What is the title of the Bishop of Peel?
Peel, Isle of Man 4,280 in 2006. The local authority is Peel Town Commissioners who are based at the Town Hall on Derby Road. There are nine commissioners. The day-to-day activities of the authority are run by the clerk. Peel was the de facto capital of the island before 1344 (when the King of Mann moved his home and military base from Peel Castle to Castle Rushen). Peel is the island's main fishing port and Peel Cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Sodor and Man. Peel is sometimes referred to as the "rose red city", due to the red sandstone used to
The Peel of Castle Semple loss of surface area and depth of water. Some this had to be reversed to provide for mills powered by the Black Cart Water. In William Roy's map of circa 1747 - 55 the peel is shown on an irregularly shaped ishthmus exytending from the shoreline at Lochside House and the Black Cart Water shows signs of having being canalised. By 1800 the water level had risen again and the peel is shown on an island. In 1856 an embankment had been built around the Aird Meadow which was then under cultivation although subject to flooding in winter. The peel