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Carlisle: Abbey Street
Abbey Street
locality:-   Carlisle
civil parish:-   Carlisle (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   street
coordinates:-   NY39745600 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY3956
10Km square:-   NY35


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CAF09.jpg (taken 30.3.2014)  
photograph
BXH67.jpg  Street name, and 2 hydrant markers,
(taken 17.9.2012)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 23 3) 
placename:-  Abbey Street
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.

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Abbey Street
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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D43956Q.jpg
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D43955U.jpg
"Abbey Street"
street 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Images © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old painting:- 
item:-  flagWhite Ensign
source data:-   Painting, watercolour, The Abbey Gateway from Abbey Street in the Diamond Jubilee Year of Queen Victoria, Carlisle, Cumberland, by Thomas Bushby, 1897.
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PR1117.jpg
View of gateway to cathedral, seen from Abbey Street. The street is decked with flags. Work contains several unfinished figures. 
inscribed at reverse:-  "Thos. Bushby Diamond Jubilee 1897"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1971.87.5
Image © Tullie House Museum


photograph
BXH66.jpg (taken 17.9.2012)  

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