Cumbria

Cumbria (or sometimes Cumberland) is that part of Northern England that runs from the Scottish border and down the western coast as far as Lancashire. The counties of Durham, Northumberland and Yorkshire border it to the east. As the name suggests*, anciently it formed part of the old British kingdom of Rheged, and it has been much fought over - by the Britons, the Anglo-Saxons, the Scots, the Normans etc - until its stability was assured under the long and peaceful rule of John Uskglass. Carlisle is its county town.
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• 'Cumbria' is from the Welsh word Cymry, which it appears is Welsh for 'Wales'.