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Cumbria (/ˈkʌmbriə/ KUM-bree-ə) is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders the Scottish council areas of Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders to the north, Northumberland and County Durham to the east, North Yorkshire to the south-east, Lancashire to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. Its largest settlement is the city of Carlisle.

The county is predominantly rural, with an area of 6,769 km² (2,614 sq mi) and a population of 500,012; this makes it the third largest ceremonial county in England by area but the eighth-smallest by population. After Carlisle (74,281), the largest settlements are Barrow-in-Furness (56,745), Kendal (29,593), and Whitehaven (23,986). For local government purposes the county comprises two unitary authority areas, Westmorland and Furness and Cumberland. Cumbria was created in 1974 from the historic counties of Cumberland and Westmorland, the Furness area of Lancashire, and a small part of Yorkshire.

Cumbria is well-known for its natural beauty and much of its landscape is protected; the county contains the Lake District National Park and Solway Coast AONB, and parts of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, Arnside and Silverdale AONB, and North Pennines AONB. Together these protect the county's mountains, lakes, and coastline, including Scafell Pike, at 3,209 feet (978 m) England's highest mountain, and Windermere, its largest lake by volume. (Full article...)

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Johnston performing in 2008

Andrew Johnston (born 23 September 1994) is a British singer who rose to fame when he appeared as a boy soprano on the second series of the UK television talent show Britain's Got Talent in 2008. Although he did not win the competition, he received a contract to record with Syco Music, a label owned by the Britain's Got Talent judge Simon Cowell. Johnston's debut album, One Voice, was released in September of the same year, and reached number four on the UK Albums Chart. Although Johnston originally performed as a treble, his voice has since matured to baritone, and he is now a member of the National Youth Choir.

Johnston was born in Dumfries, Scotland, and his parents separated when he was an infant. He and his mother moved to Carlisle, where they lived in "poverty". He became head chorister at Carlisle Cathedral, and was bullied at school because of his love of classical music. While some journalists have argued Britain's Got Talent producers took advantage of Johnston's background, others have hailed his story as inspirational. In 2009, he graduated from Trinity School. Johnston now studies full-time at the Royal Northern College of Music. (Full article...)

