Detailed Instructions: In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.
Problem:The county of Cumbria was created in April 1974 through an amalgamation of the administrative counties of Cumberland and Westmorland , to which parts of Lancashire ( the area known as Lancashire North of the Sands ) and the West Riding of Yorkshire were added .
Solution:
In 1974 , Cumberland , Westmorland and bits of Yorkshire and Lancashire were put into the new county of Cumbria .