Westmorland - Legacy

Legacy

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 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 services, better known as Tebay services, on the M6 motorway.
• 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.