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ID: 7011987
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7011987
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Cumberland (general region)  Cumberland (general region)

Note: Former county, now incorporated into Cumbria; part of Celtic kingdom of Cumbria until taken by Saxons ca. 945; source of border conflicts with Scots; area was reclaimed by England in 1092.

Names:
Cumberland (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United Kingdom (nation)  ........  United Kingdom (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of England (country)  ............  England (country) (P)
Hierarchy of Cumbria (county)  ................  Cumbria (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Cumberland (general region)  ....................  Cumberland (general region) (P)

Place Types:
general region (preferred, C)
county (H)  ............  from 1177-1974

Sources and Contributors:
Cumberland..........  [GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.......................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 158
.......................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 215
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Subject: .....  [GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 158
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 215
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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