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| cock pit, Carlisle | ||
| locality:- | Carlisle | |
| civil parish:- | Carlisle (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | cock pit | |
| 10Km square:- | NY45 | |
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| evidence:- | old painting:- placename:- Carlisle Cock Pit item:- smithy; horse |
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| source data:- | Painting, oil painting, Carlisle Cockpit, Cumberland, by H J St Clair, 1873. click to enlargePR1291.jpg Exterior view; doors open revealing scene inside. inscribed on frame at :- "Carlisle Cock Pit erected 1785 by the Duke of Norfolk and Sir James Lowther used as a brass foundry Afterwards as a Blacksmiths Shop Demolished June 18 1876." item:- Tullie House Museum : 1978.108.161 Image © Tullie House Museum |
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