page_title: Westmorland
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Westmorland / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: Westmoreland
context_page_description: Westmorland is a historic county in north west England. It formed an administrative county between 1889 and 1974, after which the whole county was administered by the new administrative county of Cumbria. In 2013, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles, formally recognised and acknowledged the continued existence of England's 39 historic counties, including Westmorland.
context_section_description: Westmorland is still used as a place name by organisations and businesses in the area such as:
  The Westmorland Gazette (founded 1818)
  The Westmorland County Agricultural Society (founded 1799), which organises the annual Westmorland County Agricultural Society Show
  The Westmorland County Football Association, the regional division of the Football Association that administers many football leagues including the Westmorland Association Football League.
  The Westmorland Geological Society (formed 1973)
  The Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society (founded 1866)
  The Westmorland Youth Orchestra
  The Westmorland Shopping Centre, Kendal
  The Westmorland Cricket League
  Westmorland Motorway Services, the company behind Tebay services in Westmorland and Gloucester Services.
  In 1974 the successor parish council formed for the former borough of Appleby adopted the name Appleby-in-Westmorland.
  Westmorland General Hospital in Kendal
  Westmorland croquet club
  The southern part of the county, the former Barony of Kendal or that part of Westmorland that is part of South Lakeland, is included in the Westmorland and Lonsdale parliamentary constituency.
  In June 1994, during the 1990s UK local government reform, the Local Government Commission published draft recommendations suggesting that Westmorland's border with Yorkshire and Lancashire be restored for ceremonial purposes. The final recommendations, published in October 1994, did not include such recommendations, apparently due to lack of expression of support for the proposal to the commission.
  In September 2011, the Westmorland Association, a local society which promotes the county's identity, successfully registered the Flag of Westmorland with the Flag Institute.
caption: Map of Westmorland, 1824
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