Coordinates: 54°35′20″N 2°31′05″W / 54.589°N 2.518°W / 54.589; -2.518 North Westmorland was a rural district in Westmorland, England from 1935 to 1974. It now forms part of the Eden district of Cumbria. It was formed in 1935 by the merger of the East Westmorland Rural District, Shap urban district and most of West Ward Rural District.
The district entirely surrounded the Appleby municipal borough.
Famous quotes containing the words north, rural and/or district:
“I am fearful when I see people substituting fear for reason.”
—Edmund H. North (1911–1990)
“[They] hired a large house as a receptacle for gentlewomen, who either had no fortunes, or so little that it would not support them. For these they made the most comfortable institution [and] provided [them] with all conveniences for rural amusements, a library, musical instruments, and implements for various works.”
—Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)
“Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of their fabrication.”
—Rebecca West (1892–1983)