The English surname Strickland is derived from the Norse word Stercaland, which is found in Westmorland to the south of Penrith.

There was, however, opposition to the campaign in its present form, which essentially calls for the modification of the proposition to reduce the region of the proposed protection from the Post 1974 ' administrative ' County of Cumbria-which incorporates Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire ' north of the Sands ' but without abolishing the original counties-to the Traditional County of Cumberland, on native grounds, with provisions including the native right for natives to continue to manufacture the sausage elsewhere.

In 1588, Westmorland commanded a force of 700 English fugitives in the seaports of Flanders, who with the army of 103 companies of foot and 4000 horse, making together 30, 000 men under the Duke of Parma ; and besides 12, 000 men brought by the Duke of Guise to the coast of Normandy, intended for an attack on the West of England, under cover and protection of the Spanish Armada.

In 1776 Paley was presented to the rectory of Musgrave in Westmorland, which was exchanged soon after for Appleby.

The following year, he received an appointment as Distributor of Stamps for Westmorland, and the £ 400 per year income from the post made him financially secure.

The other, Great Domesday, covers much of the remainder of England and parts of Wales, except for lands in the north that later became Westmorland, Cumberland, Northumberland and the County Palatine of Durham.

When New Hampshire became an independent province, the town was regranted in 1752 by Governor Benning Wentworth as Westmoreland, named for John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland.

This connection was reinforced for many years until relatively recently by the large number of Hastings Scholarships given to men from 20 schools in Yorkshire, Westmorland and Cumberland.

In 1889, under the Local Government Act 1888, a county council was created for Westmorland, taking functions from the Quarter Sessions.

Born March 9, 1917, in Windermere, Westmorland in England, Watt was educated at the Dover County School for Boys and at St John's College, Cambridge, where he earned first-class honors in English.

On 29 September 1397, due to his support for King Richard II against the Lords Appellant, Neville was created the 1st Earl of Westmorland.

Faber attended the grammar school of Bishop Auckland for a short time, but a large portion of his boyhood was spent in Westmorland.

Stockton became the major port for County Durham, the North Riding of Yorkshire and Westmorland during this period, exporting mainly rope made in the town, agricultural produce and lead from the Yorkshire Dales.

Historically a part of Westmorland, Kendal today is known largely as a centre for tourism, as the home of Kendal mint cake, and as a producer of pipe tobacco and tobacco snuff.

* Edward Wilson ( MP ) ( c. 1719 – 1764 ), English MP for Westmorland

Lonsdale was returned to parliament for Cockermouth in 1808, a seat he held until 1813, and later represented Westmorland between 1813 and 1831 and 1832 and 1841, Dunwich in 1832 and West Cumberland between 1832 and 1833.

* Tim Collins ( politician ) ( born 1964 ), British MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, 1997 – 2005

It was forfeited in 1571 by Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland for leading the Rising of the North.

Lowther was a Member of Parliament for over twenty years and served as Lord-Lieutenant of Westmorland and Cumberland.

* Thomas Burton ( politician ) ( died 1661 ), British Member of Parliament for Westmorland, 1656 – 1659

It was created in 1881 for Sir Henry Tufton, 2nd Baronet, who was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Westmorland the same year and who also served briefly as a government whip in the Liberal administration of 1886.

The Tufton Baronetcy, of Appleby in the County of Westmorland, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1851 for Richard Tufton.

Prior to his creation as a viscount in 1696 John had succeeded his grandfather, another Sir John Lowther ( 1605 – 1675 ), as a baronet, and was twice member of parliament for Westmorland between 1677 and 1696.

In 1688 he was serviceable in securing Cumberland and Westmorland for King William III, and was appointed to the Privy Council in 1689.

In April 1660 he sat again in parliament for Cumberland, and at the Restoration was made custos rotulorum of Essex and Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland and Westmorland.

* Tim Collins, Conservative politician, MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale from 1997 – 2005

Bull used as an heraldic crest, here for the Fane family, Earls of Westmorland.

Jopling was elected Conservative MP for Westmorland, now in Cumbria, in 1964 and became Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury from 1979 to 1983.

Airy was born at Alnwick, one of a long line of Airys who traced their descent back to a family of the same name residing at Kentmere, in Westmorland, in the 14th century.

One of the first of these mills was the 18th century Spedding mill, the Spedding family having a long association as the agents for the Lowther family of Westmorland and the Whitehaven collieries.

An example of a Spedding steel mill may be seen in Whitehaven museum, the Spedding family having a long association as the agents for the Lowther family of Westmorland and the Whitehaven collieries.

At this time, the Westmorland Road became open to year round travel and a regular mail coach service was established between Saint John and Halifax.

It is thought that, in 1533, Catherine spent her time with the widow of her cousin Sir Walter Strickland, the Dowager Lady Strickland, Catherine Neville at the Strickland's family residence of Sizergh Castle in Westmorland ( now Cumbria ).

Most of Cumberland and Westmorland are missing because they were not conquered until some time after the survey, and County Durham is lacking as the Bishop of Durham ( William de St-Calais ) had the exclusive right to tax Durham ; parts of the north east of England were covered by the 1183 Boldon Book, which listed those areas liable to tax by the Bishop of Durham.

* South Westmorland RD absorbed Kirkby Lonsdale UD, at the same time losing an area to Lakes UD.

After suffering from poor health from some time, he led the government to re-election in 1939 and resigned in 1940 to become a County Court Judge of Westmorland and Kent Counties.

Fernhill Cemetery, originally known as the Rural Cemetery at the time it opened in 1848, is located at 200 Westmorland Road in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.

That caused Octavius to react again, where he met Trahern in Westmorland, but Octavius was defeated this time.

He could do no more than draw his army and his guns over the Pennine chain into Westmorland, in the hope of being in time to bar the King's march on Scotland via Carlisle.

Conflicting reports as to the condition of Oxford reached the royal headquarters in the last week of May, and the eastward march was made chiefly to " spin out time " until it could be known whether it would be necessary to return to Oxford, or whether it was still possible to fight Leven in Yorkshire his move into Westmorland was not yet known and invade Scotland by the easy east coast route.

One important factors which comes into the picture around this time and may also provide some clues to Lucy ’ s later development, was a move to Westmorland where they spent a year near to her mother ’ s family home at Arnside.

At the time of the British Census of 1881, its frequency was highest in Yorkshire, followed by Westmorland, Cumberland, County Durham, Nottinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Rutland, and Lancashire.