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Shipping Containers for sale in Carlisle Cumbria

Estimated Population: 71,773

Carlisle has a compact, historic centre, including a fine castle, unique museum, excellent cathedral, and intact city walls. The law courts are also of architectural interest.

Because Carlisle was the last English town before the Scottish border, in the days when the two countries were separate kingdoms, it developed importance as a military stronghold, and Carlisle Castle is still relatively intact. Built in 1092 by William Rufus, and having once served as a prison for Mary, Queen of Scots, it still houses The King’s Own Royal Border Regiment. Because of the frequently changing position of the Anglo-Scottish border during the Wars of Independence, Carlisle has a distinct Scottish ambiance, despite being in England.

In 1916, during World War I, the government took over all the pubs in the town because of endemic drunkeness among munitions workers.

Shipping Containers for sale in Carlisle Cumbria