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Greystoke Castle, Cumberland, England
Cumberland
(
/
ˈ
k
ʌ
m
b
əl
ən
d
/
kum
-bə-lənd
;
locally
/
ˈ
k
ʊ
m
b
əl
ən
d
/
kuum
-bə-lənd
) is a
historic county
of
North West England
that had an administrative function from the 12th century until 1974. It was bordered by
Northumberland
to the east,
County Durham
to the southeast,
Westmorland
and
Lancashire
to the south, and
Dumfriesshire
in
Scotland
to the north. It formed an
administrative county
from 1889 to 1974 (excluding Carlisle from 1914) and now forms part of
Cumbria
. (In rhotic varieties of English,
[1]
the pronunciation is kəmbərlənd, that is, with a plain "r" sound in the middle syllable.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumberland
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