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  2. Skelsmergh - Wikipedia

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    Skelsmergh is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Skelsmergh and Scalthwaiterigg, in South Lakeland in rural Cumbria, England, about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Kendal, on the A6 road . St. John the Baptist Church at Skelsmergh dates from about 1871 and was built by Joseph Bintley, a Westmorland architect. [1]

  3. Cumbria - Wikipedia

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    Cumbria. /  54.500°N 3.250°W  / 54.500; -3.250. 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 Borders to the north, Northumberland and County Durham to the east, North Yorkshire to the south-east, Lancashire to the south ...

  4. History of medieval Cumbria - Wikipedia

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    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 of the English central government, at once uninterested and deeply interested, is another. As a border region, of geopolitical importance, Cumbria changed hands between the Angles, Norse ...

  5. Barrow-in-Furness - Wikipedia

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    54.1108°N 3.2261°W. / 54.1108; -3.2261. Barrow-in-Furness is a port town and civil parish (as just " Barrow ") in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1867 and merged with Dalton-in-Furness Urban District in 1974 to form the Borough of Barrow-in ...

  6. History of Cumbria - Wikipedia

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    Cumbria was created as a county in 1974 from territory of the historic counties of Cumberland, Westmorland, Lancashire North of the Sands and a small part of Yorkshire, but the human history of the area is ancient. It is a county of contrasts, with its mountainous central region and lakes, fertile coastal plains in the north and gently ...

  7. City of Carlisle - Wikipedia

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    The City of Carlisle (/ k ɑːr ˈ l aɪ l / kar-LYLE, locally / ˈ k ɑːr l aɪ l / KAR-lyle [1]) was a local government district of Cumbria, England, with the status of a city.It was named after its largest settlement, Carlisle, but covered a far larger area which included the towns of Brampton and Longtown, as well as outlying villages including Dalston, Scotby and Wetheral.

  8. Category:Employment in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Employment in the United Kingdom". The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  9. List of places in Cumbria - Wikipedia

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    Appleby Market Square Central Barrow-in-Furness skyline Bassenthwaite Lake Bewcastle Cross Black Combe cairn Borrowdale Buttermere Carlisle Castle Conishead Priory near Ulverston Coniston Dungeon Ghyll Ennerdale Water Furness Abbey Grizedale Tarn Kendal, canal change bridge Keswick, Moot Hall Patterdale village Silloth, West Beach Silloth Port River Nith estuary Wasdale from Wastwater Walney ...