Cumberland
Volume edited by : A. M. Armstrong, Allen Mawer, & F. M. Stenton, Bruce Dickins 1950-52
Historical Forms
- Cumbra land 945 ASC c.960
- to Cumer lande 1000 ASC 1121
- to Cumber lande 1000 ASC late11th
- Cumber landa t.Hy1 Ch 1307 P 1166 Cur 1201 Pipe 1222
- Cumber land c.1150 RegDun
- Cumbrelanda t.Hy1 Ch 1307
- Cumbrelant c.1150 SD
- Cumbreland' 1191 P 1459 StBA
- comitatu Cumbrie 1230 Cl 1407 FA
- Cumbria 1231 Cl
- Combrelande t.Hy3 RBE
- Comberland(e) 1522 CWxx 1537 LP 1580 Border
Etymology
'Land of the Cymry (the Welsh).'