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page 173
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Cumberland
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CUMBERLAND, AND ISLE of MAN.
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ancient times
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IN the Time of the Romans Cumberland was Part of the large
Country inhabited by the Brigantes, containing besides
this County, Yorkshire, Durham, Lancashire, and
Westmoreland. During the Time of the Saxon
Heptarchy, it made Part of the Kingdom of Northumberland.
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Romans
Picts and Scots
The Wall
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When it was in the Power of the Romans, it was much
frequented by their Legions and Soldiers, not only to keep the
Inhabitants in Order, but bordering upon their troublesome
Neighbours, the Picts and Scots, they were forced
continually to guard it against their Invasions; but when the
Distractions of the Roman Empire caused the Legions of
Britain to be call'd Home, the Scots and
Picts, sensible that all Opposition was near remov'd, soon
brake thro' the strong Wall, built by the Emperors Adrian
and Severus, extending from Sea to Sea about 82 Miles in
Length, tho' it had been not long before rebuilt, and made
stronger, and now miserably harrass'd the Britons,
destitute of their wonted Guard; in which almost continual
Conflicts they lived, 'till the Saxons brought them, with
the rest of the Kingdom, into a Subjection to them, dividing it
into seven Parts, or Principalities. In this Settlement,
Cumberland became a Part of the Kingdom of
Northumberland, and was then called Cumberland.
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county size
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This County, which is 168 Miles in Circumference, is bounded by
Scotland on the N. by the Irish Sea on the W. and
S. and on the E. by Part of Lancashire, Westmoreland,
Yorkshire, Durham, and Northumberland.
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diocese
parishes
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Members of Parliament
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It lies partly in the Dioceses of Chester and
Carlisle,
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gazetteer links
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-- "Cumberland" -- Cumberland
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-- "Picts Wall" -- Hadrian's Wall
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