Allerdale above Derwent Ward
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Allerdale above Derwent Ward is one of the wards of Cumberland. It is situated in the south of the county, bounded to the south-east by Lancashire; to the east by Westmorland; to the north-east and north by Allerdale below Derwent Ward; and to the west by the Irish Sea.
The hundred comprises the ancient parishes of:
- Arlecdon
- Beckermet St Bridget and St John
- Bootle
- Brigham
- Cleator
- Cloffocks (ex. par.)
- Copeland Forest (ex. par.)
- Corney
- Crosthwaite (part)*
- Dean
- Drigg
- Egremont
- Gosforth
- Haile
- Harrington
- Irton
- Lamplugh
- Lorton
- Loweswater
- Millom
- Moresby
- Muncaster
- Ponsonby
- Salter and Eskett (ex. par.)
- St Bees
- Waberthwaite
- Whicham
- Whitbeck
- Workington
*: Townships of Briery, Keswick, Underskiddaw, and St Johns Castlerigg and Wythburn in Allerdale below Derwent Ward.
The ward is the most populous of the wards of Cumberland, with a population of 110,407 in 2011.
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