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Cumbria (/ˈkʌmbriə/ KUM-bree-ə) is a ceremonial county in North West England, bordering Scotland. It came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. In April 2023, it was abolished as an administrative area, with all administrative functions taken over by Westmorland and Furness and Cumberland. Cumbria's largest settlement is Carlisle which is the main economic hub of Cumbria. As well as Carlisle other notable settlements include Barrow-in-Furness, Kendal, Whitehaven, Workington, Cockermouth, Alston, Keswick, Dalton-in-Furness, Ulverston, Appleby-in-Westmorland, Kirkby Stephen and Penrith.

Between 1974 and 2023, Cumbria was a non-metropolitan county divided into six districts; Allerdale, Barrow-in-Furness, Carlisle, Copeland, Eden and South Lakeland.

Cumbria is the third largest ceremonial county in England by area. It is bounded to the north-east by Northumberland, the east by County Durham, the south-east by North Yorkshire, the south by Lancashire, the west by the Irish Sea, and the north by Dumfries and Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale in Scotland. In 2019, Cumbria had a population of 500,012 making it one of the most sparsely populated ceremonial counties in England, with 73.4 people per km² (190/sq mi). (Full article...)

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St Kentigern's Church, (or St Mungo's Church), is in the village of Caldbeck, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Carlisle, the archdeaconry of Carlisle and the diocese of Carlisle. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. It is dedicated to Saint Kentigern, whose alternative name is Saint Mungo; hence the church's alternative title of Caldbeck, St Mungo. (Full article...)

