Carlisle Castle Carlisle Castle was built in 1092 during the reign of William II of England as a timber motte and bailey castle. The castle was later built in stone in 1122 during the reign of Henry I. The castle has seen many sieges in its time including the unsuccessful Siege of 1315 led by Robert the Bruce. In October 1644 Carlisle was under siege again by the Scottish Covenanters and English Parliamentarians, Carlisle was starved into surrender, the siege lasted until June the following year

At 51 feet high and 26 feet wide, the East Window of Carlisle Cathedral is the largest of the Flowing Decorated Gothic style in England. It was first built in the mid-14th century and the tracery of the window still contains much of its original medieval glass, although the lower part of the window dates to the mid-19th century. | International Man of History

Carlisle Cathedral The cathedral at Carlisle can be seen from many areas of Carlisle, especially in the city centre. Life for the cathedral started out as a Norman Priory Church in 1122, eleven years later it became a cathedral. It was probably built on the foundations of an earlier church which was ravaged by Viking attacks and stood as a ruin. During the reign of Henry I of England, what is now the cathedral was started by a community of Canons Regular following the reform of the Abbey of Arro