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ROBERT BURNS INN St Cuthbert’s Lane; in local directories 1834 - 1837

ROBERT FERGUSON PRIMARY SCHOOL [Denton Holme Board Schools] Foundation stone of Denton Holme Board Schools, Morley Street, laid 07.10.1879 (plaque); designed by Daniel Birkett, contractor C and J Armstrong; opened 03.11.1880 at a cost of £7,500 with a caretaker’s house costing an additional £400; enlarged in 1885 and 1894; Average attendance in 1900 were 347 boys and 341 girls and 427 infants. There were changes when Robert Ferguson School, Denton Street, opened. Two rooms were set aside at Morley Street for 20 delicate children in 1908; George Winter headmaster from1953-1968. In Autumn 1970 all pupils were transferred to Robert Fergusons, Denton Street, as a part of the reorganisation of secondary education

D.Perriam Denton Holme p48

CJ 05.11.1880 Opening of Denton Holme Board Schools

CJ 09.04.1897 p5 Obit of Mrs Brunt, Headmistress of school

CJ 29.11.1901 p5 Obit of Fred Brunt, first head of school

CN 09.01.1998 p8 Adult learners to benefit from school computer plan

CN 09.02.2001 p16 Ofsted report

CN 27.07.2001 p7 (illus) Most of former school at Morley Street demolished

ROBERT FERGUSON SECONDARY SCHOOL Robert Ferguson had done much to encourage education in the city and naming the school after him was a fitting tribute. Designs were prepared by Walter H Brierly of York to accommodate 360 senior mixed pupils and 360 infants. The chosen contractors were Messrs J and R Bell at a cost of £8,977 2s 8d. Opened September1904, with Mr T Long as Headmaster. 1905 tenders invited for a caretaker’s house and boundary wall. Increasing secondary pupils meant that in 1958 four huts were added in a corner of the playing fields. Walter Eite head for 31 years; closed as a secondary modern school July 1970. The infants remained and juniors at Morley Street were transferred to Robert Ferguson [see above entry for Robert Ferguson Primary School] Primary School formed 31.08.1992 from the amalgamation of Robert Ferguson Junior and Infant Schools

D Perriam Denton Holme pp46-47

CN 07.08.1970 p14 CN 21.08.1970 p12

CP 02.09.1904 p6 Opening school

Images of Carlisle Cumberland News p77 Photo 1938 School Empire Day parade

Images of Carlisle Cumberland News p78 Girls class photo 1940

Images of Carlisle Cumberland News p 78 photo of W Eite headmaster for 31 years

ROBERTS, E.T. The Crescent; started 1928

Music shop

Carlisle in Archive photos, p87 1951 photo of facade

CD 1952 Ad p363

Cumberland Directory 1954 Ad p5

CD 1955-56 Ad p5

CD 1961-62 Ad p287

CD 1966-68 Ad p286

CN 17.09.1938 p19 CN 10.10.1980 p9

CN 24.01.1969 p11 (illus) New premises

ROBERTS, Edwin S Botchergate

Radio House

CD 1931 Ad p14

ROBERTS, Henry D.H. Ltd

Makers of cap peaks and chinstraps

CN 03.10.1969 p1 Review of Industry 2B 609

ROBERTSON English Street

Hatter, shirtmaker, hosier and glover

The Alphabet of Carlisle 2BC 658.87

CD 1880 Ad page back 1

CD 1884-85 Ad p283

1890s photo Carlisle in Camera 1 p23

CD 1902-03 Ad p14

ROBERTSON, George C Holme Works, Norfolk Street

Joiners and building contractors

CD 1952 Ad p328

Cumberland Directory 1954 Ad p227

CD 1955-56 Ad p228

CD 1961-62 Ad p281

CD 1966-68 Ad p277

ROBERTSON, James 69 English St

Yesterdays Shopping in Carlisle p23; hat manufacturer; engraving of outside

ROBERTSON, R.S. 3 English St

1861 Morris and Harrison directory ad p11 Hat and cap manufacturer

ROBERTSON, W.C.

See also Rathbones

Bakers

CD 1952 Ad p260

CD 1966-68 Ad p253

CN 17.09.1938 p17 Ad CN 10.07.1981 p10

ENS 10.09.1977 p1 Bread strike

ENS 12.09.1977 p1 Break strike

ENS 13.09.1977 p1 Bread strike

ENS 14.09.1977 p1 Bread strike

ENS 15.09.1977 p1 Bread strike

CN 05.06.1987 p11 Ad feature

CN 07.10.1994 p3 Bakery sold for £750,000

CN 19.07.1996 p16 Bread, the stuff of life

CN 25.09.1998 p16 Tasty treat for 100th customer

ROBERTSON’S CAFE Lowther Street

CN 04.04.2003 p3 Closed cafe to become a cafe bar

CN 25.03.2005 p3 Cafe bar saved from closure

CN 08.04.2005 p2 Troubled bar closes

ROBERTSON’S COURT, Bridge Street [1934 Directory]

1924 Carlisle Directory; between 18-22 Bridge Street

1955-56 Carlisle Directory lists 6 properties here

ROBERTS PROPERTIES Chatsworth Square

CN 14.05.2004 p14 New letting agency run by Mr and Mrs Roberts

ROBERT STREET Listed in Parson and White 1829 Directory p154

Marked on Asquith’s 1853 map

Carlisle the Archive Photographs p127 Photo of street in 1927

City Minutes 1931-32 p70 Nos 4 and 8 unfit for human habitation

No 8 was a corner property [now demolished] In common with the rest of the houses in Wapping it had an outside toilet. There was a long thin kitchen approximately 10 feet by 15 feet with a sink, larder and gas cooker which stood on four legs. There was no fridge or other modern appliances. Next was a large living room with a cast iron range with an arm that swung over the fire, holding the kettle. There were ovens on either side of the fire. The range was regularly blacked with a product known as ‘Zebra’. The range was the only heating in the house. Another ritual was ‘rudding’ the front step and swilling your front bit of pavement. There was social pressure to keep your front clean, if not you’d be condemned as ‘dirty’. The floors of the house were sandstone covered with lino and rugs. The coal house was in the yard. The house was rented, no-one in the area owned their own house. When in 1949 the family moved to 49 South John Street the rent was 14 shillings a week. The final room downstairs was the parlour which was rarely used. We regarded the room as almost another world. Upstairs were three bedrooms. In the 1930s the layout was as follows for the family; one bedroom for the three girls; this was above the kitchen and entered from the boys bedroom next door which itself was entered from the landing. There were 4 sons. By 1943, when the eldest son was 18, only three sons remained in the house, all sleeping in one double bed. On the other side of the landing was mother and father’s room.

