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An audio account of the purchase and running of the Gretna Tavern on Lowther Street, Carlisle, which was the first establishment to be opened under the Central Control Board reforms.

A number of linked web pages on slavery, created in spring 2007 - this was the 200th anniversary of the passing of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act which made slave trading in British ships illegal.

The village of Port Carlisle, originally known as Fishers Cross, was developed as a port in 1819 to handle goods for Carlisle using the canal link built in 1823. In 1854, just after the canal was filled in, a railway opened using the canal bed for…

This collection brings together a range of materials which allow students and teachers to develop their own questions and lines of historical enquiry on the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745.

This collection brings together a range of materials which allow students and teachers to develop their own questions and lines of historical enquiry on the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715.

This website relates to the museum of the King's Own Royal Regiment, which is housed in the City Museum in Lancaster. It is linked to a number of other website relating to World War One, including 'Remember', written and developed by Steve Irwin for…