Attached to the school are two exhibitions of £60 a year, for the sons of clergymen of the diocese, in Carlisle. The Rev. Henry Gough, M.A., Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford, is head master, with two assistants. The register contains a list of the scholars educated here from 1699 to 1798. Among the eminent men whom it furnished, were, Dr. Thomas, bishop of Rochester; Dr. Guy Carlton, bishop of Bristol, and afterwards of Colchester; Dr. Tullie; Rev. J. D. Carlyle, the famous professor of Arabic, at Cambridge; Dr. Anthony Hall, the learned editor of Leland and Trivet³; and Dr. Henry Robinson, formerly bishop of Carlisle.

The Central School is a large structure at the West Wall, near the Grammar School, and was built in 1812, on ground given by the corporation, for an acknowledgement of 1s. a year. It consists of two spacious rooms, in which 5989 children have enjoyed the benefits of this extensive and well conducted charity school, since 1812. The number of children in the schools, on the 25^th of March, 1846, was 130 boys and 104 girls; the annual subscriptions, donations, collections, &c., in the same year, about £200, and the expences, £217 13s. 7d. The bishop is its patron, and its affairs are managed by a committee. Reverends W. Rees and J. Thwaytes are secretaries; Mr. W. Nanson, treasurer; and Mr. and Mrs. Irving, are the teachers,

The British, or Lancastrian, Schools, for which a convenient building was erected in Mary-street, in 1834, by subscription, aided by a grant from government, capable of accommodating 400 children, is accessible to children of all denominations, and is liberally supported by annual contributions. A Lancastrian school was first instituted here in 1811, and occupied a large room in Watergate, for which a yearly rent of £20 was paid. Its affairs are managed by a committee; G. H. Head, Esq., is treasurer; Mr. J. Waldie, secretary; and Mr. George Clubb, and Miss M. A. Hamilton, are the teachers. The average number of boys is about 100, and of girls, 70. It is divided into two apartments.

St. Patrick's Schools, in Spring Gardens, were founded in 1825, for the education of children of all denominations. The site for these schools was given by the duke of Devonshire, and the cost of the original building was £170. It was enlarged in 1844, at a cost of £130. The schools are supported chiefly by voluntary contributions, and the average number of children is about 80 boys and 120 girls. P. H. Howard, Esq. M.P., is patron of the boys' school, and Mrs. Howard is patroness of the girls' school, which is under the immediate superintendence of two ladies, pupils of the Presentation Convent, Doneraile, near Cork. Mr. Michael McGough is the master.

The School of Industry, in Botchergate, is a small edifice, built in 1806. Like the foregoing, it is supported by voluntary contributions, and the object of it, as its name imports, is to bring up children in habits of industry. The school is to consist of 45 girls, inhabitants of Carlisle and Stanwix, and its management is entrusted to a committee of seven ladies, with a treasurer chosen from the subscribers. The girls are admitted at nine years of age, and do not leave before fourteen, and they each pay one penny per week. Girls receive prizes for good conduct in their places, during some time after they leave the school. It is conducted by Mrs. Ann Fairlie.

Another School was opened in 1836, in a commodious room, adjoining the cotton factory, in Shadden-gate⁴, and is chiefly supported by Messrs. Peter Dixon and Sons, to whom great praise is due, for their laudable exertions in facilitating the education of the offspring of the operative classes. The children pay two-pence a week, and the system of teaching is that adopted in the Edinburgh Sessional School. There are at present 180 children of both sexes, in these schools, and Walter and Jane Palmer, are the teachers. Trinity Schools, in Caldewgate, were built in 1842, and are in connection with Trinity church, are conducted in the national system, and have accommodation for infant training; William and Emma Manley are the teachers. Christ's Church National Schools, were established about four years ago; and in 1846, a new and commodious school-house was erected in Crown-street, by subscription and a Parliamentary grant, at a cost of £1400, including a house for the master, and the purchase of the site. They are calculated to accommodate about 370 children. Mr. Thos. Johnson and Mrs. Johnson, are teachers of the national, and Catherine Hawes, teacher of the infant school.

Besides the day schools, there are no fewer than from three to four thousand children in regular attendance in the various Sunday schools, for which Carlisle is pre-eminent.

Mannix & Whellan, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Cumberland, 1847