ROBIN HOOD INN Botchergate; in local directory for 1829

ROBINSON AND ATKINSON

1851 Directory. Ad Drapers Mercers; Old Town Hall [after page 82 at back]

ROBINSON, Alexander and Sons Upperby

Linen man manufacturer

CN 16.09.1977 p4

ROBINSON, Craig Rosehill

Vets

CN 13.11.1998 p20 Ad Vets

ROBINSON, George Merchant Bailey’s Northern Directory, 1781 and 1784

ROBINSON, George Draper, aged 48, employing 9 apprentices and miller, employing 9 men and 2 women, home address Spencer St, born Dalston

ROBINSON, H West Tower Street

Cycle mechanic

1901 census; Henry Robinson, cycle manufacturer, aged 40, born Coventry

CD 1902-03 Ad p18

CD 1905-06 Ad p88

ROBINSON, Isaac Damask and linen manufacturer is listed at Upperby in the 1829 and 1847 directories

CP 06.01.1838 Alexander Robinson and Sons of Upperby, manufacturers of Home Made Damasks, Diapers. With gratitude return their sincere thanks to the Public for the many favours conferred on them for the last thirty years which they have carried on business and beg to inform them that they have had the honour of weaving the ARMORIAL BEARINGS of many Noblemen and Gentlemen, which have invariably given great satisfaction. Table cloths, Over layers, Napkins, Tray Cloths, Toilets, Doilies etc...also Huckabacks, Ticking, Plain Linen and Sheeting

DX/ 153/17 Arms of Irving; pattern

ROBINSON, James Grocer, aged 22, employing 2 boys, born Lazonby, home address Portland Place [1861 census]

ROBINSON, James and Son Ltd Botchergate; James Street; Shaddongate (Eagle Stores); Lowther Street Business begun in 1860

D.Perriam Carlisle Remembered p97 Eagles stores (illus)

CP 24.03.1882 p1 To let; James St ‘Eagle Mills’ recently occupied by J.Robinson

CN 10.12.1965 p1 (illus) Closing

CN 24.12.1965 p8 History

ROBINSON, John Grocer, aged 33, employing 3 apprentices, born Burgh, home address Chapel St

ROBINSON, John Warwick Road

Perambulators, bath chairs and safety bicycles

CD 1893-94 Ad p202 Established 1887

Fisher Street, Presbyterian Church Bazaar October 1899 [M183] p44 25 Henry Street, Warwick Road. The oldest established cycle agent in Cumberland

Carlisle in Camera 2 p53 photo of yard on Warwick Rd about 1904

CN 05.03.2010 p34 Denis Perriam article; started in Lowther Street, by 1894 he had moved to Warwick Road, next to the Presbyterian church; died aged 97 in 1952

ROBINSON, Joseph and Co Denton Mill

CN 21.07.1972 p10

CN 03.08.1990 p4 Making biscuits the speedy way

ROBINSON, Robert Brandy merchant Bailey’s Northern Directory, 1781 and 1784

ROBINSON, Robert Wine merchant Bailey’s Northern Directory, 1781 and 1784

ROBINSON, Thomas 125 Denton St

See also Robinson’s Denton Holme Stores

1882 Porters Directory Ad p 146 Grocer

ROBINSON BROTHERS LTD English Street; brothers set up shop in English Street in 1889; partnership later dissolved and Frank took over sole running; he retired in 1933 and Binns took over.

Furnishing

CIC p19 photo 1933 premises became Binns

E.Nelson Around Carlisle p45 photo of facade

City Minutes 1901-02 new premises English St/ St Cuthbert’s Lane

1928 Pageant Souvenir Ad inside front cover Carlisle and Dumfries; p14 unnumbered.

CD 1931 Ad p44

CN 09.03.1946 p6 Obituary of Frank Robinson

ROBINSONS ‘DENTON HOLME STORES’ Denton Street

Grocer

1882 Porters Directory Ad p 146 Thomas Robinson, grocer, 125 Denton St

Cumberland Directory 1954 Ad p34

CD 1955-56 Ad p34

CD 1961-62 Ad p274

CD 1966-68 Ad p272

E.Nelson Around Carlisle p43 Photo of facade at 125 Denton St

ROBINSON’S COURT, 47 Scotch Street [1880 Directory]

ROBINSONS LANE, Scotch Street. So named on the 1851 census betweem Hodgsons Court and Union Court. John Ormiston, tobacconist, is the only householder living there

ROBINSONS FISH AND CHIP SHOP Opened 1932 on Wigton Road [previously Davidson’s Fish and Chip Shop] by Jack Robinson and later run by his son John and closed in 1985 [CN 04.02.2011p4 Obit of John Robinson] .

ROBINSON STREET

City Council Minutes 1898/99 p70 Approval for new street; owner T.Robinson

City Minutes 1912-13 p585 Approval for 5 houses

1924 Carlisle Directory listed 5,7 and 9 Robinson Street, near Esther St

ROBSON AND CO

Spinning Mill, Caldewgate, [A Picture of Carlisle and Directory, printed for and by A.Henderson, in the Market Place, 1810 p 116]. Jollie’s 1811 Directory p84 cotton spinning mill lately burned down

ROBSON AND HARDING Rosemary Lane

Wholesale grocers

CD 1952 Ad p310

ROBSON, Fred

Butchers

CN 17.09.1938 p19

ROBSON, George Tailor, employing 3 men and 3 boys, home address St Cuthbert’s Lane, born Carlisle [1861 census]

ROBSON, I.L. Warwick Road

Chemists

CD 1952 Ad p210

Cumberland Directory 1954 Ad p231

CD 1955-56 Ad p235

ENS 04.11.1976 p17

ROBSON, John 53 English Street

M442 p24 Business receipt for saddler, trunk and harness maker

CJ 01.04.1843 p3 Ad. Taken shop on English Street opposite the Bush Inn. Started saddle and harness making business

ROBSON, John Scotch Street

Chemists

CD 1913-14 Ad p54

28.10.1915 John Robson, Pharmaceutical Chemist died [MI 203/64]

Cumberland Directory 1954 Ad p82

CD 1955-56 Ad p82

CD 1961-62 Ad p263

ROBSON, John T Kings Arms Lane

Linen and woollen draper

CD 1893-94 Ad p104

ROBSON, W Castle Street

Fishmonger

CD 1910-11 Ad p13

CD 1913-14 Ad p76

ROBSON’S BORDER TRANSPORT see BORDER TRANSPORT

ROBSONS COURT, Calde Coats

So marked on Asquith’s 1853 map

ROBSON’S COURT, Warwick Street [1934 Directory]

ROBSON’S DINING ROOMS Rosemary Lane

CD 1893-94 Ad p150

ROBSON’S PLACE 19 Warwick Street [1880 Directory]

‘ROCKET’ Stephenson’s

CN 12.10.1956 p10 Passes through Carlisle

CN 07.07.1972 ‘Rocket’ passes through Carlisle

CN 30.07.1999 p20 Rise and fall of the locomotive Rocket

ROCOCO The Lanes

CN 29.09.1995 p3 Boutique business man quits Botchergate

CN 27.10.1995 p12 Ad

CN 11.06.1999 p3 To add continental flavour to coffee and wines

CN 17.09.1999 p16 Ad

CN 08.09.2000 p20 Helen scents internet success

RODDAN, William Saw maker of Blackfriard Street

1861 William Roddan, aged 23, Sawyer and steam mill, Falcon St, Workington

1871 William Roddan 16 and 18 St Cuthbert’s Lane, William Roddan, aged 34, saw repairer

1881 Census William Roddan aged 45, saw maker, born Carlisle, 4 Blackfriars Street

1883 East Cumberland Directory William Roddan sawmaker of 2 and 4 Blackfriars Street

1891 Census William Roddan, sawmaker, 2 Blackfriars Street, born Carlisle, aged 49

Maryport Advertiser 09.05.1895 Roddan, on the 9th inst in Blackfriars Street, Carlisle, aged 59 years

RODNEY INN, Caldewgate

CJ 08.09.1810 p4 Jacob Jefferson, who keeps the Rodney Inn, Caldewgate

ROGERSON, Joseph Nelson Street and Blencowe Street

Masons

Leading Trader of the City Ad p37 A616

D Perriam Denton Holme p65 Rogerson took over the yard from James Nelson who had taken it over from Thomas Nelson.

