Carleton is a hamlet on the
A6 road This is a list of roads designated A6.
* A006 road (Argentina), a road connecting Las Cuevas with the Christ the Redeemer monument in the border between Argentina and Chile
* ''A6 highway (Australia)'' may refer to :
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, in the
Carlisle
Carlisle ( , ; from xcb, Caer Luel) is a city that lies within the Northern English county of Cumbria, south of the Scottish border at the confluence of the rivers Eden, Caldew and Petteril. It is the administrative centre of the City ...
district, in the county of
Cumbria, England. In the
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-1872 it had a population of 181.
The buildings along the A6 between Junction 42 of the M6 to Barrock Fell including Scalesceugh Hall are all addressed as being part of Carleton.
Garlands Hospital
Garlands Hospital was a mental health facility at Carleton near Carlisle in Cumbria, England.
History
The hospital, which was designed by Thomas Worthington and John Augustus Cory using a Corridor Plan layout, opened as the Cumberland and Westm ...
(formerly Cumberland and Westmorland Lunatic Asylum) was based in the village until it closed in 1999.
Location
It is a few miles to the south-east of the city centre of
Carlisle
Carlisle ( , ; from xcb, Caer Luel) is a city that lies within the Northern English county of Cumbria, south of the Scottish border at the confluence of the rivers Eden, Caldew and Petteril. It is the administrative centre of the City ...
and is near the
River Petteril
The River Petteril is a river running through the English county of Cumbria.
The source of the Petteril is near Penruddock and Motherby, from where the young river runs southeast through Greystoke, Blencow and Newton Reigny, before passing und ...
.
Nearby settlements
Nearby settlements include the city of Carlisle, the residential area (suburb of Carlisle) of
Harraby.
History
The name "Carleton" means "the enclosure or farm of Carl".
See also
*
Listed buildings in St Cuthbert Without
St Cuthbert Without is a civil parish in the City of Carlisle, Carlisle district of Cumbria, England. It contains 43 Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two a ...
References
External links
Cumbria County History Trust: Carlisle : St. Cuthbert Without(nb: provisional research only - see Talk page)
* Carlisle A-Z (page 25)
Hamlets in Cumbria
City of Carlisle
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