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Carlisle (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 54 53 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 54.8833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 002 56 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -2.9333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Important military post during Roman times; destroyed by Norse invaders ca. 875 and restored by English King William II the Rufus in 1092; ceded to Scots 1136-1157 and during the English Civil War (1642-1645); became major textile and railway center after the 1830s. |
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| Carlisle (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Caer Liwelydd (C,V)
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............ | modern Welsh name |
| Caerleoil (H,V)
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............ | documented 1130 |
| Caer Liwelyd (H,V)
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............ | Welsh name |
| Caer Luel (H,V)
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| Cardeol (H,V)
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............ | documented in 1092 |
| Karliol (H,V)
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| Karlioli (H,V)
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............ | documented ca. 1100 |
| Luel (H,V)
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............ | documented ca. 1050 |
| Lugubalia (H,V)
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............ | documented ca. 730 |
| Luguvalium (H,V)
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............ | Roman name |
| Luguvallium (H,V)
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| Luguvallum (H,V)
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............ | used ca. 425; from a personal name "Luguvalos," prefixed with "caer" for "city [of]"; or meaning "the wall of the god Lugus" |
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Carlisle (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was a Roman center |
| town (C) |
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chartered in 1158 |
| county seat (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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| episcopal see (C) |
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since 1133 |
| regional capital (C) |
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