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'''Carlisle''' is a city in [[Cumbria]] in north-west [[England]], located close to the border with [[Scotland]]. It lies on the [[River Eden]] a little way upstream of where it flows into the [[Solway Firth]]. It is a major railway junction and the home of varied industries.
'''Carlisle''' is a city in [[Cumbria]] in north-west [[England]], located close to the border with [[Scotland]]. It lies on the [[River Eden]] a little way upstream of where it flows into the [[Solway Firth]]. It is a major railway junction and the home of varied industries.
Carlisle was founded as a military post by the [[Roman]]s in the late first century AD and named ''Luguvallium''; a civilian settlement grew up around the fort and later became a tribal capital. Following the departure of the Romans it continued in existence as a city for a while as capital of an independent [[British]] kingdom.
In 1092 Carlisle Castle was established by [[William II]] (William Rufus]] to tighten his hold on [[Cumbria]], which had only recently been acquired by the English Crown from the Scots. From then on until the Union of the Crowns of England and Scotland in 1603, Carlisle was vital to English defence of the western borders.
[[Category:United Kingdom Towns and Cities]]