High in the breathless Hall the Minstrel sate.
And Emont’s murmur mingled with the Song.–
The words of ancient time I thus translate,
A festal Strain that hath been silent long.
From Town to Town, from Tower to Tower,
The Red Rose is a gladsome Flower.
Her thirty years of Winter past;
The Red Rose is revived at last;
I.
Come Lucy! while ’tis morning hour
The woodland brook we needs must pass;
So, ere the sun assume his power,
We shelter in our poplar bower,
Where dew lies long upon the flower,
Though vanish’d from the velvet grass.
Curbing the stream, this stony ridge
"Gude folks, heir at my Archibischop of Glasgwis letters under his round sele, direct to me or any uther chapellane, makand mensioun, with greit regrait, how hevy he beris the pietous, lamentabill, and dolorous complaint that pass our all realme and commis to his eris, be oppin voce and fame, how our souverane lordis trew liegis, men, wiffis and barnys, bocht and redeimit be the precious blud
Ancient Sites / Apparitions / Early Christianity / Hauntings / King Arthur / Legends / Wells
by Ian · Published October 19, 2012 · Last modified December 2, 2018
Though the current Gothic style church dates from 1609, the parish had a church dating from 1150, served by Jedburgh Abbey’s monks and it is thought that there was a church on the site as early as the 6th century. Back in the 16th century this area on the border of Scotland between the Solway Firth and Langholm was known as the debatable lands and populated by the Border Reiver families.
The following article entitled ‘Couple Saw Big Cat Near Carlisle’s Asda Superstore’ appeared in the News & Star on 7 August 2012.
Ancient Sites / Burial Mounds / Standing Stones
by Ian · Published June 20, 2012 · Last modified December 2, 2018
In ‘Rude Stone Monuments In All Countries, Their Age And Uses’ (1872) (which was later retitled ‘Old Stone Monuments’), James Fergusson(1808-1886) gives the following description of Mayborough Henge.
The following article by Phil Coleman entitled ‘Black Panther Spotted In Field Near Carlisle – Claim’ appeared in the News & Star on 16 February 2012.
A bus driver has spoken of the moment he spotted what he believes may have been a large black panther in a field a few miles north of Carlisle.
The following article by Phil Coleman entitled ‘Police Probe After Puma-Like Creature Spotted In Carlisle’ appeared in the News & Star on 17 October 2009.
As it will be Halloween soon I thought I would take a look at the haunting history of my home city of Carlisle and the surrounding areas. I decided to go on the late night tour of Carlisle city and train station. The tour (known more commonly as the Ghost walk) begins in the centuries-old station.
Apparitions / Haunted Pubs / Hauntings
by Ian · Published April 8, 2011 · Last modified December 2, 2018
The News & Star published the following article by Matthew Legg entitled ‘Cumbrian pub woman claims hand dryer is haunted’ on 7 April 2011. The article concerns a pub in Workington called Elliotts where the staff have had some strange experiences.
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