- "Ierby" -- Ireby
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-- Kirkoswald
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