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Carlisle is the most northerly English City and the smallest in population terms but largest in land area

Carlisle boasts the highest and lowest points in any city, ranging from sea level to the top of coal fell, (initial caps) 2041ft

Carlisle had the first letterbox on mainland Britain

The first delivery of newspapers by air in Britain took place in Carlisle


The first cardboard railway ticket was invented and used in Carlisle

Carlisle does not feature in the Domesday Book, because at that time in 1086, Carlisle was in the possession of the Scots