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Regional ProfileCumbria was formed in 1974 from the old counties of Cumberland, Westmorland, and part of North Lancashire, and is now England's second largest county in size. Cumbria is home to the Lake District National Park an area over 30 miles across, considered one of the most beautiful areas of the United Kingdom. It contains the highest point of the whole of England, Scafell Pike at 3,209 feet (978 m). Parts of Hadrian's Wall can be found in the north of the county, in and around Carlisle. The boundaries are along the Irish Sea to Morecambe Bay in the west, and along the Pennines to the east and its northern boundary runs from the Solway Firth along the border with Scotland to Northumberland. It is made up of six districts: Allerdale, Barrow-in-Furness, Carlisle, Copeland, Eden and South Lakeland
The culture of the area was predominantly Celtic until quite late and the area was once part of the Kingdom of Rheged. The name Cumbria derives from the Welsh word Cymru, meaning ”The People”. Rheged was a Celtic kingdom of the 5th to the late 7th century possibly extending into south-western Scotland. Almost nothing is known about the place, except that it was the homeland of the warrior monarch, Urien. It was swallowed up by the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria and the Welsh language slowly fell out of use except in the remote highlands. Cumbria remains one of the most Celtic areas of England. Remnants of welsh and Cumbric are most often seen in place names, in elements such as caer 'fort' as in Carlisle, pen 'hill' as in Penrith and craig 'crag, rock' as in High Crag. The Celtic form of counting is still used by shepherds throughout the area and different variations exist from valley to valley. The word for one (Yan) is still used widely throughout Cumbria as in ”That yan owr there”. The Cumbic words for one to ten (Keswick dialect) are Yan, Tyan, Tethera, Methera, Pimp, Sethera, Iethera, Hovera, Dovera, Dick. The area also later had a very strong Scandinavian influence that has left many words in the local language. The majority of Cumbrian place names are of Norse origin, including Ulverston ('Ulfr's farmstead'), Kendal ('valley of the River Kent') and Elterwater ('swan lake'). Many of the traditional dialect words are also remnants of Norse settlement, including beck (stream), laik (to play), lowp (to jump), Thwaite (field) and glisky (shimmering). The Cumbrian economy covers a wide range of sectors. In the uplands, hill farming and tourism are major factors. The nuclear industry is represented on the coat and is a large employer. Manufacturing is the largest contributor to the economy, although declining and Retail and business services are increasing. Tourism remains a strong factor in the economy although it is not growing as fast as other areas of the United Kingdom. Reserve It Ltd, cannot confirm or guarantee the description or standard of the properties published on it's Internet or printed pages and therefore assumes no responsibility for the accuracy or validity of claims and statements made by any property owner within this web site or other locations on the internet. Views expressed within our web sites or other locations are those of the property owner and do not necessarily reflect the views of Reserve It Ltd. We reserve the right to remove from our site, without compensation, any establishment that fails to provide the quality of service claimed in their advertising. Current Website Statistics Average visits per month: 30,000 Copyright 2006 [Reserve It Ltd] All Rights Reserved |
