Dixon's Chimney and Shaddon Mill

Shaddon Mill is a former cotton mill in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. Both the mill and its 290 feet (88 m) tall chimney, named Dixon's Chimney after its builder, Peter Dixon, are Grade II listed buildings. In 2019, a man died after slipping from the chimney and hanging suspended from it for several hours.

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City of Carlisle

The City of Carlisle ( kar-LYLE, locally KAR-lyle) was a local government district of Cumbria, England, with the status of a city. It was named after its largest settlement, Carlisle, but covered a far larger area which included the towns of Brampton and Longtown, as well as outlying villages including Dalston, Scotby and Wetheral. In 2011 the district had a population of 107,524, and an area of 1,039.97 square kilometres (402 sq mi). The district boundaries were set as part of the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, and covered an amalgamation of two former local government districts, the City and County Borough of Carlisle and the Border Rural District of Cumberland. The district shared a border with Scotland (to the north), and was bounded on the southwest by the borough of Allerdale, and on the south by the district of Eden. The county of Northumberland was to the east. Although the district boundaries dated to the 20th century, the city traces its origins to a 1st-century Roman outpost associated with Hadrian's Wall. The Brythonic settlement that expanded from this outpost was destroyed by the Danes in 875. Thereafter the region formed part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland, until colonised under King William II of England in 1092. William II built Carlisle Castle, which houses a military museum. Carlisle Cathedral, founded in the 12th century, is one of the smallest in England. A border city, and the third most northerly city in England, Carlisle district predominantly spanned the flood plain of the River Eden. Commercially, it was linked to the rest of England via the M6 motorway, and to the Scottish Lowlands via the A74(M) and M74 motorways. In July 2021 the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government announced that in April 2023, Cumbria would be reorganised into two unitary authorities. On 1 April 2023, Carlisle City Council was abolished and its functions transferred to the new unitary authority of Cumberland, which also incorporates the former districts of Allerdale and Copeland. From 1 April 2023 the "City of Carlisle" was redefined to cover the following wards: Belah and Kingmoor, Botcherby and Harraby North, Cathedral and Castle, Currock and Upperby, Denton Holme and Morton South, Harraby South and Parklands, Newtown and Morton North, Sandsfield and Morton West and Stanwix and Houghton. In the light of Rochester's unintended loss of city status, Charter Trustees were formed from the councillors that cover Carlisle's wards; they act as appropriate bodies in which historic rights and privileges of Carlisle, including the Mayoralty will continue, subject to future governance reviews.

Denton Holme

Denton Holme is an inner city district in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The population of this ward was 6,383, according to the 2011 census. Denton Holme is usually regarded as a "village within the city" and is situated to the immediate south west of the city centre on the western bank of the River Caldew. A man-made stream or mill race known as the Little Caldew flows through and underneath the area. Today it is mostly a residential area, but in the nineteenth century and most of the twentieth century, along with the neighbouring districts of Caldewgate and Wapping, it was Carlisle's main industrial district with many textile mills, engineering works and other factories such as car seat manufacturers and confectioners. Very few factories remain today, although the last mill, Ferguson Brothers, owned by Coats Viyella, at Holme Head, only closed in the 1990s. Most of the housing is red-brick terraced, and a few are listed buildings, such as Bridge Terrace, built in the 1850s. Many side streets are still cobbled rather than tarmacked, although some new housing has been built recently, and some former factories have been converted into flats. The main street, Denton Street, has many small shops and other businesses, including a bingo hall and a branch of the Cumberland Building Society, which closed in 2024. There was also a cinema in the suburb located in what is now the Bingo hall. There is a primary school at Holme Head, built by and named after Robert Ferguson, and the former Morley Street School has been converted into a public library. Four churches are in Denton Holme: the Church of England Parish Church, St James, Carlisle Christian Fellowship, and The Lighthouse Baptist Church. At Shaddon Mill, on the boundary of Denton Holme and Caldewgate, stands a very tall chimney which was once the tallest in the UK. This structure, known as "Dixon's Chimney," is now slightly short of its original height, has recently been restored, and is a well-known local landmark. It is named after its first owner, Peter Dixon, who built the mill in 1835–6. The architect was Richard Tattersall. Labour Member of Parliament Julie Minns, elected as the first female MP for Carlisle at the 2024 UK general election, was born in the district.

Carlisle city walls

Carlisle city walls were a defensive structure surrounding the centre of Carlisle, Cumbria. The city walls ran from Carlisle Castle in the north-west of the city to The Citadel in the south-east. Between these points, the city was protected by the former North and East Walls (demolished around 1811) and the West Walls which remain largely intact. The line of the walls can still be followed with the exception of the southernmost end of the West Wall which has been built over. The perimeter, including the castle, is approximately 2.2 kilometres (1.4 mi) which is comparable to Southampton town walls but less than Chester city walls.

Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery

Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, officially known as Tullie since July 2024, is a museum in Carlisle, England. Opened by the Carlisle Corporation in 1893, the original building is a converted Jacobean mansion, with extensions added when it was converted. At first the building contained the museum and also a library, an art school and a technical school. Tullie reopened on 26th April 2025 after extensive redevelopment. The building, including the extensions, is a Grade I listed building, and the wall, gates and railings in front of the house are separately Grade I listed. The two schools were moved in the 1950s and the library in 1986. The museum expanded into the city Guildhall in 1980 and with new space available from 1986 it underwent an extensive redevelopment over 1989–90 and again in 2000–01. Since May 2011 the museum has been an independent charitable trust, the Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust. It is one of the three members of the Cumbria Museum Consortium, along with Lakeland Arts and the Wordsworth Trust. In 2012–15 and 2015–18 this consortium was one of the 21 museums or consortia (16 in the earlier period) to be funded by Arts Council England as "Major Partner Museums".