1901 census; Joseph Rogerson, 41, monumental mason, home Murrel Hill Ctge

CD 1907-08 Ad p8

CD 1910-11 Ad p112

CD 1927 Ad p132

CD 1931 Ad p88

CD 1934 Ad p76

CD 1937 Ad p60

CN 17.09.1938 p17 Ad

22.06.1939 Joseph Rogerson, sculptor, died [MI 18/56]

ROLLER HOCKEY

CJ 17.10.1950 p1 Hockey on roller skates introduced to Carlisle

ROLLER SKATING

CN 17.10.1969 p14 Rink in Drill Hall 1876

CN 26.06.1970 p14 At the Sands

CN 11.03.1988 p4 Blaze ended life of city skating rink

ROLL OF HONOUR - WORLD WAR TWO

CN 01.11.1996 p3 (illus) 2,000 name roll of honour to be presented to Cathedral

CN 08.11.1996 p1 Cathedral to receive WW2 honour roll

ROMAN CATHOLICS

See also Austin Friars, Durranhill Convent, Our Lady and St Josephs, St Margaret Mary’s, St Cuthbert’s School, St Augustine’s, St Bede’s, Christ the King, Sacred Heart, Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary, Saint Edmund’s, Saint Gabriel’s School

See K. Rafferty Portrait of a Parish 1798 - 1993 (Our Lady and St Joseph)

CN 08.07.1960 p10 (illus) CN 16.01.1970 p14 (illus) CN 06.02.1970 p12

CJ 11.11.1826 p3a Rev Fawcett sermon ‘replete with invective against Catholics’

Carlisle Examiner 19.10.1858 p2d Carlisle Catholic Church services - reopening

ENS 03.12.1959 p7 Site of new Roman Catholic Church discussed

Images of Carlisle Cumberland News p118 Photo of Cardinal Heenan in city 1974

CN 28.05.1993 p4 (illus) Girls were first on school site

CN 27.08.1993 p51 Chapel offer to Catholics

CN 08.04.2005 p1 Romans Catholics celebrate life of Pope in Cathedral

ROMANS In AD 72 the Romans marched north from their newly established York base and entered Cumbria; they arrived at Carlisle and built in autumn/winter of AD72/73 a fort at the confluence of the rivers Eden and Caldew on the site now occupied by the Castle; [M.McCarthy,Mike Carlisle, History and Guide p1; map showing location of fort p4]; In the autumn/winter of AD 83 a major refurbishment of fort [Carlisle Millennium Project; excavations in Carlisle 1998-2001 p10]; AD 105 completely new timber fort constructed [Carlisle Millennium Project p14]; Carlisle was known to the Romans by the name Luguvalium [McCarthy p5]; a fort at Stanwix [usually known as Petriana but now identified as Uxelodunum on the Rudge Cup] was built when the Roman Wall was constructed, [Wall begun in the 120s AD and still in progress when Hadrian died in AD 138]; the fort in Carlisle continued to exist [McCarthy p13]; this fort abandoned around the middle of the 2nd century [Carlisle Millennium Project p14]; stone fort built on site in AD200 [Carlisle Millennium Project p11]; Roman fort abandoned by the military 330-40 AD, but from coin and pottery finds it seems there was some form of occupation into the 370s but probably not much later, the fate of the Stanwix fort is unknown [McCarthy p27]. There are no obvious remains of the Roman Wall in Carlisle. The Wall has been used as a quarry and plundered to its very foundations for building the Castle, Cathedral and City Walls. Since medieval buildings have been constructed the Wall’s foundations have been buried leaving no mark whatever on the surface [CN 17.07.2009 p34]

Roman Carlisle Archaeological Journal, 135, 1978, pp115-37

D Perriam and D.Ramshaw Carlisle First Leanring Cente; Tullie House, 2016, pp4-7 Discussion of the position of the Roman fort, which after Fergusons 1893 CWAAS article postulated that the fort lay below the Cathedral and not as we know now the Castle

See also Stanwix Roman Fort.

02.11.1694 Roman finds when digging a cellar. Corr. of Sir J.Lowther p169

1724-6 Daniel Defoe Tour through the whole island of Great Britain. ‘Here is a bridge over the Eden, which soon lets you into Scotland...On the other side of the Eden we saw the Picts Wall....and some remains of it are to be seen further west’

02.07.1829 Fall of earth during new cutting on Gallows Hill revealed a leaded coffin

16.07.1829 Other Roman finds during Gallows Hill cutting

29.09.1829 Sepulchral stone found at Gallows Hills [CWAAS OS Vol12 p367, illus]

CJ 20.06.1851 p3 Workmen engaged in excavating the foundations of a new house in Stanwix find two ancient walled wells; Roman pottery at bottom, two corn grindstones. Close to the well discovered when digging the foundations of Mr Farrer’s house not 40 feet away; in this was found a beautiful cameo set in silver. Wells 60 feet deep to procure water

CJ 14.11.1851 Ancient vault opened on Gallows Hill, in front of the line of cottages the men belonging to the Carlisle Mutual Benefit Society are building. Leaden coffin under flags. Relics presented to Mechanics Institute.

CP 15.11.1851 p2 Leaden coffin discovered

CP 12.03.1852 p2 A monumental stone dug up in Mr Rushton’s yard, Botchergate. Inscription obscure meaning, the DM being Deus Manes or Deus Maximis

CJ 28.05.1852 Finding Roman remains when digging foundations for Albert St

CJ 15.09.1854 p5 Workers excavating for the sewer in Willowholme have come across remains of the Roman Wall; dimensions and line of wall given

CP 26.03.1875 Two Roman vases and stone column found near Cowans Sheldon

Nov/ 1878 Monument found Murrell Hill; lady, child, fan [CWAAS OS Vol 12 p373]

24.04.1879 Coffin of Roman date found at Botcherby [CWAAS OS Vol 12 p373]

CJ 25.04.1879 p2 Roman burials in Botcherby

CJ 29.04.1879 Roman burials in Botcherby

CP 02.05.1879 Roman burials in Botcherby

CJ 20.03.1885 Workmen employed in excavations at the Old Bowling Green, Spring Gardens came upon a sepulchral slab [Roman]

1887 Roman finds when building new covered market CWAAS OS Vol 12 p360

1890 Details of a Roman tile found in Fisher St; CWAAS OS Vol 12 pp280-2

CWAAS S Vol 12, 1893, pp57 -59 details of Roman finds in city

CWAAS OS Vol 13 p 165-71 Discovery of 4th century tombstone in 1892

CWAAS OS Vol 13 p224 On two Roman inscriptions recently found at Carlisle

CWAAS OS Vol 13 p251-2 Barrow load of Roman red roofing tiles found Brook St

Oct 1894 Roman milestone in bed of Petteril CWAAS OS Vol 13 p437

CWAAS OS Vol 12 pp344-64 Discovery of Roman Platform at Tullie House

1896 last week; north east side Botchergate urn remains CWAAS OS Vol 15 p43

CWAAS OS Vol 15 pp476 - 89 Roman remains found at Carlisle

CWAAS ns Vol 3 p408 opp; Photo of Roman head found in Castle Street

CJ 24.05.1927 During excavation which are going on for the completion of the Methodist Central Hall a water hole of Roman construction was found; six feet deep. [today, 2011 this well, now tiled in] remains full of water in the basement.]

