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Highmore House, Carlisle
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Highmore House
locality:-   Carlisle
civil parish:-   Carlisle (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
1Km square:-   NY4055
10Km square:-   NY45

evidence:-   old drawing:- 
placename:-  Highmore House
placename:-  Earls Inn
source data:-   Drawing, Earls Inn or Highmore House in 1745, Carlisle, Cumberland, by Thomas Bushby, 1890s.
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Highmore House in 1745; two men stand conversing outside its railings whilst a couple walk towards the front door. 
inscribed at bottom right:-  "Earls Inn or Highmore House. Carlisle. in 1745"
signed at bottom right:-  "Thos. Bushby"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1972.4.3
Image © Tullie House Museum

evidence:-   old drawing:- 
placename:-  Highmore's House
source data:-   Drawing, Highmore House, English Street, Carlisle, Cumberland, by Thomas Bushby, 1895.
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View of Highmore House. A barrow has been left outside one of the shops and a woman stands in the doorway of another. 
inscribed at bottom left:-  "Highmore's House English Street Carlisle"
signed &dated at bottom right:-  "T. Bushby 1895"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1978.108.14
Image © Tullie House Museum

evidence:-   old drawing:- 
placename:-  Highmore's House
source data:-   Drawing, Highmore's House, Carlisle, Cumberland, by Thomas Bushby, about 1895.
image  click to enlarge
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In foreground stands an elderly woman holding a brush and bucket; the narrow lane in which she stands is lined on the right side with shops and passes beneath Highmore's House. The house was demolished 1895. 
signed at bottom left:-  "T. Bushby"
inscribed at bottom centre:-  "Highmore's House Carlisle"
inscribed at bottom right:-  "Demolished 1895"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1972.4.2
Image © Tullie House Museum

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