Cumberland (historic county)

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Cumberland (historic county) was a historic county in northwestern England, bordering Scotland and the Irish Sea, that included much of what is now Cumbria and part of the Lake District.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative division
historic county
administrativeCentre Carlisle NERFINISHED
borderedBy Irish Sea NERFINISHED
Lancashire NERFINISHED
Northumberland NERFINISHED
Scotland NERFINISHED
Westmorland NERFINISHED
contains Alston NERFINISHED
Aspatria NERFINISHED
Bassenthwaite Lake NERFINISHED
Blencathra NERFINISHED
Brampton NERFINISHED
Buttermere NERFINISHED
Carlisle NERFINISHED
Cockermouth NERFINISHED
Crummock Water NERFINISHED
Derwentwater NERFINISHED
Eden Valley (part) NERFINISHED
Ennerdale Water NERFINISHED
Hadrian's Wall (western section) NERFINISHED
Keswick NERFINISHED
Longtown NERFINISHED
Maryport NERFINISHED
Penrith NERFINISHED
River Caldew NERFINISHED
River Derwent NERFINISHED
River Eden NERFINISHED
River Ehen NERFINISHED
River Esk NERFINISHED
River Petteril NERFINISHED
River Wampool NERFINISHED
River Waver NERFINISHED
Scafell Pike area (partly)
Silloth NERFINISHED
Skiddaw NERFINISHED
Solway Coast NERFINISHED
Solway Firth coastline NERFINISHED
Solway Plain NERFINISHED
St Bees Head NERFINISHED
Whitehaven NERFINISHED
Wigton NERFINISHED
Workington NERFINISHED
part of the Lake District
country England
hasHeritage Lake District cultural landscape NERFINISHED
Roman forts along Hadrian's Wall
medieval border castles
historicCountyTown Carlisle NERFINISHED
historicRegion Border country
historicStatusAbolished 1974
historicUse cattle rearing
coal mining
iron ore mining
port trade
shipbuilding
locatedIn North West England
nameOrigin Cumbric or Welsh term for "compatriots" or "Cymry"
nowMostlyIn Cumbria NERFINISHED
partOf England
replacedBy Cumbria (non-metropolitan county) NERFINISHED

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Borrowdale region Cumberland (historic county)
Wasdale Head locatedIn Cumberland (historic county)
this entity surface form: historic county of Cumberland
Cumberland unitary authority namedAfter Cumberland (historic county)
this entity surface form: historic county of Cumberland
Carlisle Castle region Cumberland (historic county)
this entity surface form: historic county of Cumberland
River Eamont region Cumberland (historic county)
this entity surface form: historic county of Cumberland
Little Clifton locatedIn Cumberland (historic county)
this entity surface form: historic county of Cumberland
Brampton, Cumberland, England locatedIn Cumberland (historic county)
this entity surface form: historic county of Cumberland
River Caldew region Cumberland (historic county)
this entity surface form: Cumberland (ceremonial county)
Lancashire North of the Sands borderedBy Cumberland (historic county)
Workington Hall locatedIn Cumberland (historic county)
this entity surface form: historic county of Cumberland