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Westmorland

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Westmorland (formerly also spelt Westmoreland;R. Wilkinson The British Isles, Sheet The British Isles. even older spellings are Westmerland and Westmereland) is a historic county in north west England. [1]

108 relations: Administrative county, Ambleside, Appleby-in-Westmorland, Askham, Cumbria, Atkinson (surname), Bampton, Cumbria, Barony, Barony of Kendal, Barony of Westmorland, Barton, Cumbria, Battle of Agincourt, Bowness-on-Windermere, Brough, Cumbria, Burton-in-Kendal, Catherine Parr, Ceremonial counties of England, Chapman code, Coat of arms, College of Arms, County borough, County Durham, Crosthwaite, Cumberland, Cumbria, Cumbria County Council, Custos Rotulorum of Westmorland, Dixon (surname), Domesday Book, Earl of Carlisle, Earl of Lancaster, Eden District, England, Eric Pickles, Flag Institute, Flag of England, Flag of Westmorland, Furness, George Romney (painter), Gloucester Services, Grasmere, Grayrigg, Harrison (name), Helvellyn, Henry VIII of England, Herdwick, High Sheriff of Westmorland, Historic counties of England, Hodgson, Hundred (county division), Jackson (name), ..., John Boste, Kendal, Kendal Castle, Kentmere, Kingdom of Strathclyde, Kirkby Lonsdale, Kirkby Stephen, Lakes, Cumbria, Lancashire, Local Government Act 1888, Local Government Act 1894, Local Government Act 1929, Local Government Act 1972, Lord Lieutenant of Westmorland, Margaret Cropper, Municipal Corporations Act 1835, Nicholas Freeston, North Westmorland Rural District, Orton, Eden, Patterdale, Quarter session, Richardson (surname), Robinson (name), Rural district, Rutland, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Shap, Sir Thomas Parr, South Lakeland, South Westmorland Rural District, Successor parish, Taylor (surname), Tebay, Tebay Services, The Westmorland Gazette, Thomas de Strickland, Thompson (surname), Tom Barker (trade unionist), Ullswater, United Kingdom census, 1881, Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland), Västmanland, Westmorland (UK Parliament constituency), Westmorland and Lonsdale (UK Parliament constituency), Westmorland County Agricultural Society, Westmorland County Football Association, Westmorland General Hospital, Westmorland Geological Society, Westmorland Motorway Services, Wikishire, William II of England, William Parr (knight), Wilson (name), Windermere, Windermere, Cumbria (town), Yanwath and Eamont Bridge, Yorkshire, 1990s United Kingdom local government reform. Expand index (58 more) »

Administrative county

An administrative county was an administrative division in England and Wales and Ireland from 1888 to 1974, used for the purposes of local government.

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Ambleside

Ambleside is a town in Cumbria, in North West England.

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Appleby-in-Westmorland

Appleby-in-Westmorland is a market town and civil parish in Cumbria, in North West England.

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Askham, Cumbria

Askham is a village and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England.

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Atkinson (surname)

Atkinson is an English-language surname.

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Bampton, Cumbria

Bampton is a village and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England, on the edge of the Lake District National Park.

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Barony

A modern geographic barony, in Scotland, Ireland and outlying parts of England, constitutes an administrative division of a country, usually of lower rank and importance than a county.

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Barony of Kendal

The Barony of Kendal is a subdivision of the English historic county of Westmorland.

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Barony of Westmorland

The Barony of Westmorland, originally often written as Westmarieland or Westmaringaland, was one of two baronies making up the English county of Westmorland, the other being the Barony of Kendal.

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Barton, Cumbria

Barton is a hamlet and civil parish in the Eden district of Cumbria, England.

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Battle of Agincourt

The Battle of Agincourt (Azincourt) was a major English victory in the Hundred Years' War.

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Bowness-on-Windermere

Bowness-on-Windermere is a town in South Lakeland, Cumbria, England.

