Difference between revisions of "Westmorland"

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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyWestmorland.htm#PageTitle IGI Westmoreland]
 
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*[http://http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/westmd/westmorland.htm Westmoreland Workhouses]
 
*[http://http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/westmd/westmorland.htm Westmoreland Workhouses]
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*[http://http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Westmoreland/gazetteer.html General Information]
 
*[http://http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Westmoreland/gazetteer.html General Information]
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*[http://www.pa-roots.com/~westmoreland/ Westmoreland County Genealogy Project]
 
*[http://www.pa-roots.com/~westmoreland/ Westmoreland County Genealogy Project]
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'''Specific Town Village interest'''
 
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*[http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~enzedders/index.htm Kirkby Stephen]
 
*[http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~enzedders/index.htm Kirkby Stephen]

Revision as of 10:53, 21 June 2007

Also see Cumberland page .

Westmorland


County town: Appleby

Other major towns: Kendal


Way up in the north west of England, Westmorland forms a main part of Lake District national Park. In the greater part hilly much of Westmoreland is unspoiled. Copper was mined from the western mountains, slate and limestone were quarried, along with marble which is fashioned into chimney-pieces, ornaments etc.

Samuel Coleridge lived at Keswick.


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