In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Old Carlisle like this:
CARLISLE (Old), a locality 2 miles S of Wigton, in Cumberland; the site of the Roman station Olenacum, on the Roman road from Carlisle to Ellenborough. Materials were taken from ancient buildings on it toward the erection of Wigton; and numbers of Roman relics have been found.
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Old Carlisle through time
Old Carlisle is now part of Allerdale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Allerdale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Old Carlisle itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Old Carlisle, in Allerdale and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25689
Date accessed: 20th May 2024
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