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Westmorland
Westmorland in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Westmorland is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Westmorland (, formerly also spelt Westmoreland) is an area of North West England which was historically a county. The area included part of the Lake District and the southern Vale of Eden, and its inhabitants were known as Westmerians. The county had an administrative function from the 12th century until 1974, when it was subsumed into Cumbria together with Cumberland, the Sedbergh area of Yorkshire, and the Furness area of Lancashire. It gives its name to the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area, which covers a larger area than the historic county.
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Background
History
At the beginning of the 10th century a large part of modern day Cumbria was part of the Kingdom of Strathclyde, and was known as "Scottish Cumberland". The Rere Cross was ordered by Edmund I (r.939 946) to serve as a boundary marker between England and Scotland ("Scottish Cumberland"). as the boundary between England and Scottish Cumberland. (fn. 1) It is there called the Reir Croiz de Staynmore and the hospital , being near, was occasionally called Rerecross hospital but more commonly the Spital on Stainmoor. . . }}
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- Coordinates
- 54.5000, -2.5833
Sources
- wikidata: Q23326 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Westmorland (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Westmorland?
- Westmorland is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.5000°, -2.5833°.