Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| Shambles, Carlisle | ||
| locality:- | Carlisle | |
| civil parish:- | Carlisle (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | shambles | |
| coordinates:- | NY40085592 (??) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4055 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY45 | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag |
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| source data:- | Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or
Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the
pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London,
monthly from 1731 to 1922. goto sourceGentleman's Magazine 1839 part 1 p.517 From a review of The History and Antiquities of Carlisle:- ""The Market-place was disfigured and rendered incommodious by the Guard-house and the Shambles. The latter were private property, built of wood, and covered with slates of different kinds, which gave them an unsightly and grotesque appearance. ... The Shambles and ... were taken down about the year 1790; the (former) having been purchased, at a great price, by the corporation; ..." |
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