Westmorland (formerly also spelt Westmoreland, an even older spelling is Westmerland) is an area of north west England and one of the 39 historic counties of England. It formed an administrative county from 1889 to 1974 and now forms part of Cumbria. Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... The historic counties of England are ancient subdivisions of England. ... An administrative county is an administrative area in the British Isles. ... Cumbria is a county in the North West region of England. ...

Early history

Historic county of Westmorland

Geography
Area: (1831)	485,990 acres
Rank:	Ranked 29th
Administration
County town:	Appleby-in-Westmorland
Chapman code:	WES

At the time of the Domesday Book in 1086 the county was considered to form part of Yorkshire. The historic county boundaries formed by the 12th Century were with Cumberland to the north, County Durham and Yorkshire to the east, and Lancashire to the south and west. Windermere formed part of the western border with Lancashire north of the sands, and Ullswater part of the border with Cumberland. one of the traditional counties of England File links The following pages link to this file: Westmorland Categories: GFDL images ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... This is a list of historic counties of England by area as at the 1831 census. ... A county town is the capital of a county in Ireland or the United Kingdom. ... Appleby, fully Appleby-in-Westmorland, is a town in Northwest England. ... Chapman codes are largely a superset of the ISO 3166-2:GB and BS 6879 codes identifying administrative divisions in the United Kingdom, Ireland and their surrounding islands, but covering historical divisions. ... A line drawing entitled Domesday Book from Andrew Williamss Historic Byways and Highways of Old England. ... Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... Cumberland is one of the 39 traditional counties of England. ... County Durham is a county in north-east England. ... Lancashire is a county in North West England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... Windermere or close variations is a name used in a number of places, including: // Bodies of water Windermere, lake, in the Lake District, county of Cumbria, the largest lake in England See also Lake Windermere Windermere Basin, bay, Ontario, Canada (43°1556N 79°4647W) Towns and... Furness is a peninsula in north-west England. ... The middle and lower reaches of Ullswater from Hallin Fell Ullswater is the second largest lake in the English Lake District, being approximately 9 miles (14. ...

The highest point of the county was Helvellyn at 950m (3,117 ft). According to the 1831 census it covered an area of 485,990 acres. ^[1] Helvellyn, at 950 metres (3,117 feet) above sea-level, is the third highest peak in England. ...

Appleby, the historic county town, formed a historic borough and was unreformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835; although reform came later in 1885. Kendal was reformed as a municipal borough in 1835. Appleby, fully Appleby-in-Westmorland, is a town in Northwest England. ... The Municipal Reform Act 1835 required members of town councils (municipal corporations) to be elected by ratepayers and councils to publish their financial accounts. ... Kendal is a small town in Cumbria, England. ...

Division into wards

Rather than being divided into hundreds, Westmorland was subdivided into two baronies of Westmorland (or sometimes Appleby) and Kendal. 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. ... A barony is a country subdivision, typically at a lower level than a county. ... The Barony of Westmorland was one of two baronies that the English county of Westmorland was divided into. ... The Barony of Kendal was a subdivision of the English county of Westmorland. ...

The baronies were further subdivided into two wards each:

• Westmorland
  • East ward ^[2] - Appleby, Brough, Kirkby Stephen, Orton, Tebay, Troutbeck
  • West ward ^[3] - Askham, Bampton, Barton, Patterdale, Shap, Yanwath

• Kendal
  • Kendal ward ^[4] - Ambleside, Burton-in-Kendal, Grasmere, Grayrigg, Kentmere, Kendal, Windermere
  • Lonsdale ward ^[5] - Kirkby Lonsdale

Appleby, fully Appleby-in-Westmorland, is a town in Northwest England. ... Brough is a village and civil parish in the Eden district of Cumbria, England. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Orton is a small picturesque village in Cumbria, England containing many 17th and 18th century cottages. ... Tebay is a village in Cumbria, United Kingdom, within the traditional borders of Westmorland. ... Askham is a village and civil parish in the Eden district of Cumbria, England. ... Bampton is a village and civil parish in the Eden district of Cumbria, England, on the edge of the Lake District National Park. ... Barton is a village and civil parish in the Eden district of Cumbria, England. ... Patterdale is the name of a small village in the eastern part of the English Lake District, and is also the name given to the long valley in which it sits (officially the valley is nameless). ... Shap is a linear village located amongst fells and isolated dales in Eden district, Cumbria UK. The village lies along the A6 road and is near to the M6 motorway. ... The view over Windermere from Ambleside. ... Burton-in-Kendal is a village on the extreme southern edge of the old county of Westmorland. ... Grasmere village and lake as seen from the fell of Stone Arthur This article is about the village in the UK. For the neighborhood in Staten Island, New York, USA, see Grasmere, Staten Island. ... Grayrigg is a small village 5 miles away from the Cumbrian town of Kendal. ... Green Quarter Kentmere valley (Grid reference NY456042) is situated in the Lake District National Park, a few miles from Kendal, Cumbria, England. ... Kendal is a small town in Cumbria, England. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Kirkby Lonsdale is a town in Cumbria, UK, on the River Lune. ...

Modern history

Westmorland

Administration
Status:	ceremonial county, administrative county
HQ:	County Hall, Kendal
History
Created:	1889
Abolished:	1974
Succeeded by:	Cumbria
Area
1911:	505,330 acres
1961:	504,917 acres
Population
1901:	64,409
1971:	72,865

In 1889, under the Local Government Act 1888, a county council was created for Westmorland, taking functions from the Quarter Sessions. Westmorland did not contain any county boroughs throughout its history so the administrative county, or area under the control of the county council, was coterminous with the geographic county. The county council was based at Kendal, instead of the historic county town of Appleby. Image File history File links Westmorland-coa. ... The Ceremonial counties of England are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government with reference to the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England. ... An administrative county is an administrative area in the British Isles. ... Cumbria is a county in the North West region of England. ... The Local Government Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. ... The Courts of Quarter Sessions or Quarter Sessions were periodic courts held in each county and county borough in England and Wales until 1972, when together with the Assize courts they were abolished by the Courts Act 1971 and replaced by a single permanent Crown Court of England and Wales. ... County borough was a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom to refer to a borough or a city independent of county administration. ... An administrative county is an administrative area in the British Isles. ... Kendal is a small town in Cumbria, England. ... Appleby, fully Appleby-in-Westmorland, is a town in Northwest England. ...

Aside from the two municipal boroughs of Kendal and Appleby, the Local Government Act 1894 divided the county into urban districts and rural districts. Westmorland's urban districts were very small and would have probably been parts of rural districts in other counties. The Local Government Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. ... In British and Irish local government, an urban district is a subdivision of a county that covers an urbanised area. ... In local government on the British Isles, a rural district was a predominantly rural area used for local government. ...

According to the 1971 census, Westmorland was the second least populated administrative county in England, after Rutland. The distribution of population was as follows: ^[6] Oakham Castle Rutland is traditionally Englands smallest county and is bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire, and southeast by Northamptonshire. ...

In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, the county was abolished and its former area was combined with Cumberland and parts of Lancashire and Yorkshire to form the new county of Cumbria. It went on to form part of the districts of South Lakeland and Eden. Boroughgate, Appleby Statistics Population: 2,500 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: NY686203 Administration District: Eden Shire county: Cumbria Region: North West of England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Cumbria Historic county: Westmorland Services Police force: Cumbria Constabulary Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: North West Post... Statistics Population: 27,521 (2001) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SD515925 Administration District: South Lakeland Shire county: Cumbria Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Cumbria Historic county: Westmorland Services Police force: Cumbria Constabulary Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: North West Post office... Lakes is a large civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England, with a population of 5,127 according to the 2001 census. ... Statistics Population: 2,295 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SD410982 Administration District: South Lakeland Shire county: Cumbria Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Cumbria Historic county: Westmorland Services Police force: Cumbria Constabulary Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: North West Post office and... North Westmorland was a rural district in Westmorland, England from 1935 to 1974. ... South Westmorland was a rural district in Westmorland, England from 1894 to 1974. ... The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c. ... Cumberland is one of the 39 traditional counties of England. ... Lancashire is a county in North West England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Cumbria is a county in the North West region of England. ... South Lakeland is a local government district in Cumbria, England. ... Eden is a local government district in Cumbria, England. ...

Legacy

Westmorland is still used as a place name by organisations such as the Westmorland Gazette, the Westmorland County Agricultural Society Show, the Westmorland Youth Orchestra and the Westmorland Shopping Centre.

The southern part of the county, the former Barony of Kendal or that part of Westmorland that is part of South Lakeland, is included in the Westmorland and Lonsdale parliamentary constituency. South Lakeland is a local government district in Cumbria, England. ... Creation 1983 MP Tim Farron Party Liberal Democrat Type House of Commons County Cumbria EP constituency North West England Westmorland and Lonsdale is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

In June 1994, during the 1990s UK local government reform, the Local Government Commission published draft recommendations suggesting that the border between Westmorland and Yorkshire and Lancashire be restored for ceremonial purposes. The final recommendations, published in October 1994, did not include such recommendations, apparently due to lack of expression of support for the proposal to the commission. The structure of local government in the United Kingdom underwent large changes in the 1990s. ... The Ceremonial counties of England are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government with reference to the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England. ...

References

1. ^ 1831 Census cited in Vision of Britain - Ancient county data
2. ^ Vision of Britain - History of East ward
3. ^ Vision of Britain - History of Wast ward
4. ^ Vision of Britain - History of Kendal ward
5. ^ Vision of Britain - History of Lonsdale ward
6. ^ 1971 Census; Small Area Statistics

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