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Westmorland


Name	Westmorland
HQ	Appleby (historic county town) County Hall, Kendal (1889-1974)
Status	Administrative county (1889-1974) Ceremonial county (until 1974)
Origin	Historic
Start	In antiquity
Replace	Cumbria
CodeName	Chapman code
Code	WES
Government	Westmorland County Council (1889-1974)
Divisions	Baronies, Wards (ancient)
PopulationFirst	63,575
PopulationFirstYear	1911
PopulationLast	67,180
PopulationLastYear	1961
AreaFirst	485990 acre (1966.7 km2)
AreaFirstYear	1831
AreaSecondYear	1911
AreaSecond	505330 acre (2045 km2)
AreaLast	504917 acre (2043.3 km2)
AreaLastYear	1961
Arms	Arms of Westmorland County Council

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Westmorland (c-eniconˈwɛstmərlənd; formerly also spelt Westmoreland, an even older spelling is Westmerland or Westmereland) is an area of North West England and one of the 39 historic counties of England. It formed an administrative county from 1889 to 1974, after which the entirety of the county was absorbed into the new county of Cumbria.

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