Northumberland

:For other places with this name, see Northumberland (disambiguation)

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Northumberland is a traditional, ceremonial and administrative county in northern England. The ceremonial county borders Cumbria to the west, County Durham to the south and Tyne and Wear to the south east, as well as having a border with the Scottish Lieutenancy area of Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale to the north, and nearly eighty miles of North Sea coastline. Since 1974 the county council has been located in Morpeth, situated in the east of the county at {{coor dms|55|10|07|N|1|41|15|W|}}; however Morpeth and Alnwick both claim the title county town.

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County - England - Ceremonial county - Cumbria - County Durham - Tyne and Wear - Scottish - Lieutenancy area - Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale - Mile - North Sea - Coast - 1974 - Morpeth - Alnwick - County town

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As the kingdom of Northumbria under King Edwin, the area's historical boundaries stretched from the Humber in the south to the Forth in the north. The traditional county covers a smaller area, similar to the modern ceremonial county but also including Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the traditional county town. In 1974 however, the new metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear was created, and some areas traditionally within Northumberland are now administratively in Tyne and Wear. For some purposes, particularly wildlife recording and many sporting organisations, the administrative boundaries are not followed, retaining Newcastle-upon-Tyne and North Tyneside within Northumberland. Indeed, the county of Tyne and Wear is not indicative of the 'attachments' of the local population; residents of Newcastle would more readily identify themselves with Northumberland than their rival city, Sunderland, another place brought within the boundaries of Tyne and Wear in 1974.

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Northumbria - Edwin - Humber - Forth - Newcastle-upon-Tyne - County town - Tyne and Wear - Wildlife - Sport - North Tyneside - Sunderland

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Being on the border of Scotland and England, Northumberland has been the site of many battles. The county is noted for its undeveloped landscape of high moorland, a favourite with landscape painters, and now largely protected as a National Park.

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