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Brough, Cumbria

Brough, sometimes known as Brough under Stainmore, is a village and civil parish in the Eden district of Cumbria, England, on the western fringe of the Pennines near Stainmore.

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Burton-in-Kendal

Burton in Kendal is a village and civil parish on the extreme southern edge of Cumbria, England.

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Catherine Parr

Catherine Parr (alternatively spelled Katherine, Katheryn or Katharine, signed 'Katheryn the Quene KP') was Queen of England and Ireland (1543–47) as the last of the six wives of King Henry VIII, and the final queen consort of the House of Tudor.

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Ceremonial counties of England

The ceremonial counties, also referred to as the lieutenancy areas of England, are areas of England to which a Lord Lieutenant is appointed.

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Chapman code

Chapman codes are a set of 3-letter codes used in genealogy to identify the administrative divisions in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.

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Coat of arms

A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard.

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College of Arms

The College of Arms, sometimes referred to as the College of Heralds, is a royal corporation consisting of professional officers of arms, with jurisdiction over England, Wales, Northern Ireland and some Commonwealth realms.

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County borough

County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (excluding Scotland), to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control.

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County Durham

County Durham (locally) is a county in North East England.

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Crosthwaite

Crosthwaite is a small village located in the Parish of Crosthwaite and Lyth, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England.

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Cumberland

Cumberland is a historic county of North West England that had an administrative function from the 12th century until 1974.

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Cumbria

Cumbria is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England.

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Cumbria County Council

Cumbria County Council is the county council of Cumbria, a county in the North West of England.

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Custos Rotulorum of Westmorland

This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Westmorland.

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Dixon (surname)

Dixon is a surname, and may refer to.

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Domesday Book

Domesday Book (or; Latin: Liber de Wintonia "Book of Winchester") is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William the Conqueror.

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Earl of Carlisle

Earl of Carlisle is a title that has been created three times in the Peerage of England.

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Earl of Lancaster

The title of Earl of Lancaster was created in the Peerage of England in 1267, merging in the crown in 1399.

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Eden District

Eden is a local government district in Cumbria, England.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Eric Pickles

Eric Jack Pickles, Baron Pickles, PC (born 20 April 1952) is a British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Brentwood and Ongar from the 1992 general election to the 2017 general election and was the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government until May 2015.

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Flag Institute

The Flag Institute is an educational charity headquartered in London, UK.

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Flag of England

The flag of England is derived from St George's Cross (heraldic blazon: Argent, a cross gules).

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Flag of Westmorland

The Westmorland flag is the flag of the historic county of Westmorland.

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Furness

Furness is a peninsula and region of Cumbria in northwestern England.

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George Romney (painter)

George Romney (26 December 1734 – 15 November 1802) was an English portrait painter.

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Gloucester Services

Gloucester Services is a pair of Motorway Service Areas (MSA) serving the northbound and southbound carriageways of the M5 between Junction 11A and Junction 12, near Whaddon, Gloucester.

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Grasmere

Grasmere is a village and tourist destination in the centre of the English Lake District.

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Grayrigg

Grayrigg is a small village and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England.

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Harrison (name)

Harrison is a common patronymic surname of English origin.

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Helvellyn

Helvellyn (possible meaning: pale yellow moorland) is a mountain in the English Lake District, the highest point of the Helvellyn range, a north-south line of mountains to the north of Ambleside, between the lakes of Thirlmere and Ullswater.

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Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 1509 until his death.

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Herdwick

The Herdwick is a breed of domestic sheep native to the Lake District of Cumbria in North West England.

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High Sheriff of Westmorland

Westmorland (sometimes spelled Westmoreland) in North West England no longer exists as a county, the original core of it having merged into the modern district of Eden within the county of Cumbria.

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Historic counties of England

The historic counties of England are areas that were established for administration by the Normans, in many cases based on earlier kingdoms and shires created by the Anglo-Saxons and others.

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Hodgson

Hodgson is a surname.

