Identifier: viewsonnewcastle00blac (find matches)
Title: Views on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
Year: 1836 (1830s)
Authors: Blackmore, John Carmichael, James Wilson, 1800-1868, ill
Subjects: Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Railroads -- Great Britain
Publisher: (Newcastle, Tyne www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book...
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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rk of earth, formed no doubt for purposes of defence : fromit is obtained a fine view of the surrounding district. The Church is supposed to be very ancienta great part of it being in the Gothic style, and the town presents the remains of several turret-ted buildings used as places of security during the times of the Border Feuds. The parish ofHaltwhistle is very extensive and comprehends a tract of country amounting nearly to 1-10square miles. There is abundance of Coal and Lime-stone of good quality near the town, which from thefacilities of carriage afforded by the Railway, will no doubt be extensively worked. A handsomeStation House has been erected here by the Railway Company, which is very convenient for thetown and neighbourhood, as well as to the district on the south side of the river Tyne, being nearto a wooden bridge built over it by subscription about 12 years ago. Haltwhistle is about 37 miles from Newcastle and 22 miles from Carlisle. UNl^S,°TFyTHJ ILUH0IS flft- ■ i ?
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CARLISLE. FROM THE NORTH EAST. The previous view of Carlisle giving only an idea of the town with regard to its positionfrom the Railway, it was thought desirable to present another from a point which commands abetter view of its leading features. To the right is the bridge over the river Eden, erected in 1812 from a design by Sir R.Smirke, above which is the Castle, part of which was built by William Rufus. The Cathedral, avenerable structure, stands nearly in the centre of this view, and to the left are seen the Jailand the County Courts, where the assizes are held twice a year. Skiddaw, Saddleback, Helvellyn, and other lofty mountains of the lake district of Cum-berland and Westmorland, rise in the distance. On the low ground on the south side of theriver, called the Swifts, races are annually held. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS UBBANA 3 0112 062005845

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