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| St Nicholas Hospital, Carlisle | ||
| St Nicholas Hospital | ||
| Hospital of St Nicholas | ||
| locality:- | St Nicholas's | |
| locality:- | Carlisle | |
| civil parish:- | Carlisle (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | religious house | |
| locality type:- | hospital | |
| locality type:- | leper hospital | |
| coordinates:- | NY40675499 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4054 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY45 | |
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 CBR92.jpg Notice on St Nicholas Bridges "LEPER HOSPITAL / THE HOSPITAL OF ST. NICHOLAS FOR LEPERS STOOD BETWEEN HERE AND THE RAILWAY LINES / ERECTED ABOUT 1180 IT WAS DESTROYED DURING THE SIEGE OF 1645" (taken 15.9.2014) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 23 8) placename:- St Nicholas Hospital |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. "St. Nicholas Hospital (Site of)" |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Farington 1816 |
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| source data:- | Descriptive text:- "..." "In the suburbs of the city [Carlisle], at the south end of Botchard-gate, was a hospital for twelve poor men and a master, dedicated to St. Nicholas, said to have been of royal foundation." "On the site of this hospital is now a private dwelling house, the property and residence of Mr. Joseph Studholme. there are three almsmen, called St. Nicholas almsmen, who receive 40s. per annum each from the dean and chapter; six other almsmen belonging to the cathedral establishment, have 5l. per annum each." item:- Armitt Library : A6666.25 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag item:- Wars of Scottish Independence; incursion, 1337 |
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| source data:- | Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or
Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the
pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London,
monthly from 1731 to 1922. goto sourceGentleman's Magazine 1819 part 1 p.505 From the Compendium of County History:- "1337. ... In another incursion they [Scots] burnt Rose castle, the hospital of St. Nicholas, and the suburbs of Carlisle." |
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