Carlisle and Cumbria; Roman and Med. Architecture,Art and Archaeology pp 1-10

City Minutes 1926-27 p445 Gift to Tullie Hse of Roman golden necklet found in city

City Council Minutes 1930 -31 p94 Roman find in Rickerby Park

City Minutes 1930-31 p95 Letter printed from RG Collingwood. Roman finds Rickerby park

City Minutes 1931-32 p297 Foundation of Roman Wall found when laying new sewer at the Sewerage Works, Willow Holme

CN 05.06.1937 p12 (illus) Kings Arms Lane

CJ 30.01.1953 Roman discoveries in Scotch Street; well found and rubbish tip

CN 09.05.1953 p7 Excavations at Cathedral

CN 30.05.1953 p7 Excavations at Cathedral

CN 21.05.1954 Excavations in Tullie House gardens finds Roman Road

CN 28.05.1954 (illus) Further Roman discoveries in Tullie House gardens

CN 18.06.1954 Dig in Tullie House gardens; R.Hogg

CN 26.06.1954 (illus) Tullie House excavations; R.Hogg

CN 15.07.1955 (illus) Digging restarts under Tullie House gardens

CN 22.07.1955 Roman relics found under Tullie House gardens

CN 12.08.1955 Tullie House excavation

CN 19.08.1955 Excavations at Tullie House completed

CN 26.08.1955 Importance of Tullie House dig; letter from Eric Birley

CN 08.06.1956 Work restarted on final season’s excavations in Tullie House

CN 29.06.1956 Tullie House garden excavations

CN 06.07.1956 (illlus) Tullie House dig; boot worn by Roman soldier and brooch

CN 04.07.1958 p2 Supplement

CJ 22.02.1963 p2 Hadrian’s Camp; Roman remains

CN 09.02.1973 pp1,3 West Tower Street

CN 16.02.1973 p11 (illus) West Tower Street

CN 28.10.1977 p11 (illus) At Marks and Spencer car park

CN 23.09.1977 p10 (illus) At Marks and Spencer car park

CN 06.11.1987 pp1,5 Find of Roman Pottery in city attic

CN 13.11.1987 p19 Roman haul to stay in city

CN 13.05.1988 p7 Treasures among an attic find

CN 04.05.1990 p7 City find is unique in Roman history

CN 09.10.1998 p1 Carlisle Romans went to Botchergate

CN 23.10.1998 p1 Calls for more excavation work - Botchergate

CN 08.09.2000 p1 (illus) Roman Fort find on Castle Green

CN 08.09.2000 p13 Letter concerning possible destruction of site

CN 15.09.2000 p1,3 (illus) More Roman treasures found under Castle Green

CN 15.09.2000 p12 Letters concerning Roman finds

CN 22.09.2000 p1 Possible destruction of Roman Fort - English Heritage speaks

CN 22.09.2000 p13 Letters concerning Roman finds and possible destruction

CN 22.09.2000 p12 Roman Gold

CN 29.09.2000 p1 Victory claimed in battle to save ruins

CN 29.09.2000 p12 Opinion concerning Castle Green

CN 29.09.2000 p13 Letters concerning Roman finds on Castle Green

CN 05.01.2001 p8 Roman finds from Castle Green suggest earlier date of fort

CN 27.04.2001 p5 (illus) Important discovery at Castle Green; Roman armour

CN 04.05.2001 p5 (illus) Castle Green finds could be important boost

CN 19.10.2001 p13 letter concerning Castle Green Roman remains

CN 26.10.2001 p5 (illus) Ex-dig boss fears for fate of Castle Green Roman stones

CN 02.11.2001 p5 Stones save says archaeologist advising council; letters p13

CN 09.11.2001 p13 Letters concerning Castle Green Roman stones

CN 23.11.2001 p13 Letters concerning Roman remains

CN 30.11.2001 p13 Letter concerning treatment of Roman finds

CN 21.06.2002 p1 Roman relics ‘missing’; police called in; opinion p 12

CN 28.06.2002 p13 Letters. Last week’s article inaccurate and unfair

CN 12.07.2002 p9 New exhibition of Roman finds at Carlisle Castle;

CN 12.07.2002 p9 Latest on missing finds; 99 recovered from missing 150

CN 13.08.2004 p6 Roman altar to Goddess of Good Fortune unveiled at BBC HQ

CN 29.10.2004 p5 Roman artefacts from Castle Green not displayed until 2009

Charlesworth,D Roman Carlisle Archaeological Jnl, 135, pp115-37

Carlisle Millennium Project; Excavations in Carlisle 1998-2001, pub 2004

2008 CWAAS 3rd ser. vol 8, Excavations of two Romano-British kilns at 7a Fisher Street

CN 23.01.2009 p34 D.Perriam; finding the Roman Wall in Stanwix and Willowholme

CN 17.07.2009 p34 Remains of Hadrian’s Wall in Stanwix area; D.Perriam

CN 14.08.2009 p1 Roman remains found under proposed Sainsbury site on Scotland Rd

CN 22.04.2011 p14 Beacons installed outside Tullie House, the Sands, Bitts Park, Castle St/Finkle St; Roman gateway project

CN 08.01.2016 p1 Building of new council offices on Botchergate reveals Roman cemetery

CN 15.01.2016 p16 Inscription stone in the Keep and De Ireby’s Tower

CN 26.05.2017 pp1,5 Roman bath house found at Edenside

CN 02.06.2017 p5 Roman bath house should be under glass dome

CN 26.05.2023 pp1, 2 Two Roman heads discovered at cricket club dig may be the heads of Emperor Septimus Servus and his wife Julia Domna

ROMAN BRIDGE OVER EDEN

CJ 31.08.1951 (illus) Dredging work uncovers Roman bridge stones

CN 01.09.1951 (illus) Roman bridge found at confluence with Caldew

ROMANWAY, Stanwix

City Minutes 1932-33 p173 Approved that Hodgson’s Lane and Hodgson’s Terrace be renamed ‘Romanway’ in view of the proximity of the site to the Roman Wall

City Minutes 1934-5 p60 no 11 declared unfit for human habitation

1934 Directory, Romanway, Church Street, Stanwix

ROME, Joseph Draper and farmer, aged 47, home address 35 Scotch St, born Newbiggin [1851 census]

CN 26.05.2006 p10 Built South Vale Mills; died November 1855

ROME, Joseph Scotch Street

Family linen merchant

Carlisle Diocesan Directory 1873 ; ad late W.Toppin and Son

The Alphabet of Carlisle 2BC 658.87 Successor to W.Toppin and Son, 73 Scotch Street, established by the late J.Rome. Engraving of shop front

ROME, Joseph Outfitters; forerunners of Studholmes

CP 07.02.1896 p1f John Preston, late of Devonshire St, taking over the long established business of Mr Joseph Rome, 69-73 Scotch Street. Business will continue under the name of Joseph Rome

CN 19.10.1973 p4 (illus) Mr Joseph Rome’s father and uncle had established a business on Scotch Street in 1820. In 1881 Mr Rome was able to buy the premises which he had rented; this allowed him to extensively alter the property over the years and which remained substantially the same until demolished under the Lanes development. His business closed shortly after World War One, Mr JC Studholme who had started his own ladies outfitters business on no 61 Scotch Street when he came from Wigton to Carlisle in 1900, moved his business into Mr Rome’s former premises and continued there until he retired in 1938. From then until the business closed in 1973 it was run by JC Studholme’s nephew, Mr John Studholme.

ROME, Mary Toy shop keeper, aged 28, home address 14 Castle St, born Carlisle [1851 census]

ROME, Thomas Castle Street

Millinery; dressmaking

1891 census; Thomas Rome, 42, draper, bn Scotland, home 62-4 Castle St

CD 1893-94 Ad p64

CP 07.02.1896 p8g Brown and Stewart successor to T.Rome, 62 Castle St

ROME, Thomas and Joseph Scotch Street

M442 p3 Business card for Woollen and Linen drapers

ROME STREET So named on census from 1871

ROME STREET BRIDGE Bridge built over the Canal Branch of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway circa 1875

CIC1 p30 photo of bridge being built

CP 03.12.1875 Station extension; overbridge to Grassing in advanced state

RONMAR SCHOOL OF MUSIC

CN 22.07.1977 p6

ROOF TAX see COUNCIL TAX

ROOK, Joseph Violin maker, Rickergate, Jollie 1811; musical instruments, aged 73, born Branthwaite, Cumberland, home 3 Mary’s Lane, Rickergate [1851 census]

‘ROOM AT THE TOP’ CLUB; Her Majesty’s Theatre

CJ 09.02.1962 p12 (illus)

ROPER LANE Mentioned in Brougham family deed of 1701 [CWAAS ns vol 67 p119]

