Kendal - Cumbria or Lancashire?

It's confusing enough living in a county that a lot people don't seem to know exists or where it is but Facebook keep insisting that the town I live in is in Lancashire and not Cumbria! My friend Donna has had enough of this and has formed a group on Facebook to try and get them to fix this geographical inaccuracy.


Here is a map to show how wrong FB are:

Nilfanion, created using Ordnance Survey data

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In line with the launch of the Facebook group Kendal is in Cumbria, not Lancashire I am looking for someone to write a post about the geographical history of Westmorland, Cumbria and Lancashire! I vaguely know about it all but not enough to write a good post in short time...


So if you are an expert in this area and would like to write a nice simple explanation of how the boundaries have shifted then please drop comment on here so I can arrange for you to do it! Or leave a message on the group wall (you will need to like it first).


Thank you in advance!