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Cumbria was created as a county in 1974 from territory of the historic counties of Cumberland, Westmorland, Lancashire North of the Sands and a small part of Yorkshire, but the human history of the area is ancient. It is a county of contrasts, with its mountainous central region and lakes, fertile coastal plains in the north and gently ...
Topographic map of Cumbria Cumbria is the most northwesterly ceremonial county of England and is mostly mountainous, with large upland areas to the south-west and east. The south-west contains the Lake District , a national park and UNESCO world heritage site which includes Scafell Pike , England's highest mountain at 978 metres (3,209 ft), [ 9 ...
The County Flag of Cumbria. Cumbria (/ ˈ k ʌ m b r i ə / KUM-bree-ə) is a ceremonial county in North West England.It borders the Scottish council areas of Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders to the north, Northumberland and County Durham to the east, North Yorkshire to the south-east, Lancashire to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west.
The questions mentioned above remain to be answered because now we enter the period that used to be called the Dark Ages, due to the lack of archaeological and paleobotanical finds, and the unreliability of the documentary sources that we are forced to use as a result (although the last few decades have provided more in the way of archaeological evidence due to the improvement in dating ...
Brampton is spelt in Christopher Saxton’s 1579 map of Westmorland and Cumberland as 'Branton'. The same name is mentioned again in Schenk and Valck’s 1670 map. In John Cary’s map of 1794 'Bramton' is marked, however the first cartographic mention of the village's current name comes from an 1831 map of the area.
The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region and national park in Cumbria, North West England.It is famous for its landscape, including its lakes, coast, and the Cumbrian mountains, and for its literary associations with Beatrix Potter, John Ruskin, and the Lake Poets.
The "complex" or "great" world maps are the most famous mappae mundi. Although most employ a modified T-O scheme, they are considerably more detailed than their smaller T-O cousins. These maps show coastal details, mountains, rivers, cities, towns and provinces. Some include figures and stories from history, the Bible and classical mythology.
In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, the county council was abolished and its former area was combined with Cumberland and parts of Lancashire and Yorkshire to form the new county of Cumbria, administered by a new Cumbria County Council. [18] The area formed parts of the districts of South Lakeland and Eden from 1974 to 2023.