Northumberland

"Northumberland es un condado ceremonial y una autoridad unitaria de Inglaterra (Reino Unido). Está situado en la frontera con Escocia. Según el censo de 2001, tenía 307 190 habitantes. El límite más extenso del condado se extiende a lo largo del río Humber al norte, al igual que el antiguo reino de Northumbria del rey Edwin. En la actualidad, sin embargo, el condado cubre una zona más pequeña. Hasta 1974 incluía la ciudad de Newcastle, la capital tradicional del condado, que ahora pertenece a Tyne y Wear. La capital actual de Northumberland es Morpeth. Para algunas cuestiones, sobre todo las relacionadas con la fauna y algunas organizaciones deportivas, no se tienen en cuenta los límites establecidos en 1974. El condado oficial limita con Tyne y Wear, Durham, Cumbria y las zonas de Roxburgh, Ettrick y Lauderdale en Escocia. Northumberland es conocida por su música tradicional, sobre todo la gaita."

"Northumberland (RP pronunciation /nmblnd/ local /nmblnd/) is a county in North East England. The northernmost county of England, it borders Cumbria to the west, County Durham and Tyne and Wear to the south and Scotland to the north. To the east is the North Sea coastline with a 64-mile (103 km) long distance path. The county town is Alnwick although the county council is in Morpeth (for the moment, as there are plans to move it to nearby Ashington). The northernmost point of Northumberland and England is at Marshall Meadows Bay. The county of Northumberland included Newcastle upon Tyne until 1400, when the city became a county of itself. Northumberland expanded greatly in the Tudor period, annexing Berwick-upon-Tweed in 1482, Tynedale in 1495, Tynemouth in 1536, Redesdale around 1542 and Hexhamshire in 1572. Islandshire, Bedlingtonshire and Norhamshire were incorporated into Northumberland in 1844. Tynemouth and other settlements in North Tyneside were transferred to Tyne and Wear in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. Lying on the Anglo-Scottish border, Northumberland has been the site of a number of battles. The county is noted for its undeveloped landscape of high moorland, now largely protected as the Northumberland National Park. Northumberland is the most sparsely populated county in England, with only 62 people per square kilometre."