 Nevertheless, there was evidently a settlement somewhere in the vicinity which projected at least the continuity of its name into modern times.The prospect of planned settlement actually arises rather earlier with an entry in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for 1092 which refers to King William (Rufus) travelling north to Carlisle with a large army, restoring the town, raising the castle and driving out Dolfin who earlier had ruled the land there.It goes on to say