Talk:List of places in Cumbria

List formatting
This artcile is a series of lists. I would therefore suggest marking up each section of this article as a list, using flatlist, thus:

A

 * Abbey Town
 * Above Derwent
 * Ackenthwaite
 * Adgarley
 * Aglionby
 * Aiketgate
 * Aikhead
 * Aikton
 * Ainstable
 * Aisgill
 * Albyfield
 * Aldingham
 * Aldoth
 * Allenwood
 * Allhallows
 * Allonby
 * Alston
 * Alston Moor
 * Ambleside
 * Angerton
 * Allerdale
 * Angerton, South Lakeland
 * Annaside
 * Anthorn
 * Appleby-in-Westmorland
 * Applethwaite
 * Arkleby
 * Arlecdon and Frizington
 * Armaside
 * Armathwaite
 * Arnaby
 * Arnside
 * Arrad Foot
 * Arthuret
 * Asby
 * Askam-in-Furness
 * Askerton
 * Askham
 * Aspatria
 * Aughertree
 * Ayside


 * Andy Mabbett | Talk to Andy Mabbett 21:55, 3 August 2007 (UTC)


 * The mark-up using the large vertical bar makes the list difficult to read, use of a bullet mark would be better or leave as is with the comma delimiter Keith D 19:51, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

What constitutes a place?
I know that "places" is ambiguous, but surely including monuments, buildings, railway stations, schools, and natural features etc. is a bit of a stretch (although I would acknowledge that there are some exceptional cases; I also think that historical fortifications that were once inhabited i.e. Furness Abbey and Ambleside Roman Fort should remain, and the islands should too). I would propose that any area with multiple dwellings and a name should be considered a place. In addition to this, it must be either isolated (a number of these places are farms with a few houses dotted around, but their isolation clearly defines them as independent areas) and/or independent, self-sufficient, or widely recognized as existing in its own right (key example would be Roose, which is technically a suburb of Barrow, but appears on maps etc. independently). Yohan euan o4 (talk) 21:50, 31 August 2008 (UTC)


 * I've been wondering about that because I noticed a hill (Yarlside) included, but I don't want to remove it because there might be another Yarlside that is a "place".   D b f i r s   20:08, 9 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi, I know this is an exceptionally long time in which to respond (I haven't visited this page in years, and am still none the wiser!) - apart from the hill there's a Yarlside Road and school in Barrow. I'll probably delete it. Yohan euan o4 (talk) 01:13, 7 April 2013 (UTC)


 * That's OK, I'm still wondering. There are absolutely no houses on the hill Yarlside, and usually no people, not even walkers.  I know because I've climbed it, and there's nothing there but sheep!    D b f i r s   08:01, 7 April 2013 (UTC)