County Borough of Carlisle
| City of Carlisle | |
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| Area | |
| • 1901 | 2,025 acres (8.19 km2) |
| • 1931 | 4,488 acres (18.16 km2) |
| • 1961 | 6,092 acres (24.65 km2) |
| Population | |
| • 1901 | 45,840 |
| • 1931 | 57,304 |
| • 1971 | 71,580 |
| History | |
| • Created | 1835 (Municipal Corporations Act 1835) |
| • Abolished | 1974 (Local Government Act 1972) |
| • Succeeded by | City of Carlisle |
| Status |
Municipal borough 1835 - 1914 |
| • HQ | Carlisle |
| • Motto | Be Just and Fear Not |
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Municipal borough 1835 - 1914
Carlisle was, from 1835 to 1974, a local government district in the northwest of England, coterminate with Carlisle. In 1835, following the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, Carlisle was constituted a municipal borough of Cumberland, but was promoted to county borough status in 1914, within its boundaries taking over the functions of Cumberland County Council. The district was abolished on 31 March 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972.
Carlisle was a borough by prescription, and received its first royal charter from Henry II. It enjoyed the title of "city" by virtue of being the see of an Anglican bishop from 1133. The original charter was lost in 1292 when much of the city was destroyed by fire. In 1352 Edward III granted the city a new charter which confirmed the rights previously enjoyed, and created a close corporation consisting of a mayor and bailiffs. Among the privileges granted to the corporation were the holding of a sixteen-day market beginning on the Feast of the Assumption and the right to the King's fishery in the River Eden.
The charter by which the city was governed prior to the 1835 reforms was that granted by Charles I in 1615. This created a corporation by the name of the Mayor, Aldermen, Bailiffs and Citizens of the City of Carlisle. There were twelve aldermen, one of whom was elected mayor, two coroners and twenty-four capital citizens. The right of election to the body was vested in the free burgesses, who consisted of members of eight fraternities or trade guilds of the city, namely the Merchants, Tanners, Skinners, Butchers, Smiths, Weavers, Tailors and Shoemakers. Burgesses, of which there were estimated to be about a thousand in 1835, did not have to be resident in the city. Elections were held annually at a general meeting on Ascension Day.
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