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The following are images from various Cumbria-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Thirlmere (from Cumbria)
Image 2Castle (from Cumbria)
Image 3The Castlerigg stone circle dates from the late Neolithic age and was constructed by some of the earliest inhabitants of Cumbria (from Cumbria)
Image 4Kentmere Hall, an example of a Cumbrian Pele tower (from History of Cumbria)
Image 5Napes Needle on Great Gable, a favourite of the early climbers (from History of Cumbria)
Image 6Wray Castle – built by a Liverpool doctor who had married a rich wife. Constructed in 1840 at the head of Windermere. Associated with two key players of the National Trust : Canon Rawnsley and Beatrix Potter (from History of Cumbria)
Image 7Castle (from Cumbria)
Image 8The Eden Valley between Appleby and Penrith, an area referred to affectionately as the heartland of Rheged in the praise poems of Taliesin (from History of Cumbria)
Image 9The Stanegate line is marked in red, to the south of the later Hadrian's Wall. (n.b. Brocavum is Brougham, not Kirkby Thore as given in the map) (from History of Cumbria)
Image 10Castle (from Cumbria)
Image 11Swarthy Hill, near Crosscanonby on the Solway coast – possible site of Iron Age hillfort, later the site of mile-fortlet 21 in Roman times (from History of Cumbria)
Image 12St Mary's Church, Abbeytown : all that is left of Holmcultram Abbey, founded by David I, King of Scots, and his son, Earl Henry, in 1150 (from History of Cumbria)
Image 13Craven Park, home of Barrow Raiders (from Cumbria)
Image 14The Fish Hotel, Buttermere – where Mary Robinson worked (from History of Cumbria)
Image 15The Irton Cross, Irton, Cumbria, early 9th century, Anglian (pre-Viking) sculpture (from History of Cumbria)
Image 16A Tesco store underwater in Carlisle during the January 2005 floods (from History of Cumbria)
Image 17Dove Cottage (Town End, Grasmere) – home of William and Dorothy Wordsworth, 1799–1808; home of Thomas De Quincey, 1809–1820 (from History of Cumbria)
Image 18Brantwood, overlooking Coniston Water, viewed from the steam yacht 'Gondola' – note the angled, corner windows designed to take in the views (from History of Cumbria)
Image 19Walls Castle, Ravenglass: the possible site of the Arthurian Lyons Garde or St Patrick's birthplace (from History of Cumbria)
Image 20Castle (from Cumbria)
Image 21Gateway to the College at Kirkoswald (from History of Cumbria)
Image 22Lake Windermere (from Cumbria)
Image 23Approximate extent of Domesday coverage : the district of Hougun, if indeed it was a district, may have covered the three peninsulas at the left of the pink area (from History of Cumbria)
Image 24Swinside stone circle (from History of Cumbria)
Image 25Local government districts 1974–2023
1. City of Carlisle
2. Allerdale
3. Eden
4. Copeland
5. South Lakeland
6. Barrow-in-Furness (from History of Cumbria)
Image 26Carlisle Castle – begun by William Rufus in 1092; rebuilt in stone under Henry I, 1122–35, and David I of Scotland, 1136–1153 (from History of Cumbria)
Image 27Milefortlet 21 at Crosscanonby on the Cumbrian coast, with later, 18th-century, saltpans across the road to the left (from History of Cumbria)
Image 28Castle (from Cumbria)
Image 29Furness Abbey (from Cumbria)
Image 30The Ormside bowl, probably late 8th century and made in Northumbria; possibly looted from York by a Viking warrior and buried with him at Great Ormside (from History of Cumbria)
Image 31Neolithic stone axe with handle from Ehenside Tarn (now in the British Museum) (from History of Cumbria)
Image 32Long Meg and Her Daughters (from History of Cumbria)
Image 33The site of the 2007 Grayrigg train derailment (from History of Cumbria)
Image 34Brunton Park, the home of Carlisle United (from Cumbria)
Image 35Location of Inglewood Forest, stretching from Carlisle to Penrith; it was the most northerly of the Royal forests (from History of Cumbria)
Image 36'Giants Grave', St. Andrew's churchyard, Penrith, an unusual arrangement of two Viking-age cross-shafts with four hogbacks (in the foreground). In addition, there is a smaller, Viking-age, wheel-headed cross just visible in the background (from History of Cumbria)
Image 37Castle (from Cumbria)
Image 38Galava Roman fort, Ambleside (from History of Cumbria)
Image 39Roman milestone still in situ by the A66 near Kirkby Thore (from History of Cumbria)
Image 40Calder Abbey (from History of Cumbria)
Image 41The Anglo-Scottish marches (from History of Cumbria)
Image 42The Gosforth Cross, 10th-century Viking-age sculpture. (A replica of 1887, with clearer depictions of the decoration, may be found in the churchyard at Aspatria, along with a replica of another cross, the original of which is at Dearham) (from History of Cumbria)
Image 43Penrith Castle : Richard, Duke of Gloucester, (later Richard III of England), was based here when Sheriff of Cumberland in the 1470s (from History of Cumbria)
Image 44The Rere or Rey Cross on Stainmore (from History of Cumbria)
Image 45Rydal Mount – home to Wordsworth 1813–1850. Hundreds of visitors came here to see him over the years (from History of Cumbria)
Image 46Tomb of Thomas Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre at Lanercost Priory (from History of Cumbria)
