Carlisle
Community ID: 
 
1553
 
Region: 
 
2F
 
Corporate Status: 
 
Abbey
 
Date Founded: 
 
685; Refounded: circa 1125 refoundation for Augustinian canons.
 
Date Terminated: 
 
800-899 (9th century) -- Destroyed
 
Foundation Information: 
 

St. Cuthbert founded the community on lands donated by King Egfrith of Northumbria; Egfrith's sister was the first abbess. A new house was founded on the site in the 12th century for Augustinian canons.

 
Incorporated Communities: 
 

Apparently there was an adjacent house of clerks or monks, and a school

 
Published Primary Sources: 
 

Bede

 
Secondary Sources: 
 

Medieval Religious Houses in England and Wales, 153, 469-470
The Victoria History of the County of Cumberland ii, 4-6
Black Friars of Carlisle, in Cumberland

 
Contributors: 
 
Bruce L. Venarde
 
Date Started: 
 
685
 
Date Finished: 
 
800
 
Length: 
 
547