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Westmorland, historic county of northwestern England, bounded on the north and west by Cumberland, on the southwest and southeast by Lancashire, on the east by Yorkshire, and on the northeast by Durham. It is now part of the districts of Eden and South Lakeland in the administrative county of Cumbria.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Coordinates: 54°30′N 2°35′W. Westmorland ( / ˈwɛstmərlənd /, formerly also spelt Westmoreland [6]) is an area of Northern England which was historically a county. People of the area are known as Westmerians. [7] . The area includes part of the Lake District and the southern Vale of Eden .
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- Westmorland County Council (1889-1974)
May 1, 2023 · Westmorland is back, with its peaceful market towns, pretty stone villages and romantic, ruined castles. ... It is now one of Lakeland’s most spectacular visitor attractions, with 50 acres of ...
- Christopher Winn
Westmorland is a historic county in Northern England. People of the area are known as Westmerians. The area's varied landscapes included the Lake District and the southern Vale of Eden .
May 23, 2018 · British and Irish Political Geography. Westmorland. views 2,165,157 updated May 23 2018. Westmorland was one of the smaller counties, about 40 miles from Stainmore in the east to Bowfell in the west. The greater part was fell country and the market towns—Appleby, Kendal, Kirkby Lonsdale, and Kirkby Stephen—were small.
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now. Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions. ... Westmorland, co. in N. of England; bounded NW. and N. by ...
Mar 12, 2022 · Westmorland was historically a sparsely inhabited county whose main economic activity was sheepherding. It formed an administrative county between 1889 and 1974, after which the whole county was administered by the new administrative and ceremonial county of Cumbria. Westmorland was an inland county which lay in the north-west of England, bound ...
