Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Carlisle Cathedral Organ

We are obviously in Carlisle, Cumbria, & these are pics of the Carlisle Cathedral. It's not the most impressive cathedral in the U.K. But it does have the most impressive ceiling I've ever seen, as shown below.

Carlisle is a city of about 70,000 located just south of the border with Scotland. We toured the museum here and learned about the Border Reivers, who terrorized and plundered along the borders here for about 300 years. "Reiver" is another word for robber/theif/thug. I think my Dickson family line might have come from around here. I need more research!

Here's a link to info about the Border Reivers.

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