  cumberland ( ; locally  ) is a historic county of north west england that had an administrative function from the 12th century until 1974. it was bordered by northumberland to the east, county durham to the southeast, westmorland and lancashire to the south, and dumfriesshire in scotland to the north. it formed an administrative county from 1889 to 1974 (excluding carlisle from 1914) and now forms part of cumbria. ==early history == the first record of the term "cumberland" appears in 945, when the anglo-saxon chronicle recorded that the area was ceded to malcolm i of scotland by king edmund of england. at the time of the domesday book in 1086 most of the future county remained part of scotland although some villages in the ancient district of millom, which were the possessions of the earl of northumbria, were included in the yorkshire section with the furness 
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