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Cumberland

Historic county of England

Also known as Carliol

Country: United Kingdom(since 1922)
, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland(1801–1922)
, Kingdom of Great Britain(1707–1800)
Located in: England
Population: 306,144(2011)
Area: 1,516 mi²

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Cumberland is an area of North West England which was historically a county. The county was bordered by Northumberland to the north-east, County Durham to the east, Westmorland to the south-east, Lancashire to the south, and the Scottish counties of Dumfriesshire and Roxburghshire to the north. The county included the city of Carlisle, part of the Lake District and North Pennines, and the Solway Firth coastline.

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48 statements · 8% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

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54.7500, -3.0000OpenStreetMap ↗

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AIDb. (2026). Cumberland (Q23360). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/cumberland-Q23360