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Hundred (county division)

A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region.

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Jackson (name)

Jackson is a common surname of English and Scottish origin.

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John Boste

Saint John Boste (c. 1544 – 24 July 1594) is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, and one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.

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Kendal

Kendal, anciently known as Kirkby in Kendal or Kirkby Kendal, is a market town and civil parish within the South Lakeland District of Cumbria, England.

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Kendal Castle

Kendal Castle is a medieval fortification to the east of the town of Kendal, Cumbria, in northern England.

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Kentmere

Kentmere is a valley, village and civil parish in the Lake District National Park, a few miles from Kendal in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England.

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Kingdom of Strathclyde

Strathclyde (lit. "Strath of the River Clyde"), originally Ystrad Clud or Alclud (and Strath-Clota in Anglo-Saxon), was one of the early medieval kingdoms of the Britons in Hen Ogledd ("the Old North"), the Brythonic-speaking parts of what is now southern Scotland and northern England.

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Kirkby Lonsdale

Kirkby Lonsdale is a small town and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England, on the River Lune.

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Kirkby Stephen

Kirkby Stephen is a civil parish and small market town in Cumbria, in North West England which historically, is part of Westmorland.

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Lakes, Cumbria

Lakes is a large civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England, with a population of 5,127 according to the 2001 census,decreasing to 4,420 at the 2011 Census.

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Lancashire

Lancashire (abbreviated Lancs.) is a county in north west England.

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Local Government Act 1888

The Local Government Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c.41) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which established county councils and county borough councils in England and Wales.

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Local Government Act 1894

The Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales outside the County of London.

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Local Government Act 1929

The Local Government Act 1929 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made changes to the Poor Law and local government in England and Wales.

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Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974.

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Lord Lieutenant of Westmorland

This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Westmorland.

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Margaret Cropper

Margaret Cropper (1886–1980) was a Westmorland poet, author and hymnist, who rivalled Norman Nicholson as the leading 20thC Lake poet.

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Municipal Corporations Act 1835

The Municipal Corporations Act 1835 (5 & 6 Wm. IV., c.76), sometimes known as the Municipal Reform Act, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in the incorporated boroughs of England and Wales.

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Nicholas Freeston

Nicholas Freeston (28 August 1907 – 6 February 1978) was an English poet who spent most of his working life as a weaver in cotton mills near his home in Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire.

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North Westmorland Rural District

North Westmorland was a rural district in Westmorland, England from 1935 to 1974.

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Orton, Eden

Orton is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England.

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Patterdale

Patterdale (Saint Patrick's Dale) is a small village and civil parish in the eastern part of the English Lake District in the Eden District of Cumbria, in the traditional county of Westmorland, and the long valley in which they are found, also called the Ullswater Valley.

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Quarter session

The courts of quarter sessions or quarter sessions were local courts traditionally held at four set times each year in the Kingdom of England (including Wales) from 1388 until 1707, then in 18th-century Great Britain, in the later United Kingdom, and in other dominions of the British Empire.

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Richardson (surname)

Richardson is an English surname of Anglo Saxon origin.

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Robinson (name)

Robinson is an English language patronymic surname, originating in England.

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Rural district

Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the administrative counties.

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Rutland

Rutland is a landlocked county in the East Midlands of England, bounded to the west and north by Leicestershire, to the northeast by Lincolnshire and the southeast by Northamptonshire.

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Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, or informally Communities Secretary is a Cabinet position heading the UK's Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, previously known as the Department for Communities and Local Government from 2006 to 2018.

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Shap

Shap is a linear village and civil parish located among fells and isolated dales in Eden district, Cumbria, England.

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Sir Thomas Parr

Sir Thomas Parr (c. 1483 – 11 November 1517) was an English knight, courtier and Lord of the Manor of Kendal in Westmorland (now Cumbria) during the Tudor period.

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South Lakeland

South Lakeland is a local government district in Cumbria, England.

