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Topic: Diocese of Carlisle


In the News (Sun 29 Nov 09)

  
 Images Of Cumbria - Diocesan Histories : Carlisle
Prior to the year 1856, the diocese of Carlisle was the smallest in England, the whole of it being comprised in one archdeaconry, that of Carlisle.
The diocese thus consisted of two archdeaconries, Carlisle and Westmorland, and the boundary line between them was an historical one, the southern boundary of the land or earldom of Carlisle.
The unextended diocese of Carlisle contained four, which appear in the register of Wetheral as Gillesland, Cumberland, Allerdale, and Westmorland, a very curious division, which must relate back to the period when, as we shall see hereafter, Gillesland was in the diocese of Hexham.
www.stevebulman.f9.co.uk /cumbria/diocese_ferguson1_f.html   (914 words)

  
 Carlisle
He ruled the diocese until his death in 1156, and from his charters it is clear that the see was from the first well administered, and that there was a vigorous diocesan life.
During this period Carlisle suffered severely from the incursions of the Scots, and early in Henry III's reign we find the king complaining to the pope that Carlisle had revolted to Scotland, and that the canons had elected a bishop for themselves.
He disobeyed the queen openly when she forbade him to elevate the Sacred Host in her presence; he refused to appear at a disputation on religion, or to take the Oath of Supremacy, was deprived of his bishopric with the other Catholic bishops, and died a prisoner 31 December, 1559.
www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/c/carlisle.html   (807 words)

  
 Images Of Cumbria - History Of The Diocese Of Carlisle
Penrith Deanery comprises the whole of Leath Ward, with the exception of Alston parish, which is in Corbridge deanery, and diocese of Durham; and Appleby Deanery includes the east and west wards of Westmorland.
Burn says that the archdeacon of Carlisle had formerly archidiaconal jurisdiction, "but the smallness and poverty of the diocese rendering a concurrent jurisdiction both inconvenient and burthensome, he gave up the same for a pension of £3 19s.
This monastery, which shortly afterwards became the cathedral of Carlisle, was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, and, amongst the many gifts which it received from Henry I were the churches of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newburn, Whittingham, Rothbury, and Warkworth, in Northumberland, all of which are now in the patronage of the bishop of Carlisle.
www.stevebulman.f9.co.uk /cumbria/diocese_f.html   (807 words)

  
 Carlisle History
Carlisle is 295 miles from London, 95 miles from Glasgow, 98 miles from Edinburgh, 115 miles from York and Manchester, 58 miles from Newcastle upon Tyne, 107 miles from Stranraer, 25 miles from Cockermouth and 9 miles from Brampton.
It has had a bloody history and Carlisle Castle is a great medieval fortress that has watched over the City of Carlisle for over nine centuries and also bore the brunt of the frequent Scots attacks on the city.
Carlisle was noted for the manufacture of ginghams, hats, whips and fish-hooks, but its most noticeable industry was the cotton spinning and weaving.
www.geocities.com /wandastory/CarlisleHist.html   (2429 words)

  
 U - Student Carlisle | Quality Student Accommodation | Houses
Carlisle is the “Border City”, capital city of the County of Cumbria situated in the northern part of England with the Solway Firth to the west, Lake District to the south, Northumberland to the east and the Scottish Borders to the north all being just a few miles away from Carlisle.
Carlisle is a communication hub for Northern Cumbria being right on the doorstep of the M6, A74/M74 and the A69 with several airports within 2 hours travel time including Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle.
Carlisle Cathedral was originally built as a priory in 1122, 10 years later when Henry I created the Diocese of Carlisle the priory then became a Cathedral and is the smallest one in Europe.
www.u-student.com /accomodation.cfm   (985 words)

  
 Bishop of Carlisle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
During the Middle Ages and the Tudor period the Diocese was Roman Catholic.
The diocese covers the County of Cumbria except for Alston Moor.
It was extended in 1858 by the addition of part of the Diocese of Chester.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bishop_of_Carlisle   (1047 words)

