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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 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.
'Prehistoric Cumbria' describes that part of north-west England, subsequently the county of Cumbria, prior to the coming of the Romans.Barrowclough puts the archaeological record of the county (as of 2010) at '443 stone tools, 187 metal objects and 134 pots', plus the various monuments such as henges, stone circles, and the like.
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.
Some historians, therefore, dismiss some well-known figures of the 5th and 6th centuries, potentially connected with Cumbria, as being legendary or -pseudo-historical. Higham, for example, [ 2 ] consigns to this category such people as King Arthur , Cunedda (due to the unreliability of the 9th-century source, the Historia Brittonum ), and Coel ...
This is a list of cities, towns and villages in the county of Cumbria, England Appleby ...
Cumbria is one of England's most tourism-focused counties, mainly because it contains the English Lake District Wikimedia Commons has media related to Visitor attractions in Cumbria . Contents
Cumbria is on the border between England and Scotland, and defensive Peel towers were built to protect the English from invaders, the Border Reivers. The Roman empire built Hadrian's Wall dividing England and Scotland, and various forts throughout Cumbria, including Hardknott Roman Fort in Eskdale