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The annual county show takes place on the second Thursday of September at the Society's showground and is said to be "one of the largest one day Shows in the Country". [3] [4] It includes competitive classes for heavy and light horses, beef and dairy cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, dogs, alpacas, rural crafts and Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling.
East Westmorland RD, most of West Ward RD and Shap UD were merged to form North Westmorland Rural District; South Westmorland RD absorbed Kirkby Lonsdale UD, at the same time losing an area to Lakes UD. [10] Despite their title, many of Westmorland's urban districts, such as Lakes, Grasmere, and Shap, were quite rural in character.
Crooklands is a hamlet in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south of Kendal on the A65 road and the Lancaster Canal. Historically part of Westmorland, it is in the parish of Preston Richard but adjacent to Preston Patrick to the south east, the boundary roughly following Peasey Beck.
Preston Patrick is a village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. [2] [3] It has junction 36 of the M6 motorway in its south west corner and extends north east on both sides of the motorway until just beyond the B2564 road. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 438, [4] decreasing at the 2011 census to 426. [1]
Cliburn is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness Unitary Authority of Cumbria, England; the civil parish includes the hamlet of Town Head. At the 2001 census , the population was 204; [ 1 ] this increased to 274 by 2011 .
Ian Bebbington said the West Mid Showground in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, had suffered five major floods in the last 10 years and it was costing thousands of pounds to repair the damage each time.
Newby is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of the county of Cumbria, England. It is about 7 miles (11 km) from the large town of Penrith and about 5 miles (8 km) from the small town of Appleby-in-Westmorland, and has a population of 164. [1] Nearby is Newby Beck. Newby has a post office.
The Northern Lights are visible over the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge on October 11, 2024 near New York City. / Credit: Roy Rochlin / Getty Images