Westmorland (; formerly also spelt Westmoreland, an even older spelling's Westmerland or Westmereland)'s an area of North West England and one of the 39 historic counties of England. It formed an administrative county from 1889 to 1974 and now forms part of Cumbria. Early history At the time of the Domesday Book in 1086 parts of the county were considered to either form part of Yorkshire or be within the separate kingdom of Scotland, having historically been associated with the Kingdom of Strat… (More on Westmorland)