Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Irish Gate
	site name:-	City Walls
	locality:-	Carlisle
	parish	Carlisle city, once in Cumberland
	county:-	Cumbria
		town gate
	coordinates:-	NY4055
	10Km square:-	NY45
	1Km square	NY4055
	descriptive text:-	Baker 1802
		Perspective road map with sections in Lancashire, Westmorland, and Cumberland through Kendal and Penrith ending at Carlisle, by J Baker, London 1802.
		Page 27:-
		... [Carlisle] hath three entrances by gates, strongly fortified; that to the west is called the English gate, one to the south is called the Irish gate, and another nortward is called the Scotch gate. ...
	date:-	1802
	period:-	19th century, early; 1800s
	old text:-	Camden 1789 (Gough Additions)
		Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
		Page 193:-
		...
		"The City of Cairluell ... is walled with a right fair strong wall ... In the wall be three gates Bocher or S. Calden or W. and Richard or N. ...
		... The city has three gates, the French, English, and Scotch; ...
	placename:-	French Gate
	other name:-	Calden Gate
	other name:-	West Gate
	date:-	1789
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s
	old map:-	Smith 1752
		Estate plan, Map of the Soccage Lands at Carlisle, scale about 27 ins to 1 mile, by George Smith, 1752.
		Irish Gate
	placename:-	Irish Gate
	date:-	1752
	period:-	18th century, late; 1750s
	old map:-	Bowen 1720 (plate 261)
		Road book, Britannia Depicta Or Ogilby Improv'd, including road strip maps with sections in Westmorland, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, derived from maps by Ogilby, 1675, and a county map of Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, with text by John Owen, published by Emanuel Bowen, London, 1720; published 1720-64.
		The Egremont road shown entering Carlisle by Irish Gate; English Gate to right.
	placename:-	Irish Gate
	date:-	1720
	period:-	18th century, early; 1720s
	descriptive text:-	Fiennes 1698
		Travel book, manuscript record of Journeys through England including parts of the Lake District, by Celia Fiennes, 1698.
		... there are 3 gates to the town [Carlisle] ... the other the Irish which leads on to White haven and Cokermouth,
	placename:-	Irish Gate
	date:-	1698
	period:-	17th century, late
	period:-	1690s
	old map:-	Ogilby 1675 (plate 62)
		A mistake.
		Road book, Britannia, strip road maps, with sections in Westmorland and Cumberland etc, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675; and a general map of England and Wales.
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		In mile 0, Cumberland.
		English gate
		labelled in the position of Irish Gate at Carlisle.
	placename:-	English Gate
	date:-	1675
	period:-	17th century, late; 1670s
	old map:-	Ogilby 1675 (plate 86)
		Road book, Britannia, strip road maps, with sections in Westmorland and Cumberland etc, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675; and a general map of England and Wales.
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		In mile 69, Cumberland.
		Town gate on the left (west) of Carlisle.
	date:-	1675
	period:-	17th century, late; 1670s
	old map:-	Ogilby 1675 (plate 96)
		Road book, Britannia, strip road maps, with sections in Westmorland and Cumberland etc, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675; and a general map of England and Wales.
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		In mile 38, Cumberland.
		Irish Gate
		at the entrance through the town walls.
	placename:-	Irish Gate
	date:-	1675
	period:-	17th century, late; 1670s
	old map:-	Ogilby 1675 (plate 38)
		Road book, Britannia, strip road maps, with sections in Westmorland and Cumberland etc, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675; and a general map of England and Wales.
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		In mile 301, Cumberland.
		Gate on the town walls.
	date:-	1675
	period:-	17th century, late; 1670s
	old print:-	Thurnam 1835
		Set of prints, lithographs, with descriptive text, Carlisle in the Olden Time, drawings by M E Nutter et al, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, Cumberland, by Ackermann and Co and others, London, 1835.
		Print, uncoloured lithograph, Carlisle from Primrose Bank, Cumberland, drawn by M E Nutter, lithographed by P Gauci, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, Cumberland, by Ackermann and Co, by Hodgson, Boys, and Graves, and by Charles Tilt, London, 1835.
		Included in Carlisle in the Olden Time.
		printed at bottom:-
		Drawn by M. E. Nutter from the original sketch. / P. Gauci lith. / CARLISLE FROM PRIMROSE BANK. / UPWARDS OF ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO. / Carlisle, Published by Charles Thurnam. / London. Ackermann & Co. - Hodgson, Boys, and Graves & Charles Tilt. / Printed by Graf & Soret.
		Print, uncoloured lithograph, The Irish Gate, Carlisle, Cumberland, drawn by M E Nutter, lithographed by C Haghe, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, Cumberland, by Ackermann and Co, by Hodgson, Boys, and Graves, and by Charles Tilt, London, 1835.
		Included in Carlisle in the Olden Time.
		printed at bottom:-
		Drawn by M. E. Nutter from an Original Sketch. / On stone by C. Haghe. / THE IRISH GATE. / Carlisle, Pub'd by Chas. Thurnam,- London, Ackermann & Co. Hodgson, Boys, and Graves & Chas. Tilt. 1835.
	placename:-	Irish Gate
	date:-	1835
	period:-	19th century, early
	old print:-
		Print, uncoloured engraving, Prospect of the City of Carlisle, Cumberland, published late 18th century.
		Included in The Modern Universal British Traveller. The city has town walls and gates.
		printed at top:-
		Engraved for The Modern Universal British Traveller
		printed at bottom:-
		Prospect of the CITY of CARLISLE, in Cumberland.
	date:-	1780=1799
	period:-	18th century, late
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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