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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Old Carlisle like this:
CARLISLE (Old), a locality 2 miles S of Wigton, in Cumberland; the site of the Roman station Olenacum, on the Roman road from Carlisle to Ellenborough. Materials were taken from ancient buildings on it toward the erection of Wigton; and numbers of Roman relics have been found.
Old Carlisle is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Old Carlisle itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Old Carlisle in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25689
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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