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Carlisle in Cumberland, England, United Kingdom — Northwestern Europe (the British Isles)
 

Fratry

 
 
Fratry Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ray Gurganus, April 11, 2024
1. Fratry Marker
Inscription. The word frater derives from the Latin for brother. This building started life in the 13th century as somewhere for the Augustinian Canons to eat and celebrate living in community as brothers.

The Fratry and its Undercroft have had many roles over the years somewhere to store arms, a singing school for the choir, a brewery, a library for the Cathedral's magnificent book collection.

In 2020, thanks to widespread and very generous support, the Fratry was restored to fulfill its original role as a place of hospitality.

'Before all else, live together in harmony, being of one mind and heart.'
- Rule of St Augustine
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures.
 
Location. 54° 53.673′ N, 2° 56.36′ W. Marker is in Carlisle, England, in Cumberland. It is on Abbey Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 7 Abbey St, Carlisle, England CA3, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North West England. Globally, it is on the Atlantic Ocean, in the North Atlantic Region,
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in Europe, in Atlantic Europe, on one of the British Isles, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 6 other markers are within 8 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Cloister (within shouting distance of this marker); Cathedral Church (within shouting distance of this marker); The Captain's Tower (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Changing Scenes of Carlisle (approx. half a kilometer away); The Citadel or Court Houses (approx. half a kilometer away); King Edward I Statue (approx. 8.1 kilometers away).
 
Carlisle Cathedral image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ray Gurganus, April 11, 2024
2. Carlisle Cathedral
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 23, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 23, 2024, by Ray Gurganus of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 137 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on July 23, 2024, by Ray Gurganus of Washington, District of Columbia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
 
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Sep. 30, 2026