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| race course, Carlisle | ||
| Carlisle Race Course | ||
| locality:- | Swifts, The | |
| civil parish:- | Carlisle (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | race course | |
| coordinates:- | NY40505660 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4056 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY45 | |
| references:- | OS County Series |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 23 4) placename:- Carlisle Racecourse placename:- Turf Hotel |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. "Race Course" on The Swifts |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. "Grand Stand (Turf Hotel)" |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Farington 1816 item:- King's Plate |
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| source data:- | Descriptive text:- "..." "Carlisle races, held in the month of October, on the Swift, are well frequented by the principal families of the county; they first commenced about the middle of last century; the King's plate was given in 1762." "..." item:- Armitt Library : A6666.25 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Harper 1907 item:- races; horse racing; bell |
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| source data:- | HP01p140.txt Page 140:- "..." "The alleged merry nature of "merry Carlisle" must in those times, one cannot help thinking, have been rather desperate merriment. But we have evidence that the citizens did at least enjoy some sort of sport, even though it were not unlikely that what was begun in pastime might end in raids." "Thus, among the municipal regalia of the city are two silver bells of sixteenth century date, intended as prizes in horse-racing on Kingsmoor, two miles distant. The larger of the two bears the inscription:-" "+ THE + SWIFTES + HORSE + THES + BEL + TO + TAK + FOR + MI-LADE + DAKER + SAKE" "Lady Dacre was Elizabeth, daughter of George Talbot, fourth Earl of Shrewsbury and wife of William, Lord Dacre of Gillesland, Governor of Carlisle in the time of Queen Elizabeth." HP01p141.txt Page 141:- "The smaller bell bears the initials "H. B. M. C.": that is "Henry Baines, Mayor of Carlisle."" "So it is evident that, unlike modern puritanical town councils, that of Carlisle encouraged horse-races. Shrove Tuesday was the great Carlisle occasion. The bells, it will be noticed, from the illustration of one of them, were of the enclosed circular type. The silver bell was in those times the recognised trophy for the winning horse: hence the saying "To bear away the bell.""  click to enlargeHP0122.jpg "SILVER BELL, AS PRIZE FOR A WINNING HORSE. (In the Carlisle Municipal Collections.)" "..." item:- JandMN : 1055.23 Image © see bottom of page |
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