Westmorland

: Other usage: Westmorland, New Zealand is a suburb of Christchurch.

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Westmorland is one of the 39 traditional counties of England. Its main towns are Ambleside, Appleby-in-Westmorland (the county town), Kendal, Kirkby Stephen, Milnthorpe and Windermere.

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The county contains large parts of the Lake District National Park.

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In 1974 it was combined with Cumberland and parts of Lancashire and Yorkshire to create Cumbria.

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Rather than being divided into hundreds, Westmorland was subdivided into two baronies of Westmorland (or sometimes Appleby) and Kendal. These were further subdivided into two wards each — Westmorland into the East ward and West ward, and Kendal into Kendal ward and Lonsdale ward.

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Westmorland is still used as a placename. There are the Westmorland Gazette, the Westmorland County Agricultural Show, and the Westmorland Shopping Centre.

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In June 1994, after extensive consultation with the public, the Local Government Commission published Draft Recommendations for the complete restoration of Westmorland as an administrative county for administrative ceremonial purposes. The government has yet to heed their recommendation in this regard.

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Westmorland, New Zealand: Westmorland is an outer suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is situated mostly on a hillside and is a recent development of the city, dating back to the late 1970s. It is still under development, with the end of Pentonville Close being most recently settled with modern family homes typical of mi...

Christchurch: Christchurch is a city on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand....

Traditional counties of England: The traditional counties of England are historic subdivisions of the country into around 40 regions. They are also known as the historic counties, or legally as the ancient or geographic counties....