ROSE AND CASTLE INN Finkle Street and corner of Castle Lane; in local directories to 1876

So named on the 1865 50 inch OS map 23.3.19

ROSE AND CROWN Caldew Bridge; in local directory for 1858

CP 08.08.1857 p1 Rose and Crown, Irishgate Brow, for sale

ROSE AND CROWN Lowthians Lane

S.Davidson Carlisle Breweries and Public Houses 1894 - 1916, p87

CN 10.02.1912 Local Licensing session; Rose and Crown closed during year

CN 15.05.1992 p4 (illus)

ROSE AND CROWN Upperby; building completed 22.12.1930 to designs of Harry Redfern; building dated 1930 over door

Renaissance of the English Public House p68 layout plan; opp p69 photos

Olive Seabury the Carlisle State Management Scheme. 2007 pp 169 - 173

CN21.10.1988 p4 Photo of outing

CN 28.03.2008 p11 Reopens under T and G Smith

CN 18.01.2013 p23 Pub to be demolished

CN 08.02.2013 p5 Demolition of pub

ROSE AND THISTLE Head’s Lane; in local directories for 1850 to 1852

ROSEBERRY ROAD, Stanwix

City Minutes 1931-32 p153 Permission given to erect 8 houses

ROSE COTTAGE

26.11.1871 Catherine Hodgson died here [Monumental Inscription 9/38]

ROSE FARM, Currock [reference 1930s]. Where Gordon Boxes Garage was in the 1990s

ROSEHILL Borderway Mart opens 23.08.1974

CN 12.06.1992 p3 No cash to ease traffic chaos

CN 17.07.1992 p24 Ad for industrial estate

CN 14.08.1992 p9 New look at city store plan

CN 17.09.1993 p11 City sells £1m mart site

CN 10.02.1995 p1 Mart hits back at claims of cruelty

CN 24.02.1995 p4 Mart’s safety switch

CN 16.01.1998 p1 IRA bombers bought cars in Carlisle

CN 21.12.2001 p5 (Plan) Plan for £11m business park at Rosehill

CN 18.01.2002 p13 Letter saying planned £11m development will increase traffic

CN 09.01.2004 p1 £11m four star hotel scheme could get go ahead next month

ROSEHILL HOUSE; Scotby Built circa 1820-35 on site of original farmhouse; built by the Bond family who were East Indian traders

CJ 24.05.1963 p11 CN 28.11.1975 p1

DX/1088/1 1848 Proposed layout of grounds by Joshua Major and Son, landscape gardeners, Knosthorpe, Leeds

CJ 30.05.1851 Marriage at St Cuthbert’s on 26th Henry Lonsdale to Eliza Indiana only surviving child of late J.S.Bond, Esq.MD of Rose Hill

CJ 26.03.1852 p3 Dr Lonsdale, Rosehill, a son born

CJ 02.02.1855 pp8 Death of Mrs Bond on 28th, relict of J.S.Bond

CJ 09.06.1905 p5 Mrs Lonsdale, Rosehill, death, aged 81, daughter of Dr Bond, married in 1851 Dr Lonsdale

CJ 23.08.1939p11 Death of Mrs Catherine Nancy Lonsdale, 82, of Whoof, widow of Horace Blamire Lonsdale of Rose Hill, survived by son and daughter, Henry Lonsdale of Rose Hill and Mrs Simpson of Woof

Cumbria Weekly Digest 23.11.1981 p7 £500,000 contract for old folks home

CN 29.10.2004 [illus] Residential home, with surrounding land, left by Amelia Lonsdale, in memory of her husband Henry as in her words she wanted to benefit Cumbria’s gentlefolk. She died in 1975 and on 29.09.1981 the Henry Lonsdale Trust opened its doors

CN 16.06.2017 Section 2 p18 History of house. Local author Henry Lonsdale lived here. Garibaldi may have stayed here.

ROSE HOUSE, Stanwix see KNOWEWFIELD

ROSELAND TERRACE, Upperby. On 1918 Electoral Register, row of eight houses

1924 Carlisle Directory lists before Nursery Road

ROSEMARY LANE So named in 1794; the dog leg shape of this lane appears to be described in a deed of 1201 [CWAAS vol 76 p95]

1850 Its exact position, and shops and dwellings, is shown on the fold out map in the back on Robert Rawlinson’s Report to the General Board of Health...Carlisle, 1850

CP 21.02.1873 p1 Ad; property for sale; dwelling house and bakehouse

1880 Directory 56 Scotch Street to 29 Fisher Street

1934 Directory 54 Scotch Street

ENS 08.03.1979 pp18-19 (illus) New lease of life

ROSEVALE, Harraby see KEENAN PARK

Agreement to make a park; City Council Minutes 02.04.1959 p982

ROSE VILLA, Eden St

CN 13.08.2004 p63 For sale £350,000

ROSEVILLE TERRACE; Edward St; so named on 1901 census; 4 houses

1924 Directory 4 properties before Brook Street School

ROSS, C.B. Durdar Road

Builder

CD 1952 Ad p265

ROSS, William Woollen draper

CJ 04.04.1818 p1a Ad Giving up business in favour of brothers, James and Robert

ROSSIGNOL, Le

CN 06.04.1990 p19 Ad

ROSSLEIGH COMMERCIAL LTD Kingstown

CN 08.08.1975 pp4,5 (illus)

ROTARY CLUB Carlisle club formed 1923; Carlisle South Club formed 1968

18.12.1922 first meeting of new Rotary Club; charter November 1923

CJ 08.07.1938 p5 Carlisle Rotarians new president installed

CN 18.06.1999 p3 Vote against women

CN 12.05.2000 p1 Rotary club admits women; Carlisle South

CN 29.06.2001 p5 Carlisle Rotary admits women for first time in 78 years history

CN 05.07.2002 p14 Good work of Rotary Club

CN 11.02.2005 p19 Rotary Way named

CN 20.06.2008 p7 New Rotary Club in city; Carlisle Castle

ROTHWELL, Messrs Cotton Manufactory see THE MAINS

ROTUNDA see MILLENNIUM

ROUND TABLE Formed 1947

CN 29.01.1988 p11 40th Anniversary charter

CN 12.02.1988 p8 Round Table a square forty

CN 03.07.1988 p7

CN 14.03.1997 p15 Call goes out to see night of Round Table

ROUTLEDGE, A and Son English Street; Castle Street; Devonshire Street

Tailors and woollen drapers

1861 Directory Morris, Harrison and Co Ad p19 53 English St Tailors

CD 1880 Ad pxlix

CD 1884-85 Ad p269

CD 1893-94 Ad p76

Carlisle Diocesan Calendar 1902 Ad; firm established 1815

CD 1902-03 Ad p286

CD 1920 Ad p297

CD 1924 Ad p144

CD 1927 Ad p164

CD 1931 Ad p72

CD 1934 Ad p56

CD 1937 Ad p48

CN 17.09.1938 p19 Ad

ROUTLEDGE, Adam English St

Watchmaker

In his will proved 05.06.1854 he calls himself an optician living at Three Crowns Lane, English Street.

