Cumberland, England

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Cumberland, England is a historic county in the northwest of England, known for its rugged landscapes, ties to the Lake District, and border with Scotland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative county
historic county
abolishedAsAdministrativeCounty 1974
borderWith County Durham
Lancashire
Northumberland
Scotland
Westmorland, England
surface form: Westmorland
contains Alston, Cumbria
Aspatria
Bassenthwaite Lake
Blencathra
Borrowdale
surface form: Borrowdale (part)

Brampton (Cumbria)
surface form: Brampton, Cumbria

Buttermere
Carlisle
Carlisle Castle
Carlisle Cathedral NERFINISHED
Cockermouth NERFINISHED
Crummock Water NERFINISHED
Derwentwater
surface form: Derwentwater (part)

Eden Valley
surface form: Eden Valley (part)

Ennerdale Water
surface form: Ennerdale

Hadrian's Wall
surface form: Hadrian's Wall (western section)

Helvellyn summit plateau
surface form: Helvellyn area (historically shared)

Keswick
Longtown, Cumbria
Maryport NERFINISHED
Penrith
Western Fells of the Lake District
surface form: Scafell Pike area (historically shared)

Silloth
Skiddaw
Solway Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
surface form: Solway Coast AONB (part)

Solway Firth coast
Solway Plain
St Bees Head
Whitehaven
Wigton
Workington NERFINISHED
part of the Lake District
part of the Pennines
country England
createdAsCounty 12th century
hasCoastOn Irish Sea
hasHeritage Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling tradition
surface form: Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling

Cumberland sausage
Cumberland wrestling
hasHistoricStatus one of the 39 historic counties of England
historicAdministrativeCentre Carlisle
historicAreaNowIn Cumbria
historicCountyCodeChapman CUL
historicCountyTown Carlisle
historicRegion Border Country
Lake District
knownFor Lake District scenery
Roman and medieval heritage
border history with Scotland
rugged landscapes
languageHistoricallySpoken Cumbrian dialect
Cumbric language
surface form: Cumbric (early medieval)

English
locatedIn North West England
partOf England
partOfHistoricDuchy Duchy of Lancaster
succeededBy Cumbria
wasBorderCountyOf Kingdom of England

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thomas Sharpe setting Cumberland, England
Seathwaite in Borrowdale administrativeCounty Cumberland, England
this entity surface form: Cumberland (ceremonial Cumbria)
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania namedAfter Cumberland, England
Cumberland County, Virginia namedAfter Cumberland, England
this entity surface form: Cumberland County, England