Cumberland County

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Cumberland County is a historic county in northern England, centered on the city of Carlisle and the Lake District area, that existed as an administrative county until the 1974 local government reorganization.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative county
historic county
abolishedAsAdministrativeCountyIn 1974
abolishedBy Local Government Act 1972 NERFINISHED
administrativeCentre Carlisle NERFINISHED
borders Lancashire NERFINISHED
Northumberland NERFINISHED
Scotland NERFINISHED
Westmorland NERFINISHED
centeredOn Carlisle NERFINISHED
contains Bassenthwaite Lake NERFINISHED
Carlisle NERFINISHED
Derwentwater (historically within its bounds) NERFINISHED
Eden Valley NERFINISHED
Hadrian's Wall sections
Scafell Pike area (historically within its bounds) NERFINISHED
Solway Firth coastline
part of Ullswater
part of the Pennines
parts of the Lake District
containsPartOf Lake District National Park NERFINISHED
country England
existedAsAdministrativeCountyUntil 1974
hasHistoricIndustry agriculture
coal mining
shipbuilding
tourism
hasHistoricMarketTown Penrith NERFINISHED
hasHistoricParliamentaryConstituency Cumberland (UK Parliament constituency) NERFINISHED
hasHistoricPort Whitehaven NERFINISHED
Workington NERFINISHED
hasHistoricRailHub Carlisle Citadel railway station NERFINISHED
hasHistoricRegistrationPlateCode CUM
hasHistoricTown Cockermouth NERFINISHED
Whitehaven NERFINISHED
Workington NERFINISHED
historicCountyTown Carlisle NERFINISHED
historicLieutenancy Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland GENERATED
historicSheriffdom High Sheriff of Cumberland GENERATED
historicStatusRetainedAs ceremonial and cultural county GENERATED
locatedIn northern England NERFINISHED
partlyRecreatedAs Cumberland (unitary authority) NERFINISHED
partOf Anglo-Scottish border region NERFINISHED
region North West England
succeededBy Cumbria NERFINISHED
timePeriod medieval period to 1974 as an administrative county
traditionalSubdivisionOf England NERFINISHED

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Westmoreland County formedFrom Cumberland County