J.Penfold Clockmakers of Cumberland pp71-73 Taken over in 1912 by J.Grant

CP 19.06.1819 p2f Ad; commencement of business

1851 census, Adam Routledge, age 56, watchmaker, bn Carlisle, home Spencer St

ROUTLEDGE, Andrew Master tailor and woollen draper employing 10 men and 3 boys, aged 68, born Stapleton, home address Meadow Terrace [1861 census]

1851 Directory. Ad 53 English Street [after page 82 at back]

CD 1893-94 Ad p76 Established 1815 Andrew Routledge and Son, 68 English Street

ROUTLEDGE, G.B. STAMP COLLECTION see TULLIE HOUSE

ROUTLEDGE, J.H. Costumiers

CN 17.09.1938 p18 Ad

ROUTLEDGE, Jas Tea dealer and grocer; 45a English St

1861 Morris and Harrison Directory; ad pp1, 6 adjoining the Bush archway

ROUTLEDGE, James Jeweller; established 1800

CJ 20.04.1880 p2f J.N.Routledge, jeweller - break in

CN 27.01.1967 p12

ROUTLEDGE, N and Son Brook St, Denton St, St Albans Row, Broad St

Bakers founded 1917

1924 Carlisle Directory Mrs N Routledge, grocer and confectioner, 80 Brook Street [In 2022 this is still their bakery]

CD 1952 Ad p261

Cumberland Directory 1954 Ad p224

CD 1955-56 Ad p224

CD 1961-62 Ad p259

CD 1966-68 Ad p254

CN 25.07.1997 p4 (illus) Top quality baking is a family tradition

ROUTLEDGE, Richard Fishing tackle maker; died 04.05.1885 [Monumental Inscription 156/14]

ROUTLEDGE, William Hill House, Union St

1882 Porters Directory Ad p140 Joiner and builder

ROUTLEDGE, Mrs

CJ 24.04.1847 p2a Milliners shop, Scotch Street; to let

ROWELL, George Grey Goat lane

The smaller windows in the new Wreay Church were put together by Carlisle firm Geoffrey Rowell of Grey Goat Lane, including the high narrow windows for the nave, in which different flowers, rose, lily, poppy, were set within dark circles [J.Uglow The Pinecone p229]

1851 Ward’s North of England Directory Ads p3; painter, glazier and paper hanger

ROWELL, J 7 St Albans Row Jeremiah Rowell, aged 37, fish hook and tacklemaker, employing 13 men, home address 3 St Albans Row, born Carlisle [1851 census]

Carlisle an illustrated history p37 illus of card for fishing tackle manufacturer

CJ 03.05.1845 p3 Anti Corn Law bazaar...also a variety of fishooks manufactured by Mr Rowell

CJ 31.05.1845 p2 J.Rowell has removed to 7 St Albans Row

1851 Directory. Ad [after page 82 at back]

CJ 15.07.1862 p2 1862 Exhibition Honourable mention

CJ 15.03.1870 p4 Death of wife Ann 55 St Albans Row

ROWELL, John Carpenter, aged 46, employing 4 men, home address 3 Eden St, Rickergate, born Nichol Forest, Cumberland, [1851 census]

ROWELL, Thomas

CP 08.08.1857 p1 Ad; painter and decorator declining business

ROWELL PLACE, Milbourne Street [1934 Directory]

1880 Directory 108 Milbourne Street

1924 Carlisle Directory between nos 106-108 Milbourne Street

ROWELLS (1924) Ltd Ashley Street

Plumbers

CD 1952 Ad p314

ROWLAND, Mr Woodyard near Swifts [Jollie 1811 p 82]

ROWLAND Green Market

Wool Shop

Cumberland Directory 1954 Ad p286

CD 1955-56 Ad p292

ROWLAND PLANT HIRE

CN 10.11.1989 p8 Ad

ROWLANDS LANE, Rickergate [1829 and 1847 Directories]

ROY Engravers; 1834 Pigot’s Directory; John Roy, engravers 97 English St; shop clearly depicted on Nutter’s 1835 painting of Market Place [175 Years of Carlisle front cover]; John Roy, aged 39, engraver employing 1 journeyman, home address 80 English Street [1851 census]; examples of Roy’s work can be seen in Jefferson’s 1838 History of Carlisle, specifically opposite p180 where there is a fine Roy engraving of the brass plate to Bishop Robinson in Carlisle Cathedral. The original block was offered at auction in 2006 and bought by Canon Weston. Roy was a pupil of James Macmillan [S.Gilpin Life of Sam Bough p7]

CJ 19.03,1842 p3 has a map locating Roy’s shop, immediately north of Saint Cuthbert’s Lane

1847 Directory John Roy, engraver, 72 English Street

ROY, John Ironmonger, employing 1 boy, aged 49, born Penrith, home address Milburn St [1861 census]

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SHOWS 1855, 1880, 7th,8th,9th 10th July 1902

CJ 13.02.1880 p5 To be temporary railway station and siding along Caldew

CP 09.07.1880 p4f

CP 16.07.1880 pp6-7 and Supplement

CJ 17.09.1880p6 Temporary bridge over Caldew to Sheepmount taken down

CN 25.03.1950 p4 (illus)

CN 29.06.1956 p8 (illus)

CN 05.02.1988 p4 City stages last of the ‘wandering’ shows

Carlisle an illustrated history p75 engraving of 1880 show ground on Bitts Park

ROYAL AIR FORCE

CN 12.10.1946 p6 Victory parade exhibits visit Carlisle

CJ 15.10.1946 p1 Exhibition in city

CN 07.03.1969 p13 Freedom of city

CN 13.11.1998 p7 RAFA fund raisers best in country

ROYAL AIR FORCE MAINTENANCE DEPOT; 14 MU Founded 26.09.1938 when war with Garmany loomed. Most of the buildings [There were to be six permanent stockholding sites at the depot; HQ at Harker Bridge, no 1 site Kingmoor, no 2 site Rockcliffe, no 3 site Harker Sheds, no 4 shed Cargo, no 5 shed Kingmoor/Cargo, no 6 shed Rockcliffe. For aerial photo showing location of 6 sites see Support in the Sky p16] were incomplete but were quickly pressed into service to store the equipment essential to maintain the RAF through the war. From the first there was a continuous uniformed presence at the Depot. The first two RAF officers at 14 MU were Squadron Leader LH Hillier and Flight Lieutenant WH Dyson. The first Station Commander, 1938-39, was Wing Commander HET Crocker, followed 1939-41 by Group Captain HSFT Jerrard, 1941-44 Group Captain FGM Williams, 1944-45 Group Captain J Stark-Browne and 1945-46 Group Captain HD Jackman. By the end of the war some 4,300 civilian and RAF personnel were employed on the site. Women played a crucial part in the work of the depot, some 2,000 women working there by 1943.

Examples of despatch during the war were

16.12.1939 Issue of parachute equipment for No 3 Fighter Squadron

26.08.1940 pack equipment for no 968 Balloon Squadron

27.02.1941 Issue equipment for 485 Squadron on formation with Spitfire 1 aircraft

14.12.1941 Issue Hurricane spares for the Admiralty

27.07.1942 Re-equipment of No 1 Squadron with Typhoon aircraft

03.06.1943 Supply of engine spares for Wellingtons

08.06.1943 Supply of Hurricane spares to Russia

In 1947 Radio Workshops were set up to service different types of radio and radar equipment. The RAF Carlisle Station crest was approved by King George VI in May 1946. The badge is the outline of Carlisle Castle in red on a green hill crossed by three silver barrulets representing the three rivers that meet in the city. The number fourteen is inscribed in Roman numerals. The motto beneath reads In ‘Caelo Sustineo’ meaning I Support the Sky. Until the 1970s almost all stores were brought to 14MU by train. Materials were delivered to 1 Site and then shunted around the unit. MU had 13 miles of rail track. 14.07.1941 Inauguration of Railway Station at Park House for passenger and parcel services to and from 14MU. A Harker workers’ train for 14 MU departed Citadel Station, returning in the evening. RAF Carlisle continued supplying logistical support to the RAF until final closure was announced on 16.06.1994. The depot was exceptionally busy supporting the Falkland Tak Force in 1982. Again in 1990-91 the unit performed well supporting the British forces in the Gulf War supplying sand coloured paint for Jaguar squadrons, desert clothing, chemical agent protective clothing, chaff, avionic equipment, survival equipment etc. The house magazine ‘Hadrian’ stated that ‘ a Unit that holds as much radio, radar and instruments equipment as 14MU must have comprehensive facilities for the test and rectification of these stores. Avionics Centre provide the Unit with this facility’. On July 4th 1996 the last remaining stocks of materials; ground clothing, hazardous products and packed stocks of oils and lubricants, were transferred to other sites. The base is recorded in having four different Gate Guardians, a Vampire removed in August 1976 after 15 years service. It was replaced by a Hunter F mark 1 fighter painted in the colours of 43(F) Squadron. In 1977 the Hunter was joined by a Meteor sitting on the opposite side of the main entrance to the station. During November 1991 the Hunter was replaced by a McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR2

