Westmorland

Westmorland is an area of north-western England, it is traditionally regarded as one of the 39 historic counties of England. more...

History

Early history

Westmorland is one of the 39 traditional counties of England including the towns of Ambleside, Appleby-in-Westmorland (the county town), Kendal, Kirkby Stephen, Milnthorpe and Windermere. Within Westmorland's boundaries are large parts of the Lake District National Park.

Rather than being divided into hundreds, Westmorland was subdivided into two baronies of Westmorland (or sometimes Appleby) and Kendal. The baronies were further subdivided into two wards each — Westmorland into the East ward and West ward, and Kendal into Kendal ward and Lonsdale ward.

Modern history

In 1889, under the Local Government Act 1888, a county council was created for the administrative county of Westmorland. The county council was based in Kendal not Appleby.

The Local Government Act 1894 further divided the county into urban districts and rural districts. Although some of Westmorland's urban districts were very small and would have probably been parts of rural districts in other counties. Kendal and Appleby were governed as municipal boroughs though were a lot smaller than some urban districts in other parts of England.

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