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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Westmoreland County → formedFrom → Cumberland County ⓘ