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The following are images from various Cumbria-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Possible position of Rheged (from History of Cumbria)
Image 2Hadrian's Wall (from History of Cumbria)
Image 3Yanwath hall – a semi-fortified house near Penrith (from History of Cumbria)
Image 4Muncaster Castle (from Cumbria)
Image 5The University of Cumbria's Fusehill Campus in Carlisle (from Cumbria)
Image 6Little Meg – a Bronze Age ring cairn with spiral rock art (from History of Cumbria)
Image 7Sizergh Castle (from Cumbria)
Image 8Milefortlet 21 at Crosscanonby on the Cumbrian coast, with later, 18th-century, saltpans across the road to the left (from History of Cumbria)
Image 9Gateway to the College at Kirkoswald (from History of Cumbria)
Image 10Furness Abbey, founded in 1123 by Stephen, King of England, attacked by the Scots in 1322 (from History of Cumbria)
Image 11Tomb of Thomas Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre at Lanercost Priory (from History of Cumbria)
Image 12Penrith Castle : Richard, Duke of Gloucester, (later Richard III of England), was based here when Sheriff of Cumberland in the 1470s (from History of Cumbria)
Image 13The site of the 2007 Grayrigg train derailment (from History of Cumbria)
Image 14The entrance to Whinlatter Forest Park (from Cumbria)
Image 15Topographic map of Cumbria (from Cumbria)
Image 16Brunton Park, the home of Carlisle United (from Cumbria)
Image 17The Crosby Garrett Helmet – (private collection) (from History of Cumbria)
Image 18Brantwood, overlooking Coniston Water, viewed from the steam yacht 'Gondola' – note the angled, corner windows designed to take in the views (from History of Cumbria)
Image 19Local government districts 1974–2023
1. City of Carlisle
2. Allerdale
3. Eden
4. Copeland
5. South Lakeland
6. Barrow-in-Furness (from History of Cumbria)
Image 20Scots' Dike (from History of Cumbria)
Image 21Galava Roman fort, Ambleside (from History of Cumbria)
Image 22The Irton Cross, Irton, Cumbria, early 9th century, Anglian (pre-Viking) sculpture (from History of Cumbria)
Image 23Craven Park, home of Barrow Raiders (from Cumbria)
Image 24The northeastern Irish Sea, showing new settlements with Norse place names. (from History of Cumbria)
Image 25Walls Castle, Ravenglass: the possible site of the Arthurian Lyons Garde or St Patrick's birthplace (from History of Cumbria)
Image 26The Anglo-Scottish marches (from History of Cumbria)
Image 27The Ormside bowl, probably late 8th century and made in Northumbria; possibly looted from York by a Viking warrior and buried with him at Great Ormside (from History of Cumbria)
Image 28Rydal Mount – home to Wordsworth 1813–1850. Hundreds of visitors came here to see him over the years (from History of Cumbria)
Image 29High Cup Nick, in the North Pennines (from Cumbria)
Image 30Muncaster Castle (from Cumbria)
Image 31Greta Hall, Keswick – home of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1800–1804; home to Robert Southey, 1803–1843 (from History of Cumbria)
Image 32Swinside stone circle (from History of Cumbria)
Image 33A Border Reiver : statue in Carlisle (from History of Cumbria)
Image 34The Gosforth Cross, 10th-century Viking-age sculpture. (A replica of 1887, with clearer depictions of the decoration, may be found in the churchyard at Aspatria, along with a replica of another cross, the original of which is at Dearham) (from History of Cumbria)
Image 35Calder Abbey (from History of Cumbria)
Image 36Swarthy Hill, near Crosscanonby on the Solway coast – possible site of Iron Age hillfort, later the site of mile-fortlet 21 in Roman times (from History of Cumbria)
Image 37 William Wordsworth (from Cumbria)
Image 38 Beatrix Potter (from Cumbria)
Image 39Carlisle Cathedral : founded in 1133 (from History of Cumbria)
Image 40Kents Bank, Cumbria (from History of Cumbria)
Image 41The Stanegate line is marked in red, to the south of the later Hadrian's Wall. (n.b. Brocavum is Brougham, not Kirkby Thore as given in the map) (from History of Cumbria)
Image 42Furness Abbey (from Cumbria)
Image 43The historic counties shown within Cumbria
  Boundary of Cumbria
  Cumberland
  Westmorland
  Lancashire
  West Riding of Yorkshire
(from History of Cumbria)
Image 44Long Meg and Her Daughters (from History of Cumbria)
Image 45St Mary's Church, Abbeytown : all that is left of Holmcultram Abbey, founded by David I, King of Scots, and his son, Earl Henry, in 1150 (from History of Cumbria)
Image 46Neolithic stone axe with handle from Ehenside Tarn (now in the British Museum) (from History of Cumbria)
Image 47The Fish Hotel, Buttermere – where Mary Robinson worked (from History of Cumbria)
Image 48A Tesco store underwater in Carlisle during the January 2005 floods (from History of Cumbria)
Image 49Location of Inglewood Forest, stretching from Carlisle to Penrith; it was the most northerly of the Royal forests (from History of Cumbria)
Image 50Workington Hall, the Curwens' family seat (from History of Cumbria)
Image 51BAE Systems Submarine Solutions in Barrow-in-Furness has a workforce of around 5,000 people. (from Cumbria)
Image 52The Rere or Rey Cross on Stainmore (from History of Cumbria)
Image 53Cairn circle, Oddendale (from History of Cumbria)
