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Fisher Street, CARLISLE, CA3 8RF

It says Guildhall Offices on the window, but the address today is Guildhall Chambers. There is a carved inscription above the door : 'Laborare est orare - A.D. mdccclxxiv' (to work is to pray - 1874). To the right of the doorway, the name of a former occupant survives from Victorian times - see Image .

Located beside the door to Image . Kelly's Directory of Cumberland, 1894 http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/cdm/ref/collection/p16445coll4/id/8881 has an entry at Guild Hall Offices, Fisher Street, for 'Caledonian Railway (traffic offices), William Mather, district traffic supt.'. The bit of writing visible on the stone today looks like it might have said 'Goods Manager's Office'.

Not a Listed Building, unlike its neighbours, but with some interesting features http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5840612 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5840623 , including the fine Victorian shop front nearest the camera.

The main doorway, still with original doors. Dated 1874, with the inscription 'Laborare est orare' (Work is prayer). To the right of the door, below the modern sign, is an interesting survival indicating a former occupancy of the offices http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5840623 . Currently a drop-in centre for young people.

Indicating that this was at one time the Goods Manager's Office of the Caledonian Railway Co. This must be around 100 years old as the Caledonian Railway ceased to exist as a company with the railway grouping of 1923. See http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5840598

Shop on Fisher Street with a window display of national flags representing the countries involved in football's Euro 24. www.doloresmarshallopticians.co.uk

Old OS Maps show this as the site of the "Old Kings Head" pub, which is believed to date from the 18th Century. Also known as the "Kings Head", it was acquired by the State Management Scheme on 14 October 1916. At some time, possibly 1966, the pub was refurbished and extended into Fisher Street to give the frontage evident today - see: Image] . Sold to John Smiths Brewing Group on 7 May 1973, the premises are still trading. Photograph is for record only - I have no connection with any business seen in this view and cannot advise on their products or services.

Looking from St Mary's Gate towards the Market Place. The building on the left (Nos.19/21) dates from around 1800 and is Listed Grade II.

Formerly the Quaker Meeting House. The frontage seen here is a 1864 addition to the Meeting House of 1776 which still exists behind. Listed Grade II.

Dating from the 17th Century, The King's Head (also known as The Old King's Head Inn) is believed erected on the site of a pub from the 10th Century. State managed from October 1916 to 1973, it is still trading. See also: Image] and Image] . Photograph is for record only - I have no connection with this business and cannot advise on its products or services.