  
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The diocese of Carlisle was created in 1133 by King Henry I to comprehend the territory of the earldom of Carlisle founded by William II (Rufus) in 1092.
In 1157 Carlisle was given up to Henry II of England, but its borderland status remained only too apparent with the territory suffering Scots' invasions on a number of occasions.
In 1856 the deaneries of Copeland (Cumberland), Furness and Cartmel (Lancashire) and the Westmorland elements of the deaneries of Kirby Lonsdale and Kendal were transferred to the diocese from the diocese of Chester, Westmorland now being constituted as a second archdeaconry for the diocese, to be followed by an archdeaconry of Furness in 1884.
www.theclergydatabase.org.uk /print/p4_1_2_g.html   (1937 words)

  
 CARLISLE: Introduction | British History Online
During the middle ages, the diocese of Carlisle had had a monastic cathedral, following the Augustinian rule, so that, when Carlisle priory was dissolved in 1540, King Henry VIII introduced a secular chapter into the cathedral under a foundation charter of 8 May 1541.
As in the middle ages, the diocese had a single archdeacon, and was the smallest diocese in England until 1856.
However, the proposal to incorporate the diocese of Sodor and Man met with strong opposition from the clergy and inhabitants of the Isle of Man, and was repealed by a further Act of parliament on 4 July 1838.
www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=35832   (902 words)

  
 The friaries: Carlisle, Penrith and Appleby | British History Online
A curious case arose in the diocesan court of Carlisle in 1340, in which the Dominican prior was complainant and Agnes widow of William Hare of Derham was the defendant.
It is not to be expected that the friars, established in the three different centres of the diocese, would be popular with the parochial clergy if we have regard to the nature of their vocation and method of life.
The prior of the Carlisle preachers was a witness to the award made in 1289 for the settlement of a dispute between the Augustinian priory of Pontefract and the Cluniac house of Monk Bretton.
www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=39963   (3117 words)

  
 Carlisle, cumbria
Carlisle - the Border City - is the main shopping, commercial and industrial centre in the northern half of Cumbria, and a fair amount of southern Scotland.
Carlisle Castle is a great medieval fortress that has watched over the City of Carlisle for over nine centuries.
Again because of its strategic position, Carlisle became a great 19th century railway city, with seven independent railway companies sharing the use of Carlisle Citadel Station, and the extensive goods yards.
www.visitcumbria.com /car/carlisle.htm   (441 words)

  
 Diocese of Carlisle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The seat of the diocese is the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in Carlisle.
The Diocese covers the most of the non-metropolitan county of Cumbria; Alston Moor is part of the Diocese of Newcastle, and the former Sedbergh Rural District is part of the Diocese of Bradford.
The diocese originally only covered the northern parts of Cumberland and Westmorland, and expanded to cover the entirety of these, as well as the Furness and Cartmel areas of Lancashire, in 1847, from part of the Diocese of Chester, although this did not take effect until 1856.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Diocese_of_Carlisle   (266 words)

  
 India Link   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Carlisle Diocese has mission partnerships with the people in the Church of God in Zululand, in Northern Argentina, in Stavanger, Norway and with the Diocese of Madras, South India.
The Madras Diocese, a member of the Church of South India, supports a number of primary and secondary schools, schools for children with various kinds of disabilities, boarding houses, training institutions, hospitals and old people's homes.
Carlisle Diocese has agreed to raise support for this project on the understanding that it will be co-funded by the Madras Diocese.
www.wilson31.freeserve.co.uk /kpc/india_intro.html   (308 words)

  
 Carlile/Carlisle: One American Family
Adam Carlisle was believed to be the first to take the name, and since it was such a small family at it's beginning, most Carlisles are said to be related.
This ancient founding race of the north were a mixture of Gaelic/Celts whose original territories ranged from Lancashire in the south, northward to the south bank of the river Clyde in Scotland.
Tracing its ancient development, the name Carlisle was found in Cumberland where they were recorded as a family of great antiquity seated at Carlisle in that shire.
www.franklin-sarrett.com /carlislehistory.html   (1539 words)