See Support in the Sky; history of No 14 maintenance Unit, RAF Carlisle, 1996

CN 06.09.1963 p12 CN 06.10.1978 p8

ENS 26.09.1959 p1 Celebrates coming of age

ENS 20.09.1960 p1 14MU closing - rumour scotched

ENS 10.04.1968 p1 150 to be paid off

Images of Carlisle Cumberland News p151 Freedom of city in 1996

CN 01.04.1988 p1 RAF Carlisle land £1.5 m

CN 30.09.1988 p5 Golden turnout honours 14 MU

CN 06.10.1989 p25 A guardian meteor taking flight

CN 27.10.1989 p12 An old aircraft taking flight

CN 26.01.1990 p3 Probe into danger drums

CN 04.05.1990 p11 (illus) New vehicles

CN 19.10.1990 p17 Thrifty RAF team take gas award

CN 04.01.1991 p1 MOD may sell off land

CN 17.05.1991 p5 Battle’s on to defend 14 MU jobs

CN 31.05.1991 p3 MPs move to save MU jobs

CN 21.06.1991 p13 (illus) Shakleton farewell to county RAF base

CN 28.06.1991 p13 14 MU wins award

CN 05.07.1991 p5 Shaks last fly past

CN 09.08.1991 p15 Jobs threat at 14MU

CN 05.03.1993 p1 Flying into the sunset

CN 07.05.1993 p5 Bashers fells celebration

CN 17.12.1993 p1 High noon in fight to save 750 jobs

CN 17.12.1993 p10 Comment

CN 07.01.1994 p3 MOD got it wrong says Labour chief

CN 28.01.1994 p5 Top talks on 14 MU

CN 04.02.1994 p5 Waste firm targets 14 MU site

CN 11.02.1994 p1 Experts check the sums

CN 04.03.1994 p7 Depots ready for jobs war

CN 11.03.1994 p10 Responsible trade unions

CN 18.03.1994 p2 10,000 sign petition

CN 25.03.1994 p1 A minus for RAF Carlisle

CN 25.03.1994 p5 16,500 sign plea to save 14 MU

CN 01.04.1994 p3 14 MU men honoured

CN 01.04.1994 p12 Labour leader backs fight to save 14 MU

CN 29.04.1994 p9 Public debate call..

CN 27.05.1994 p1 Scandal as 14 MU site out up for sale

CN 27.05.1994 p10 Comment

CN 03.06.1994 p3 No deal say RAF

CN 03.06.1994 p10 Comment

CN 17.06.1994 p1 To end 750 jobs

CN 17.06.1994 p10 Comment

CN 24.06.1994 p1 MP Eric attacks minister

CN 24.06.1994 p2 Tourism boost would replace 14 MU jobs

CN 24.06.1994 p11 Agenda

CN 01.07.1994 p17 Saving lives top priority

CN 21.07.1994 p3 RAF Carlisle report inaccurate

CN 29.07.1994 p1 No 14 MU turn

CN 12.08.1994 p5 Red tape blow to site sell off

CN 23.09.1994 p1 Councils in squabble...

CN 11.11.1994 p5 RAF denies £4m bill for radiation purge

CN 11.11.1994 p10 End of a proud line

CN 18.11.1994 p3 RAF 14 MU managers dragging heels

CN 24.02.1995 p3 Council backs RAF jobless

CN 17.03.1995 p1 Jobs under threat

CN 14.04.1995 p15 Rescue refuelling

CN 21.04.1995 p12 14 MU £15,000 bill

CN 19.05.1995 p5 RAF chief will take memory to grave

CN 26.05.1996 pp,18 Marketing bid

CN 14.07.1995 p12 Survey gives 14 MU plan green light

CN 22.09.1995 p1 More misery for 14 MU workers

CN 13.10.1995 p3 14 MU radiation and poison clean up would cost £18m

CN 13.10.1995 p3 RAF unions urge quick escape to beat redundancy tax

CN 20.10.1995 p1 RAF admit burying A bomb waste

CN 27.10.1995 p5 Talk snag hits 14 MU European Aid Scheme

CN 03.11.1995 p1 Long serving 14 MU workers too old; redundancy

CN 24.11.1995 p7 Mayor gets dressed to kill on final official visit

CN 01.12.1995 p3 City’s would be Tory MP pledges action over village cancer

CN 08.12.1995 p1 Peace groups welcome MU statements

CN 08.12.1995 p13 The Christmas Island myth

CN 15.12.1995 p3 Union may claim over death

CN 23.02.1996 p1 £19m plan for MU site

CN 03.05.1996 p15 Base depot workers make way for 14 MU

CN 31.05.1996 p1 Slaughter cows to be stored at 14 MU

CN 07.06.1996 p3 14 MU cow row

CN 12.07.1996 p1 Eddie Stobart targets 14 MU

CN 26.07.1996 p4 Last item leaves

CN 23.08.1996 p1 Speed up plan to get firms on MU site

CN 27.09.1996 pp1,10 End of an era

Images of Carlisle Cumberland News p154 Photo of official closing down ceremony

CN 11.10.1996 p13 (illus) Memories of everyday life at MU

CN 01.11.1996 p6 14 MU Euro cash bid is bungled

CN 08.11.1996 p5 University pledge – we’ll open in city

CN 06.12.1996 p1 With love from EU to MU £700,000 for delighted city

CN 07.02.1997 p11 Jet rejection; letter

CN 07.02.1997 p10 Comment

CN 21.02.1997 p14 Lasting legacy of 14 MU

CN 21.02.1997 p10 Sleeping giant spreads its wings

CN 14.03.1997 p12 More interest in site

CN 18.04.1997 p1 14 MU hold up won’t deter college

CN 30.05.1997 p1 Red tape delays college move

CN 30.05.1997 p2 90 home plan for MU site

CN 06.06.1997 p4 Firms fear of traffic congestion

CN 19.12.1997 p4 Councillor refused place on MU group

CN 27.02.1998 p3 14 MU pollution: Klippan shelves plans

CN 24.04.1998 p3 Our phantom home to stay

CN 08.05.1998 p2 New fears over development

CN 03.07.1998 p1 14 MU tycoon - why I’m putting £7m into Carlisle

CN 24.07.1998 p1 Firms queue up for former RAF site

CN 07.08.1998 p3 Ex RAF site to get Euro funding

CN 29.01.1999 p3 Race against time for project

CN 19.03.1999 p1 I’ll bring back all 700 jobs

CN 19.03.1999 p12 (illus) New economic future

CN 21.05.1999 p15 (illus) Top rank army homes hit market

CN 11.06.1999 p9 We have site - bring on the firms

CN 27.08.1999 p21 Advert for Kingmoor Park business site

CN 28.01.2000 p1 More jobs come to Kingmoor

CN 04.08.2000 p3 Woollen Mills threat to reconsider location for distribution centre

