General view of the agriculture of the county of Northumberland: with observations on the means of its improvement; drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement, by J. Bailey and G. Culley.
Bailey, J. (John), 1750-1819., Culley, George, 1735-1813.
SECT. 1.— Situation and Extent.
THE county of Cumberland is situated between the latitudes of 54 deg. 6 min. and 55 deg 7½ min. North; and the longitudes of 2 deg. 13 min. and 3 deg. 30 min. West from London. Its length from St. Bee's Head, in a N. E. direction, to Butter Burn, is 58 miles; and its mean breadth, in a N. W. direction, is 30 miles.
| It is bounded on the east by Northumberland, | 51 miles |
| — Durham, | 7 |
| on the west, by the Irish Sea, | 67 |
| on the north, by Scotland and the Solway-Firth, | 30 |
| on the south, by Westmorland, | 48 |
| —and Lancashire, | 21 |
| Making the whole circumference, | 224 miles |