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South Westmorland Rural District

South Westmorland was a rural district in Westmorland, England from 1894 to 1974.

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Successor parish

Successor parishes are civil parishes with a parish council created by the Local Government Act 1972 in England.

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Taylor (surname)

Taylor is a surname used in the British Isles of French and Latin origin which originated as a Norman occupational surname (meaning tailor) in France It is derived from the Old French tailleur ("cutter"), which is in turn derived from the Late Latin taliator, from taliare ("to cut").

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Tebay

Tebay is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, within the historic borders of Westmorland.

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Tebay Services

Tebay Services are motorway service stations on the M6 motorway at Orton in the Eden District of Cumbria, England.

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The Westmorland Gazette

The Westmorland Gazette is a weekly newspaper published in Kendal, England.

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Thomas de Strickland

Sir Thomas de Strickland (also Stryckeland; 1367 – 30 July 1455) was an English soldier.

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Thompson (surname)

Thompson is a patronymic surname of English and Scottish origin, with a variety of spellings meaning "son of Thom".

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Tom Barker (trade unionist)

Tom Barker (3 June 1887 – 2 April 1970) was a New Zealand tram conductor, trade unionist and socialist.

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Ullswater

Ullswater is the second largest lake in the English Lake District, being approximately nine miles (14.5 kilometres) long and 0.75 miles (1,200 m) wide with a maximum depth of slightly more than.

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United Kingdom census, 1881

The United Kingdom Census of 1881 recorded the people residing in every household on the night of 3 April 1881, and was the fifth of the UK censuses to include details of household members.

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Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)

In England and Wales, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area.

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Västmanland

Västmanland is a historical Swedish province, or landskap, in middle Sweden.

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Westmorland (UK Parliament constituency)

Westmorland was a constituency covering the county of Westmorland in the North of England, which returned Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Westmorland and Lonsdale (UK Parliament constituency)

Westmorland and Lonsdale is a constituency in the south of Cumbria, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Tim Farron, the former leader of the Liberal Democrats (2015-2017).

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Westmorland County Agricultural Society

The Westmorland County Agricultural Society (WCAS, established 1799) is a registered charity which supports agriculture and related activities in and around the former county of Westmorland, England.

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Westmorland County Football Association

The Westmorland County Football Association is the governing body of football in the county of Westmorland.

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Westmorland General Hospital

Westmorland General Hospital is a hospital near Oxenholme in Kendal, Cumbria.

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Westmorland Geological Society

The Westmorland Geological Society is a body based in the Lake District region of the UK that aims to engage all those interested in geology, particularly in the southern Lakes.

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Westmorland Motorway Services

Westmorland Motorway Services Limited is the British holding company that owns Westmorland Limited who run three motorway service stations plus a truckstop close to the M6 motorway and a combined service and visitor/exhibition centre.

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Wikishire

Wikishire is an on-line gazetteer of Great Britain, Ireland and associated territories.

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William II of England

William II (Old Norman: Williame; – 2 August 1100), the third son of William the Conqueror, was King of England from 1087 until 1100, with powers over Normandy, and influence in Scotland.

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William Parr (knight)

Sir William Parr, KG (1434–1483)Linda Porter.

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Wilson (name)

Wilson is an English and Scottish surname, common in the English-speaking world.

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Windermere

Windermere is the largest natural lake in England.

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Windermere, Cumbria (town)

Windermere is a town and civil parish in the South Lakeland District of Cumbria, England.

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Yanwath and Eamont Bridge

Yanwath and Eamont Bridge is a civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England, consisting of the small village of Yanwath and most of the neighbouring village of Eamont Bridge.

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Yorkshire

Yorkshire (abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom.

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1990s United Kingdom local government reform

The structure of local government in the United Kingdom underwent large changes in the 1990s.

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Redirects here:

County of Westmorland, History of Westmorland, List of places in Westmorland, Westmerland, Westmoorland.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westmorland

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