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ID: 7008117 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7008117			Record Type: administrative

Cumbria (county)

Coordinates:
Lat: 54 31 00 N degrees minutes			Lat: 54.5167 decimal degrees
Long: 003 01 00 W degrees minutes			Long: -3.0167 decimal degrees

Note: Extends along Irish Sea coast from Morecombe Bay to Solway Firth and includes famous Lake District; area occupied since Neolithic times; north part of area alternated between English and Scottish rule until 1157; economy based on fishing, farming, and livestock.

Names:

Cumbria (preferred,C,V,English,U)

Cumbr (C,V)

CMA (C,V)

County of Cumbria (NA,V,English,U)

Cumbria, County of (NA,V,English,U)

UKC9 (NA,V,FIPS)

Cambria (H,V)

Cumberland (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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Europe (continent) (P)

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United Kingdom (nation) (P)

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England (country) (P)

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Cumbria (county) (P)

Place Types:

county (preferred, C)
second level subdivision (C)
first level subdivision (C)

Sources and Contributors:

Cambria..........	[VP]
.................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 215

CMA..........	[VP]
...........	Curious Fox: UK Counties and Shires [online] (2002). accessed 16 Dec 2002

County of Cumbria..........	[VP]
................................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)

Cumberland..........	[VP]
.......................	Domesday Book (1985) 64

Cumbr..........	[VP]
..............	Gazetteer of Great Britain (1999) xvii

Cumbria..........	[BHA, GRLPA, VP Preferred]
.................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1976)
.................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 789
.................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 51
.................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)

Cumbria, County of..........	[VP]
...................................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)

UKC9..........	[VP]
...........	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)

Subject: .....	[BHA, GRLPA, VP]
..................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 215
..................	Curious Fox: UK Counties and Shires [online] (2002). accessed 16 Dec 2002
..................	Domesday Book (1985) 64
..................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1976)
..................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 789
..................	Gazetteer of Great Britain (1999) xvii
..................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2593896
..................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 51
..................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)


Note:
English	..........	[VP]

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