When Saint Edmund’s Parish was first established in 1970 it lay in a long narrow strip along the western boundary of Carlisle.

Following on the post-war housing boom, the building of a new housing estate in that area had led to a significant increase in the size of Saint Bede’s Parish. With an even larger development in the pipeline, the decision was taken to create a new parish which would incorporate part of Saint Bede’s together with the new development area.