Image 54Napes Needle on Great Gable, a favourite of the early climbers (from History of Cumbria)
Image 55Approximate extent of Domesday coverage : the district of Hougun, if indeed it was a district, may have covered the three peninsulas at the left of the pink area (from History of Cumbria)
Image 56Castlerigg Stone Circle (from History of Cumbria)
Image 57St Laurence's Church, Morland : with "the only tower of Anglo-Saxon character in the NW counties", according to Pevsner. Tower possibly built by order of Siward, Earl of Northumbria, sometime between 1042 and 1055; nave possibly later (1120) (from History of Cumbria)
Image 58Dove Cottage (Town End, Grasmere) – home of William and Dorothy Wordsworth, 1799–1808; home of Thomas De Quincey, 1809–1820 (from History of Cumbria)
Image 59The banks of Brocavum Roman fort in the foreground; Brougham Castle is in the background (from History of Cumbria)
Image 60Wray Castle – built by a Liverpool doctor who had married a rich wife. Constructed in 1840 at the head of Windermere. Associated with two key players of the National Trust : Canon Rawnsley and Beatrix Potter (from History of Cumbria)
Image 61Greystoke Castle. Held by the Greystoke family, then by the Dacres and inherited by the Howard family during Elizabeth I's reign. Photo:Simon Ledingham (from History of Cumbria)
Image 62Hadrian's Wall (from Cumbria)
Image 63Claife Station on the western shore of Windermere – built in the 1790s with tinted windows angled to take in all the aesthetically pleasing views (from History of Cumbria)
Image 64 Stan Laurel (from Cumbria)
Image 65Cumbria within England (from History of Cumbria)
Image 66Wetheral Priory Gatehouse – all that remains of Wetheral Priory, founded by Ranulf le Meschin in 1106 (from History of Cumbria)
Image 67Loki stone, Kirkby Stephen parish church, part of a 10th-century Viking-age cross-shaft. But does it show Loki or Satan? (from History of Cumbria)
Image 68The M6 motorway and West Coast Main Line near Grayrigg Forest (from Cumbria)
Image 69Iron Age roundhouse reconstruction (from History of Cumbria)
Image 70The Castlerigg stone circle dates from the late Neolithic age and was constructed by some of the earliest inhabitants of Cumbria (from Cumbria)
Image 71Roman milestone still in situ by the A66 near Kirkby Thore (from History of Cumbria)
Image 72Kentmere Hall, an example of a Cumbrian Pele tower (from History of Cumbria)
Image 73The Staffordshire Moorlands Pan – an enamelled cooking and serving vessel, engraved with the names of four Hadrian's Wall forts sited in Cumbria (2nd century AD). See also the article on the Rudge Cup and Amiens skillet. (from History of Cumbria)
Image 74Carlisle Castle – begun by William Rufus in 1092; rebuilt in stone under Henry I, 1122–35, and David I of Scotland, 1136–1153 (from History of Cumbria)
Image 75The historic counties shown within Cumbria
  Boundary of Cumbria
  Historic Cumberland
  Historic Westmorland
  Historic Lancashire
  West Riding of Yorkshire
(from Cumbria)
Image 76The Eden Valley between Appleby and Penrith, an area referred to affectionately as the heartland of Rheged in the praise poems of Taliesin (from History of Cumbria)
Image 77Birdoswald – showing partial blockage of main (east) gateway (from History of Cumbria)
Image 78Great Langdale, site of the Langdale Axe Factory (from History of Cumbria)
Image 79So-called "Saint's tomb" (left), and "Warrior's tomb" (right), two hogbacks in St. Mary's church, Gosforth. Typically high and narrow Cumbrian style, in the shape of a building with a roof, eaves and walls. The Saint's tomb has a crucifixion on the end, the Warrior's tomb has a procession of armed men (from History of Cumbria)
Image 80Hardknott Roman Fort (from History of Cumbria)
Image 81'Giants Grave', St. Andrew's churchyard, Penrith, an unusual arrangement of two Viking-age cross-shafts with four hogbacks (in the foreground). In addition, there is a smaller, Viking-age, wheel-headed cross just visible in the background (from History of Cumbria)
Image 82Fibulae from the Penrith Hoard, 10th century (British Museum) (from History of Cumbria)

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Location in the Lake District National Park##Location in South Lakeland, Cumbria

Rydal Water is a small body of water in the central part of the English Lake District, in the county of Cumbria. It is located near the hamlet of Rydal, between Grasmere and Ambleside in the Rothay Valley.

The lake is 1,290 yards (1.18 km) long and varies in width up to a maximum of 380 yards (350m), covering an area of 0.12 mi² (0.31 km²). It has a maximum depth of 55 ft (17m) and an elevation above sea level of 177 ft (54m). The lake is both supplied and drained by the river Rothay, which flows from Grasmere upstream and towards Windermere downstream. (Full article...)

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Derwentwater Haweswater Reservoir Ullswater Wast Water Windermere Scafell Pike Scafell Pillar (Lake District) Great Gable Bowfell Great End Skiddaw Helvellyn Borrowdale Volcanic Group Geology of the Lake District Yorkshire Dales National Park Belah Viaduct Cross Fell Port of Barrow Solway Coast Moorhouse and Cross Fell Ease Gill Caverns Ravenglass Roman Bath House Dales Way

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