The history of medieval Cumbria has several points of interest. The region's status as a borderland coping with 400 years of warfare is one. The attitude...
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history of Cumbria as a county of England begins with the Local Government Act 1972. Its territory and constituent parts however have a long history under...
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Cumbria (/ˈkʌmbriə/ KUM-bree-ə) is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders the Scottish council areas of Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish...
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Carlisle (redirect from History of Carlisle, Cumbria)
ceremonial county of Cumbria in England. It is the administrative centre of Cumberland Council which covers an area similar to the historic county of Cumberland...
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Workington (redirect from History of Workington in West Cumbria)
civil parish at the mouth of the River Derwent on the west coast in Cumbria, England. At the 2011 census it had a population of 25,207. The town is 32 miles...
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Northumbria (redirect from Early medieval history of Northumbria)
around Bamburgh and Lindisfarne, Monkwearmouth and Jarrow, and in Cumbria, west of the Pennines in the area around Carlisle. The name that these two states...
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Newman, Richard (2009). "The Evolution of Dalton, near Kendal, Cumbria: preliminary results" (PDF). Medieval Settlement Research. 24: 6–13. Retrieved...
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Furness Unitary Authority, in Cumbria, England. Historically part of Westmorland, it is situated 4 miles (6 km) northwest of Kendal where the River Kent...
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Hen Ogledd (category History of Cumbria)
Cumbria, joined with North Cumbria (Strathclyde) into a single state. The organisation of the Men of the North was tribal, based on kinship groups of...
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Wigton (redirect from Wigton, Cumbria)
is a market town in Cumberland, Cumbria, England. It lies just outside the Lake District. Wigton is at the centre of the Solway Plain, between the Caldbeck...
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Lowther Castle Stead (category Castles in Cumbria)
Lowther Castle Stead is a medieval site in Cumbria, possibly a ringwork castle. It lies just east of the River Lowther. The castle was probably established...
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even more ancient monastery nearby, founded by St Ninian (see also History of Cumbria). St Wilfred's or Brougham Chapel is next to the hall, overlooking...
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Carlisle Castle (redirect from List of Governors of Carlisle)
is a stone keep medieval fortress located in the city of Carlisle near the ruins of Hadrian's Wall. First built during the reign of William II in 1092...
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of Cumbria, England. Historically, until 1974, it was part of the county of Cumberland. It lies within the Lake District National Park, just north of...
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England in the Middle Ages (redirect from English medieval history)
Middle Ages concerns the history of England during the medieval period, from the end of the 5th century through to the start of the early modern period...
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Medieval football is a modern term used for a wide variety of the localised informal football games which were invented and played in England during the...
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öxnafurða". ONP. Retrieved 11 February 2022. "Medieval Oxford | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2022. Davis, Ralph...
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civil parish, Shap Abbey is nearby. Keld's medieval chapel (right) is noted for its unusual simplicity. Cumbria portal Listed buildings in Shap Wikimedia...
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edge of the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England, about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Penrith. At the 2001 census the parish had a population of 642...
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Clifton Hall was a fortified manor house in the village of Clifton, Cumbria. Dating from around 1400, it was constructed by either Elianor Engaine or...
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Cockermouth (category Towns in Cumbria)
parish in the Cumberland unitary authority area of Cumbria, England, so named because it is at the confluence of the River Cocker as it flows into the River...
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Cumbric (category History of Cumbria)
Cumbria respectively. In Medieval Latin, the English term Welsh became Wallenses ("of Wales"), while the term Cumbrenses referred to Cumbrians ("of Cumbria")...
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Mike (2008). Manchester: The Hidden History. The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7524-4704-9. Newman, Caron (2006). "Medieval Period Resource Assessment". Archaeology...
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Brampton, Carlisle (redirect from Brampton, Carlisle, Cumbria)
unitary authority of Cumbria, England. It is 9 miles (14 km) east of Carlisle and 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Hadrian's Wall. Historically part of Cumberland,...
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Timeline of York History of Yorkshire Medieval churches of York Religion in York Walker Iron Foundry Hall, Richard (1996). English Heritage: Book of York...
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settlement of the Germanic tribes. East Kent became one of the kingdoms of the Jutes during the 5th century (see Kingdom of Kent). The early Medieval inhabitants...
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Peel tower (category History of Cumbria)
John (1998). The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria. CWAAS. Historic England Fairclough, Graham (1980), "Clifton Hall, Cumbria: Excavations 1977-79"...
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Appleby-in-Westmorland (redirect from Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria)
Furness, Cumbria, England, with a population of 3,048 at the 2011 Census. Crossed by the River Eden, Appleby is the county town of the historic county of Westmorland...
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Cumbria, England. Historically part of Cumberland, near the Lake District National Park in England. It is home to around 5,000 people and is one of the...
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Furness district of Cumbria, England. It is less than 3 miles (5 km) outside the Lake District National Park and about 17 miles (27 km) south of Carlisle. It...
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