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Franciscan Friary of Carlisle

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Greyfriars

In the civil parish of Carlisle.
In the historic county of Cumberland (Modern Authority of Cumbria, 1974 county of Cumbria).

Friary recorded in 1534 as being a store for military ordnance and as a lodging for Edward Balliol in 1332. On this basis Brooke includes the Friary in his list of 'Ecclesiastical establishments ...[with] indications of, defensible adaptation ...' Since building was within town walls I doubt it was particularly fortified but probably was strongly built.

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Ecclesiastical site.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Questionable.
Nothing visible remains.


The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY40205577

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