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Rose Castle.-- seat of the Bishop of Carlisle, on river Caldew, Cumberland, 7 miles SW. of Carlisle; succeeded an ancient castle where Edward I. halted in 1300, and which was dismantled during the Civil War.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "seat" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
Administrative units: | Cumberland AncC |
Place: | Rose Castle |
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