  
 GENUKI: Carlisle St Cuthbert, Cumberland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
"CARLETON, a township in the parish of Carlisle St. Cuthbert, ward and county of Cumberland, 2 miles to the S.E. of Carlisle.
The village is situated on the river Petterill, and on the Lancaster railway.
The living is a perpetual curacy* in the diocese of Carlisle, value £140, in the patronage of the dean and chapter.
www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/CUL/Carlisle/StCuthbert/index.html   (451 words)

  
 Richard BARNES (Bishop of Carlisle and Durham)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
One of Edmund Grindal's chaplains, canon and chancellor of York, and after holding the see of Carlisle for seven years was translated to Durham.
In 1571 Grindal issued his injunction for the substitution of "cups" for chalices; the number of cups of that date in the diocese of Carlisle shows that Barnes enforced this injunction in his own see.
At Crosthwaite, in Cumberland, the church was still, in 1571, in possession of a large number of vestments and a quantity of plate, which had escaped the commissioners of Edward, or had been restored by the commissioners of Mary.
www.tudorplace.com.ar /Bios/RichardBarnes.htm   (233 words)

  
 Henry ROBINSON (Bishop of Carlisle)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
An excellent disputant and preacher, was, in 1581, elected provost of Queen's College, Oxford, and in 1599, was one of Queen Elizabeth's commissioners for ecclesiastical causes.
In 1598 one Christopher Robinson was executed for high treason at Carlisle, on account of exercising his functions in England as a Roman Catholic priest.
This is the only instance in the diocese of Carlisle of martyrdom for religious opinions unconnected with actual rebellion.
www.tudorplace.com.ar /Bios/HenryRobinson.htm   (124 words)

  
 Sir James Grant: Scottish Landlord, in Carlisle - 1834
This letter is one of a collection of 40 written by Sir James Robert Grant MD of Bath Square Portobello, Edinburgh to his solicitors Messrs Mounsey in Carlisle concerning the sale, purchase and leasing of property in the Carlisle area.
The Bishop of Carlisle from 1827-1856 was Hugh Percy.
The road from Carlisle to Glasgow shown at the bottom of the sketch plan was laid out by Thomas Telford in the 1820's which probably accounts for the description 'great'.
www.victorianweb.org /history/letters/harker.html   (1592 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Diocese of Carlisle in 1133, music quickly became a vital part of its life and worship, with four laymen and six boys forming the choir and assisting the canons with music.
The Voluntary Choir, consisting of mixed voices, was formed to sing occasional services in the absence of the Cathedral and Youth Choirs.
In 1999 the Carlisle Cathedral Music Appeal was launched with a target of £750,000 to establish a choral foundation to enable annual bursaries and free instrumental lessons to be provided for the choristers, and scholarships and vocal tuition for the choral scholars.
www.carlislecathedral.org.uk /music.htm   (316 words)

  
 Cumbria And The Men Of The North
This river, which falls into the Western Sea at Workington, now divides the diocese of Chester from that of Carlisle; and as soon as we pass the Derwent, dedications of churches to Kentigern commence.
The district south of the Derwent had very early come under the power of the kings of Northumberland, and the independent states of the Cymry probably extended from the Derwent and from Stanmore to the Clyde, including Westmoreland (with the exception of Kendal), and the central districts in Scotland, of Teviotdale, Selkirk, and Tweeddale.
It comprehended what afterwards formed the dioceses of Glasgow and Carlisle; and its Cymric population appears as a distinct people, even as late as the battle of the Standard, in 1130, where they formed one of the battalions in King David's army, consisting of the Cumbrenses and Tevidalenses.
www.celtic-twilight.com /camelot/skene/chapter_x.htm   (2382 words)

  
 virtual cumbria by bnm-interactive: attractions: carlisle, hadrian's wall & the borderlands: historic carlisle
Carlisle Priory was founded in 1122, by King Henry I, replacing earlier buildings on the site.
Ten years later, he created the diocese of Carlisle, and the priory church became the Cathedral.
The cathedral is open daily throughout the year, there is a cafe and gift shop on the premises and the cathedral often hosts musical events on lunchtimes and evenings.
www.virtualcumbria.net /attractions/carlisle/historic_carlisle_4.htm   (126 words)

  
 St James's Church, Carlisle - Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Here you can explore this historic diocese and find out how God is working in his people's lives.
A friendly and learning environment is not the only thing that makes Carlisle an excellent choice to study.
Near Ullswater in the Lake District, Dalemain is a mediaeval, Tudor and early Georgian house with truly delightful gardens and a good programme of events throughout the year.
www.stjamescarlisle.org.uk /links.htm   (284 words)

  
 GENUKI: Culgaith, Cumberland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Carlisle, value £80, in the patronage of the Vicar of Kirkland.
Carlisle Record Office is where probate records are held.
Culgaith fell under the authority of the ancient diocese of Carlisle and wills prior to 1858 were proved in the consistory court there.
www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/CUL/Culgaith   (705 words)

  
 Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
In 2004, the Diocesan Conventions of the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania and the Diocese of Sao Paulo, Brazil approved a companion relationship among the two dioeceses.
The Diocese of Central Pennsylvania’s companionship with the Diocese of Sao Paulo recently marked its first anniversary.
Encourage equip the fine lay and clergy leadership in the Diocese of Sao Paulo as they plant new congregations and enlarge the community of Christ?s love among the people.
www.diocesecpa.org /saopaulo.cfm   (459 words)

  
 Sapphire Client Shortlisted for Accountancy Age Award   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Neil Barrett, Assistant Diocesan Secretary (Finance), and his two assistants in the finance team at the Diocesan office required a new finance solution since the existing system, Sage Line 100, was unable to cope with the complexity of charity accounting and VAT partial exemption – a new requirement since their recent VAT registration.
The Diocese of Carlisle approached Sapphire regarding the implementation and support of their SunSystems application on the recommendation of another Sapphire client - Diocese of Manchester.
Ian Caswell, Managing Director at Sapphire remarked “We are very pleased to be working with the Diocese of Carlisle on upgrading their financial accounting solution.
www.sapphiresystems.co.uk /diocese.htm   (363 words)

  
 The Diocese of Carlisle - Vacancies
These two benefices in the Furness Peninsula of S.W. Cumbria are committed to working closely together towards the creation of a future Team Ministry.
The Bishop of Carlisle seeks to appoint a priest who will oversee his private office and support his ministry in the Diocese and more widely.
All Information on this website copyright 2004-2006 Carlisle Diocese and correct at time of print.
www.carlislediocese.org.uk /vacancies   (164 words)

  
 The Diocese of Chester in the 19th Century   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
In 1847, two years before Christ Church opened, the northern part of the Diocese was given to the Diocese of Carlisle and East Lancashire went to the newly created Diocese of Manchester.
Until 1880, when Liverpool Diocese was formed, churchwardens used to attend Saint Nicholas' Church in Liverpool for the annual Archdeacon's Visitation.
Bishop Sumner saw the population of his large Diocese increasing rapidly, especially in the new manufacturing areas, including Liver-pool and Birkenhead.
christchurch.birkenhead.net /pages/history/je02.htm   (401 words)

  
 Carlisle City Council - Bereavement
Carlisle City Council operates Bereavement Services and its staff can give advice and help with arranging the right funeral for a relative or friend.
Finding a church - The Diocese of Carlisle is responsible for 351 churches in England's Lake District and surrounding area, it also has links to other organisations, visit
There are organisations that can help provide support to help you to deal with the loss of someone close.
www.carlisle.gov.uk /carlislecc/main.asp?page=521   (224 words)

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