CN 25.08.2000 p27 Ad for new industrial estate

CN 10.11.2000 p14 Kingmoor arrival boosts hopes of call centre

CN 17.11.2000 p3 Wool board to have new depot at Kingmoor Park

CN 24.08.2001 p17 Kingmoor Park aims for rail freight terminal

CN 07.09.2001 p3 Capita DBS plan £3m futuristic business centre at Kingmoor

CN 09.11.2001 p5 New tenants expected; Stead McAlpin, Capita DBS

CN 01.02.2002 p16 Bottled water firm opens distribution centre at Kingmoor Park

CN 28.06.2002 p3 Capita DBS new building at Kingmoor Park

CN 30.08.2002 p20 5,000 jobs at Park by 2025

CN 22.08.2003 p18 5,000 jobs by 2013; ad feature p19

CN 05.09.2003 p14 Border to build £1.9m phase 2 for Capita

CN 19.12.2003 p14 Power shortage threatens expansion at Kingmoor Park

CN 09.07.2004 p18 Kingmoor Park wins award for creating 1,200 jobs, 150 firms

CN 06.08.2004 p17 Kingmoor Park electricity supply problem

CN 28.04.2006 p16 Kingmoor Park to get 27 industrial units

CN 13.01.2012 p10 Feature on Kingmoor Park

ROYAL ARTILLERY ASSOCIATION; Carlisle and District Branch

CN 10.09.1949 p5 Own banner

ROYAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB Visit to Carlisle for the Prince Henry Cup on 15.07.1911

CN 22.08.1931 Photo of RAC box on Kingstown Road. This included a first aid station for injured motorists

ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND Castle Street and Lowther Street

CN 05.08.1977 pp8-9 (illus) Opening

CN 20.11.1992 p23 Banks jobs threat

Lowther Street branch at 37 Lowther Street closed in 2018

ROY CASTLE LUNG CANCER FOUNDATION Lowther St

CN 28.05.2004 p6 Charity shop closes after rent rises; open 5 years

ROYAL HOTEL Lowther Street

See also Royal Temperance Hotel; Royal Trevelyan Hotel

CD 1902-03 Ad p24

CN 16.01.2004 p62 Ad; former Royal Hotel for sale; consent for 13 flats

ROYAL HOTEL English Street; in local directories from 1844 to 1858; premises taken over by the Cumberland Union Bank

Position marked on Asquith’s 1853 map

Carlisle an illustrated history p64 engraving of hotel

CJ 21.11.1840 Reports on the opening of the Royal Hotel, built to the designs of Mr Nichol

1841 census; James Birney, aged 30, innkeeper

CJ 21.03.1846 Ad; Royal Hotel to let after extensive alterations

CJ 01.05.1847 p1a Thomas Elsworth has taken over

1851 census Hotelkeeper Thomas Elsworth, 43, born Yorkshire

CPacquet 28.06.1853 p2e Reopened

1861 Isabella Nicholson, Innkeeper, ‘White Hart and Royal Hotel’, aged 58

CN 19.12.1969 p12 (illus)

CN 01.06.1956 p10 (illus) About 1850

CN 03.11.1989 p4 Hotel for the coach trade

CN 21.06.1991 p4 (illus) Pubs of yesteryear

CN 02.08.2007 p34 D.Perriam; history of the Royal Hotel

ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY Lowther Street; opened 1901

CD 1902-03 Ad p249

CD 1905-06 Ad p45

CJ 27.03.1964 p5 (illus) New office on the Lowther Street corner with Lonsdale Street

ROYAL NAVAL AND ROYAL MARINE ASSOCIATION Formed 1938

CJ 18.01.1946 p5

CJ 01.02.1946 p1 Banner presentation

CJ 14.05.1946 p2 Banner dedication

CN 18.05.1946 p7 Dedication of colours by Dean

CN 19.07.2002 p19 Carlisle branch of RNA to continue

ROYAL NAVY INFORMATION CENTRE Warwick Road

CN 03.03.1972 p13 (illus) Opening

CN 03.03.1972 p20 (illus) Opening

ROYAL OAK Bridge Street, Caldewgate; James Armstrong, publican, aged 38, born Hesket [1861 census]; George Boak, Publican, aged 30, born Carlisle [1901 census]; in local directories ‘off sales only’ from 1920 to 1968

S.Davidson Carlisle Breweries and Public Houses 1896 - 1916, 2004 p40 illus

Position marked on Asquith’s 1853 map

ENS 02.06.1987 Off licence is sold and closed

ENS 04.06.1987 Graham and Bowness to demolish adjacent off licence

CN 13.12.1991 p4

ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS

The Royal Observer Corps, [Royal added in 1941 following good work during the Battle of Britain] air raid warning group no 32 formed in 1939 and initially had premises in West Walls in what been funeral stables before moving to a house on Norfolk Road. It was controlled administratively from RAF Kingstown. The association with Kingstown developed further in 1962 when the ROC ceased its aircraft spotting role for the RAF and took on a new role of plotting nuclear explosions and warning the public of approaching radioactive fallout. But with a move to a new site in 1963 this was surplus to the Air Ministry’s requirements and is now [2020] the Laurels, a residential care home. A new administrative building and a protected hardened nuclear reporting bunker was built at RAF Carlisle. The nuclear bunker was a standard above the ground structure and both the bunker and headquarters building stood on a separate site at Crinledyke just outside the main gates of RAF Carlisle. The ROC also constructed a smaller nuclear reporting post on the main RAF Carlisle site. The post was also an underground protected bunker but designed for a crew of three observers. The HQ bunker accommodated an operational crew of around 100 with dormitory and canteen facilities included with the operations room and life support plant. HQ building demolished in 1996

CN 22.10.1965 p8

CN 12.07.1991 p15 Observer Corps dismay at axe

CN 09.08.1991 p15 Royal Observer Corps on parade for last time

CN 16.08.1991 p44 (illus) Observers see out 50 years

CN 20.09.1991 p12 Farewell to a jewel

CN 15.11.1991 p30 Seaside village tribute to Royal Observer Corps

CN 24.01.1992 p11 Their final parade

ROYAL SCOT Morton Park; opened 31.03.1960; built to the designs of HA Metayers, the pub was named after the famous railway engine crewed throughout the years by so many Carlisle men. Pub sign depicts the Royal Scot at speed in typical northern fell country. Inside the pub was an original BR headboard from the Royal Scot train. Also on display was a scale model of the engine presented on permanent loan on behalf of the London Midland Region [CN 22.06.2012 p38 D.Perriam] by Major General Sir John Kennedy when the new inn was officially opened. The Mayor of Carlisle, W.B.Hunter, pulled the first pint and served it to Sir John [British Rail Magazine Vol 11 no 6 June 1960 p173]

ENS 15.08.1959 p1 New Morton pub; architects model

CN 08.01.1960 p1 (illus)

CJ 01.04.1960 p1 Opening

CN 01.04.1960 p1 Opening

CJ 05.04.1960 p5 (illus) Opening

ROYAL SCOT’S GUARDS BAND

CJ 16.04.1948 p1 Recruiting visit; illustration CJ 27.04.1948 p1

ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS

See also Horse troughs, Animal Friends, Animal Refuge

CP 04.11.1892 p6d Annual meeting of C&W branch of the RSPCA in city

CN 01.07. 1916 Section 2 p16 Stanwix horse trough, erected in June 1913 to the memory of Miss Johnston near Stanwix Cemetery. 1930s removed from Moorhouse. Now in Rickerby Village. Miss Johnston was a sister to Miles Macinnes’s wife and a keen supporter of animal welfare. She was a founder member of the local RSPCA, perhaps inspired by her grandfather who was one of the founders of the national organisation.

CJ 11.01.1938 p1 Carlisle proposed as vet centre

CJ 28.01.1938 p11 Clinic opens in Abbey Street

CJ 01.04.1938 p11 RSPCA in Cumberland

CN 17.07.1987 p3 New clinic opens

Cumbria April 1993 p37 Carry on with good work

ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN