Cumberland
Sign in to saveCumberland ( ) is an area of North West England which was historically a county. The county was bordered by Northumberland to the north-east, County Durham to the east, Westmorland to the south-east, Lancashire to the south, and the Scottish counties of Dumfriesshire and Roxburghshire to the north. The county included the city of Carlisle, part of the Lake District and North Pennines, and the Solway Firth coastline.
Key facts
- Historic subdivision.Name
- Cumberland
- Historic subdivision.image_caption
- Skiddaw; River Esk; Carlisle Castle
- Historic subdivision.subdivision_type
- Historic county
- Historic subdivision.HQ
- Carlisle
- Historic subdivision.Origin
- Historic
- Historic subdivision.Start
- 12th Century
- Historic subdivision.CodeName
- Chapman code
- Historic subdivision.Code
- CUL
- Historic subdivision.Government
- Cumberland County Council (1889–1974)
- Historic subdivision.PopulationFirst
- 265,746 Vision of Britain – Cumberland population (density and area)
- Historic subdivision.PopulationFirstYear
- 1911
- Historic subdivision.PopulationLast
- 294,303
- Historic subdivision.PopulationLastYear
- 1961
- Historic subdivision.AreaFirst
- 1831 Census cited in Vision of Britain – Ancient county data
- Historic subdivision.AreaFirstYear
- 1831
- Historic subdivision.AreaSecondYear
- 1911
- Historic subdivision.AreaLastYear
- 1961
- Historic subdivision.DensityFirstYear
- 1911
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
18 sectionsContents
- Early history
- Geography
- Sub-divisions
- Allerdale above Derwent
- Allerdale below Derwent
- Eskdale
- Leath
- Cumberland Ward<span class="anchor" id="Ward of Cumberland"></span>
- Local government from the 19th century
- Poor law and municipal reform
- Local boards and sanitary districts
- Local government acts of 1888 and 1894
- Reform in 1934
- Legacy
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Cumberland ( ) is an area of North West England which was historically a county. The county was bordered by Northumberland to the north-east, County Durham to the east, Westmorland to the south-east, Lancashire to the south, and the Scottish counties of Dumfriesshire and Roxburghshire to the north. The county included the city of Carlisle, part of the Lake District and North Pennines, and the Solway Firth coastline.
Cumberland had an administrative function from the 12th century until 1974, when it was subsumed into Cumbria with Westmorland as well as parts of Yorkshire and Lancashire. It gives its name to the unitary authority area of Cumberland, which has similar boundaries but excludes Penrith.