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Carlisle: Market Place
Market Place
locality:-   Carlisle
civil parish:-   Carlisle (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   street
coordinates:-   NY40085592 (about) 
1Km square:-   NY4055
10Km square:-   NY45
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 23 3) 
placename:-  Market Place
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.
"Market Place"
evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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street 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library
evidence:-   old print:- Bradley 1901
placename:-  Market, The
source data:-   Print, uncoloured lithograph, The Market, Carlisle, Cumberland, by Joseph Pennell, published by Macmillan and Co, London, 1901.
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The Town Hall behind. 
On page 275 of Highways and Byways in the Lake District, by A G Bradley. 
printed at lower right:-  "Joseph Pennell"
printed at bottom:-  "The Market, Carlisle."
item:-  JandMN : 464.73
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old itinerary:- Johnson 1908 (Roads/Cum) 
source data:-   Itinerary, Route 37 in Roads Made Easy by Picture and Pen, Preston to Glasgow, by Claude Johnson, edited by Lord Montagu, published by The Car Illustrated, 168 Piccadilly, London, 1908.
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item:-  private collection : 268.2
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evidence:-   old postcard:- 
item:-  tram; Steel Monument; street lamp
source data:-   Postcard, photograph, Town Hall and Scotch Street, Carlisle, Cumberland, published by Valentine's, Dundee, Angus, about 1918?
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tram, electric tram, Steel Monument, street lampprinted at upper left:-  "Town Hall and Scotch Street, Carlisle"
printed at reverse:-  "Valentine's Series"
item:-  JandMN : 371
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evidence:-   old painting:- 
item:-  market cross
source data:-   Painting, watercolour, Carlisle Market Place, Carlisle, Cumberland, by William Henry Nutter, 1867.
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View of the market square with market stalls and people. Carlisle Cross, Old Town Hall, Carlisle Cathedral and Glover's Row behind. 
signed at bottom left:-  "W.H. Nutter. 1867"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 2006.15
Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-   old print:- 
source data:-   Print, coloured, Robert Anderson, The Cumberland Bard, by Joseph W Simpson, 1925 with text by T Gray on reverse.
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Robert Anderson the Cumberland Bard stands in Carlisle Market Place. The Guildhall to left and Old Town Hall on the right. 
signed at bottom right on print:-  "Simpson"
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text by T Gray about Robert Anderson, The Cumberland Bard on reverse of coloured print by Joseph W Simpson, 1925.  
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 2009.210.7
Images © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-   old painting:- 
placename:-  Carlisle Market Place
item:-  market
source data:-   Painting, oil painting, Carlisle Market Place, Cumberland, by Herbert Lees, 1882.
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Carlisle marketplace on a dull day, filled with rows of covered stalls radiating out from centre. The market cross stands to left of composition and the cathedral rises above the shops to right. 
signed at bottom right:-  "H Lees ARCA"
labelled at reverse:-  "Carlisle Market Place 1882 H LEES ARCA Mrs T W Holywell ..."
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1978.108.150
Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-   old painting:- 
item:-  market
source data:-   Painting, watercolour, Carlisle Cross from English Street, Carlisle, Cumberland, by William Henry Nutter, 1869.
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Moonlit scene of market square crowded with stalls and customers on a rainy night. 
signed &dated at bottom right:-  "W H Nutter 1869"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1971.74
Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-   old drawing:- 
item:-  market cross
source data:-   Drawing, Carlisle Market Place from Foster's Fish and Chip Shop, Cumberland, by Matthew Ellis Nutter, 1835?
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item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1978.108.75.22
Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-   old drawing:- 
item:-  market cross
source data:-   Drawing, Carlisle Market Cross from English Street, by Matthew Ellis Nutter, 1835?.
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item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1978.108.75.23
Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-   old painting:- 
item:-  market cross
source data:-   Painting, watercolour, Carlisle Market Place, Looking South, Carlisle, Cumberland, about 1800.
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The market square with the market cross standing to right of centr, a woman sits on its steps with her wares on a small table beside her. Several clusters of soldiers stand to right of composition; apart from isolated couples elsewhere, the square is largely deserted. 
inscribed at reverse:-  "Castlegate 1827"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1978.174
Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-   old painting:- 
item:-  market
source data:-   Painting, oil painting, Carlisle Market Place, Cumberland, by Herbert Lees, 1870s.
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A crowded scene of Carlisle market place on a dull day, filled with covered stalls, vendors and their customers. The clock tower of the town hall is visible to left of composition, partially obscured by a substantial building standing in the foreground. 
signed at bottom right:-  "Lees ARCA"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1978.108.149
Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-   old painting:- 
item:-  market; market cross; sundial
source data:-   Painting, watercolour, Carlisle Market Place, Carlisle, Cumberland, by W Hetherington, after W H Nutter, 1885.
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Carlisle market place on market day with stalls set out between the market cross and the town hall. The cathedral is visible beyond. 
signed &dated at bottom right:-  "W Hetherington 1885"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1947.36.1
Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-   old print:- 
item:-  violin
source data:-   Print, etching, Jimmy Dyer, playing the violin in Market Place, Carlisle, Cumberland, by Joseph W Simpson, 1925-30.
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Three quarter length depiction of Jimmy Dyer standing in Carlisle market square, facing left, playing the violin. He wears a baggy overcoat, hat and has a pouch suspended from his shoulder. Behind him stand the market cross and a row of shops. 
signed &numbered at bottom right:-  "Joseph Simpson 7"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1940.16
Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-   old painting:- 
item:-  market cross; barber's pole
source data:-   Painting, watercolour, Market Place, Carlisle, Cumberland, by William Henry Nutter, 1840s.
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View of the market square with figures grouped around the market cross behind which stands the town hall. To extreme right of composition stands a building with a flagpole and bow fronted window. 
signed at bottom left on mount:-  "W. Nutter."
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1970.80.23
Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-   old painting:- 
item:-  market cross; scales
source data:-   Painting, watercolour, Carlisle Market Place, Carlisle, Cumberland, by Matthew Ellis Nutter, about 1835.
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Market square, virtually deserted, a few vendors setting up their stalls beside the market cross in centre of composition. The town hall stands behind it. To right of foreground a woman pauses outside a shop with bow window, a basket over her arm; she holds a small boy by the hand. This may be a view taken from St Cuthbert's Lane. 
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1927.8.2
Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-   old painting:- 
item:-  market; market cross; cart; Glover's Row
source data:-   Painting, watercolour, Glover's Row, Carlisle, Cumberland, by William Henry Nutter, 1835.
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View of Carlisle marketplace in the early morning, looking towards Glover's Row with the market cross to left of composition and town hall to right. The cathedral rises above the scene. Stallholders set out their wares. 
signed &dated at bottom left:-  "W H Nutter 1835"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1935.19.2
Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-   old painting:- 
item:-  market; market cross; scales; barrow
source data:-   Painting, watercolour, Carlisle Market Place from the South, Cumberland, by William Henry Nutter, 1835.
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View of Carlisle marketplace in the early morning, looking towards the old town hall with the market cross in the centre of composition. Stallholders set out their wares. 
signed &dated at bottom left:-  "W H Nutter 1835"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1935.19.3
Image © Tullie House Museum
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