David Ramshaw

A colleague of mine, John Adams, was the author of the below book, the second edition of which was published 27 years ago.

In 1722 Thomas Blacklock left £20 to St Cuthbert’s parish,“the interest to be distributed every year, at the discretion of the overseers of the poor.”

Pultney Corrie was born in Carlisle in 1856. At first he was a tobacconist but by 1893 he was advertised as a cycle agent in...

The Post Office archives record that the first box in mainland Britain was erected in Botchergate, Carlisle, in 1853. This is commemorated today with a replica...

The railway carriage below, built by Tweedale and Barton for the Stockton and Darlington line in 1846, is preserved in the National Collection.

The basin of the Carlisle Canal, off Port Road, was supplied by water from a reservoir at Ratlingate, before reaching the first lock near Monkhill.

Because of its prominence as one of the highest points overlooking Carlisle and being at the side of the important southern route in and out...

Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis), a herb with a usually blue flower, could have been brought by the Romans to Stanwix when the climate was warmer. The...

The ‘Yarrow’ provided a twice weekly service between Silloth and Dublin.

Orams grocery shop 81 -83 Lowther Street was founded by William Boustead Oram who died in 1919 at his house, Eden Bank, at Wetheral.