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Traditional county of Cumberland
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Geography
Area
- Total
- % Water
Ranked 11th
970,161 acres
? %
County town Carlisle
Chapman code CUL
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Arms of the former Cumberland County Council Image File history File links one of the traditional counties of England File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a Physical quantity. ... This is a list of traditional counties of England ordered by area. ... A county town is the location of the administrative headquarters of a county. ... Jump to: navigation, search Map sources for Carlisle at grid reference NY3955 This article is about the English city. ... Chapman codes are largely a superset of the ISO 3166-2:GB and BS 6879 codes identifying administrative divisions in the United Kingdom, but covering historical divisions. ... Arms of Cumberland County Council. ...


Cumberland is one of the 39 traditional counties of England. Jump to: navigation, search The traditional counties of England are historic subdivisions of the country into around 40 regions. ...


The traditional county town is Carlisle, and the county borders Northumberland and County Durham to the east, Westmorland to the south, the Furness part of Lancashire to the south-west, Dumfriesshire to the north and Roxburghshire to the north-east. Much of the Lake District was formerly located in Cumberland. A county town is the location of the administrative headquarters of a county. ... Jump to: navigation, search Map sources for Carlisle at grid reference NY3955 This article is about the English city. ... For other places with this name, see Northumberland (disambiguation) Northumberland is a traditional, ceremonial and administrative county in northern England. ... Jump to: navigation, search County Durham is a county in north-east England. ... Westmorland is one of the 39 traditional counties of England. ... Furness is a peninsula in north-west England. ... Jump to: navigation, search Lancashire (archaically, the County of Lancaster) is a county palatine of England, lying on the Irish Sea. ... Dumfriesshire (Siorrachd Dhùn Phris in Gaelic) is a traditional county of Scotland. ... Roxburghshire (Siorrachd Rosbroig in Gaelic) is a traditional county of Scotland. ...


The county was administratively divided into five wards, rather than the hundred found in most English counties. The wards were Allerdale above Derwent, Allerdale below Derwent, Cumberland, Eskdale and Leath. Jump to: navigation, search A hundred is an administrative division, frequently used in Europe and New England, which historically was used to divide a larger region into smaller geographical units. ... For articles about other places named Eskdale, see Eskdale (disambiguation). ...


In 1974, the area also became part of the new administrative county of Cumbria, along with Westmorland and parts of Lancashire and Yorkshire. Jump to: navigation, search 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... An administrative county is an administrative area in the British Isles. ... Cumbria is a administrative county located in the northwest area of England. ... Westmorland is one of the 39 traditional counties of England. ... Jump to: navigation, search Lancashire (archaically, the County of Lancaster) is a county palatine of England, lying on the Irish Sea. ... Jump to: navigation, search The White Yorkshire rose. ...


The name continues in use as a geographical and cultural term, and survives in Cumberland sausages and various organisations and companies, such as the local newspapers The Cumberland News, and The West Cumberland Times and Star, and the Cumberland Building Society. Cumberland Sausages are a type of sausage that originated in the (former) county of Cumberland, in the English Lake District. ...


In June 1994, after extensive consultation with the public, the Local Government Commission published Draft Recommendations for the complete restoration of Cumberland as an administrative county for administrative ceremonial purposes. The government has yet to heed their recommendation in this regard. Jump to: navigation, search 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... The Local Government Commission is an independent statutory body established under the Local Government Act 2002 in New Zealand. ...


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