Image 47Wetheral Priory Gatehouse – all that remains of Wetheral Priory, founded by Ranulf le Meschin in 1106 (from History of Cumbria)
Image 48Castlerigg Stone Circle (from History of Cumbria)
Image 49The historic counties shown within Cumbria
  Boundary of Cumbria
  Historic Cumberland
  Historic Westmorland
  Historic Lancashire
  West Riding of Yorkshire
(from Cumbria)
Image 50Cairn circle, Oddendale (from History of Cumbria)
Image 51Hadrian's Wall (from History of Cumbria)
Image 52Topographic map of Cumbria (from Cumbria)
Image 53Scots' Dike (from History of Cumbria)
Image 54Castle (from Cumbria)
Image 55Birdoswald – showing partial blockage of main (east) gateway (from History of Cumbria)
Image 56Workington Hall, the Curwens' family seat (from History of Cumbria)
Image 57Claife Station on the western shore of Windermere – built in the 1790s with tinted windows angled to take in all the aesthetically pleasing views (from History of Cumbria)
Image 58Iron Age roundhouse reconstruction (from History of Cumbria)
Image 59Greystoke Castle. Held by the Greystoke family, then by the Dacres and inherited by the Howard family during Elizabeth I's reign. Photo:Simon Ledingham (from History of Cumbria)
Image 60Loki stone, Kirkby Stephen parish church, part of a 10th-century Viking-age cross-shaft. But does it show Loki or Satan? (from History of Cumbria)
Image 61 Stan Laurel (from Cumbria)
Image 62The entrance to Whinlatter Forest Park (from Cumbria)
Image 63 William Wordsworth (from Cumbria)
Image 64Sizergh Castle (from Cumbria)
Image 65Hardknott Roman Fort (from History of Cumbria)
Image 66Possible position of Rheged (from History of Cumbria)
Image 67So-called "Saint's tomb" (left), and "Warrior's tomb" (right), two hogbacks in St. Mary's church, Gosforth. Typically high and narrow Cumbrian style, in the shape of a building with a roof, eaves and walls. The Saint's tomb has a crucifixion on the end, the Warrior's tomb has a procession of armed men (from History of Cumbria)
Image 68Little Meg – a Bronze Age ring cairn with spiral rock art (from History of Cumbria)
Image 69Muncaster Castle (from Cumbria)
Image 70Castle (from Cumbria)
Image 71The Crosby Garrett Helmet – (private collection) (from History of Cumbria)
Image 72St Laurence's Church, Morland : with "the only tower of Anglo-Saxon character in the NW counties", according to Pevsner. Tower possibly built by order of Siward, Earl of Northumbria, sometime between 1042 and 1055; nave possibly later (1120) (from History of Cumbria)
Image 73Castle (from Cumbria)
Image 74Cumbria within England (from History of Cumbria)
Image 75The University of Cumbria's Fusehill Campus in Carlisle (from Cumbria)
Image 76Greta Hall, Keswick – home of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1800–1804; home to Robert Southey, 1803–1843 (from History of Cumbria)
Image 77The northeastern Irish Sea, showing new settlements with Norse place names. (from History of Cumbria)
Image 78Great Langdale, site of the Langdale Axe Factory (from History of Cumbria)
Image 79Kents Bank, Cumbria (from History of Cumbria)
Image 80Carlisle Cathedral : founded in 1133 (from History of Cumbria)
Image 81The banks of Brocavum Roman fort in the foreground; Brougham Castle is in the background (from History of Cumbria)
Image 82Fibulae from the Penrith Hoard, 10th century (British Museum) (from History of Cumbria)
Image 83A Border Reiver : statue in Carlisle (from History of Cumbria)
Image 84Yanwath hall – a semi-fortified house near Penrith (from History of Cumbria)
Image 85The historic counties shown within Cumbria
  Boundary of Cumbria
  Cumberland
  Westmorland
  Lancashire
  West Riding of Yorkshire
(from History of Cumbria)
Image 86 Beatrix Potter (from Cumbria)
Image 87Furness Abbey, founded in 1123 by Stephen, King of England, attacked by the Scots in 1322 (from History of Cumbria)
Image 88Castle (from Cumbria)
Image 89Castle (from Cumbria)
Image 90The M6 motorway and West Coast Main Line near Grayrigg Forest (from Cumbria)
Image 91The Staffordshire Moorlands Pan – an enamelled cooking and serving vessel, engraved with the names of four Hadrian's Wall forts sited in Cumbria (2nd century AD). See also the article on the Rudge Cup and Amiens skillet. (from History of Cumbria)
Image 92BAE Systems Submarine Solutions in Barrow-in-Furness has a workforce of around 5,000 people. (from Cumbria)

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Helvellyn (/hɛlˈvɛlɪn/; 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.

Helvellyn is the third-highest point both in England and in the Lake District, and access to Helvellyn is easier than to the two higher peaks of Scafell Pike and Scafell. The scenery includes three deep glacial coves and two sharp-topped ridges on the eastern side (Striding Edge and Swirral Edge). Helvellyn was one of the earliest fells to prove popular with walkers and explorers; beginning especially in the later 18th century. Among the early visitors to Helvellyn were the poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth, both of whom lived nearby at one period. Many routes up the mountain are possible so that it may be approached from all directions. (Full article...)

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