Cumberland County

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Cumberland County is a historic county in northern England, centered on the city of Carlisle and the Lake District area, that existed as an administrative county until the 1974 local government reorganization.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Cumberland County canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative county
historic county
abolishedAsAdministrativeCountyIn 1974
abolishedBy Local Government Act 1972
administrativeCentre Carlisle
borders Lancashire
Northumberland
Scotland
Westmorland
centeredOn Carlisle
contains Bassenthwaite Lake
Carlisle
Derwentwater (historically within its bounds)
Eden Valley
Hadrian's Wall sections
Scafell Pike area (historically within its bounds)
Solway Firth coastline
part of Ullswater
part of the Pennines
parts of the Lake District
containsPartOf Lake District National Park
linked to: Lake District
country England
existedAsAdministrativeCountyUntil 1974
hasHistoricIndustry agriculture
coal mining
shipbuilding
tourism
hasHistoricMarketTown Penrith
hasHistoricParliamentaryConstituency Cumberland (UK Parliament constituency)
hasHistoricPort Whitehaven
Workington
hasHistoricRailHub Carlisle Citadel railway station
hasHistoricRegistrationPlateCode CUM
hasHistoricTown Cockermouth
Whitehaven
Workington
historicCountyTown Carlisle
historicLieutenancy Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland
historicSheriffdom High Sheriff of Cumberland
historicStatusRetainedAs ceremonial and cultural county
locatedIn northern England
linked to: Northern England
partlyRecreatedAs Cumberland (unitary authority)
partOf Anglo-Scottish border region
region North West England
succeededBy Cumbria
timePeriod medieval period to 1974 as an administrative county
traditionalSubdivisionOf England

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Westmoreland County formedFrom Cumberland County