Carlisle Cathedral
A historic Cumbrian gem on the English/Scottish borders
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8 min readMay 6, 2024
As cathedrals go, Carlisle’s could be classified as compact. Some tourist guides may refer to it as the smallest of the Church of England’s ancient cathedrals, but it still has the capacity to astound and amaze.
Its foundations can be traced back to 1122, when it began life as the Augustinian Priory Church of St…
