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This county was divided into two grand
divisions called the Barony of Westmorland and the Barony
of Kendal.
The former was divided into two wards called East
Ward and West Ward, and the latter
comprised the Kendal and Lonsdale
Wards, forming the south-west part of the county.
Transcriptions of
descriptions from Parsons & White 1829 are given on
Edenlinks.
There are historic Westmorland Views at oldprints.co.uk
Westmorland is now part of
Cumbria and is a still a very sparsely populated rural area.
It is
best-known for including part of the beautiful Lake District National
Park.
It contains the longest lake - Windermere - and second highest
mountain - Helvelleyn - in England.
There are 360 degree panoramas
provided by virtualcumbria.net for Eden
Valley & North Pennines and South
Lakes.
Also thecumbriadirectory.com has much description and many pictures.
Les Strong's Edenlinks
and Westmorland Villages site has some good pictures.
See also under Gazetteers .
There is a website covering Cumbrian railway history and there is further information available for the Settle-Carlisle Railway .
This county is maintained by Dave Huddart with help and information provided by others. It is part of GENUKI project covering the whole of the British Isles. For more general genealogical information visit the England page.
Last updated: February 2012 Dave Huddart