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 | | Carlisle (Caer Luel, Karliol) is first mentioned in 685, when under the name of Luel it was bestowed by Ecgfrith on St Cuthbert to form part of his see of Lindisfarne. |
 | | Although the city had been under the jurisdiction of a mayor and bailiffs at least as early as 1290, the first charter of incorporation was granted by Elizabeth ~fl 1566; it established a corporation under the style of a mayor, eleven worshipful persons, and twenty-four able persons. |
 | | In Carlisle is Dickinson College, founded in 1783 by Presbyterians, and named in honor of John Dickinson (q.v.), a benefactor of the college; it was reorganized in 1833 as a Methodist Episcopal College, and is now divided into the college, the school of law (founded in 1834) and Conway Hall, the preparatory department. |
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