Historical place archive

Cumbria in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Cumbria in Scotland. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

3 records1 event labels2 people945–1070

Historical events in Cumbria

945

945
Rule of Cumbria
Malcolm I · England War

Given Cumbria by the West Saxon King Edmund I

1061

1061
Rule of Cumbria
Malcolm III · England War

Malcolm IIIs raids in Northumbria are related to the disputed "Kingdom of the Cumbrians", reestablished by Earl Siward in 1054

1070

1070
Rule of Cumbria
Malcolm III · England War

Malcolm III gains control of Cumbria

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Scotland and Cumbria. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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