City boundary stone, Whiteclosegate (close look)
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City boundary stone, Whiteclosegate (close look)
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough Taken: 29 Sep 2017
For location, see Image . Stone marker inscribed 'C.C 1912'. CC probably stands for City of Carlisle (or possibly Carlisle Corporation). In 1912 the municipal borough and civil parish of Carlisle was extended, taking in parts of the parishes of Belle Vue, Cummersdale, Stanwix and St. Cuthbert Without, including the townships of Upperby, Harraby and Botcherby (Kelly's directory of Cumberland and Westmorland, 1914 http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/cdm/ref/collection/p16445coll4/id/278531 ). There is a similar stone on the outskirts of Harraby Image . The carved arrow on top of the stone is an Ordnance Survey bench mark (recorded on Bench Mark Database http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm30939 ).
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Image Location
Latitude
54.910778
Longitude
-2.921803