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| post office, Carlisle (2) | ||
| Post Office | ||
| locality:- | Carlisle | |
| civil parish:- | Carlisle (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | post office | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3955 (??) | |
| 10Km square:- | NY35 | |
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| evidence:- | old painting:- placename:- Old General Post Office |
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| source data:- | Painting, watercolour, St Mary's Church and Old General Post Office, Carlisle, Cumberland,
by Thomas Bushby, 1894. click to enlargePR0986.jpg View of old post office seen from behind the iron railings of foreground churchyard in which a woman sweeps the path. Four doves are gathered on the patch of grass beside her. Beyond rises a leaded church spire. signed &dated at bottom left:- "Thos. Bushby 1894" inscribed at bottom right:- "St. Mary's Church and Old General Post Office, Carlisle" item:- Tullie House Museum : 1963.107.1 Image © Tullie House Museum |
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