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nigelrixson
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« on: Wednesday 02 April 08 10:58 BST (UK) »
Hi,
Looking at the listing of registration districts on GENUKI, there are a number of references to districts being tranferred to 'CMA'.

Can somebody tell me, please, what CMA stands for?
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« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 02 April 08 11:01 BST (UK) »
Hi Nigel,

I think CMA is short for Cumbria  Smiley
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« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 02 April 08 11:10 BST (UK) »
Hi Nigel

Was just about to post same as Tati (pipped at the post Cheesy)

If you do a search on The Lancashire Oracle - Jargon you will find a list of helpful abbreviations.

Su
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« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 02 April 08 11:25 BST (UK) »
Hiya,
thought about that but to be frank, it doesn't make sense.

On the list of registration districts on GENUKI, there isn't a 'Cumbria'. It's either Cumberland or Westmoreland.

If you look at the first registration district (Alston with Carrigill) under Cumberland, it states 'from 1837 to 1974, transferred to CMA  in 1974'

It doesn't look as though it could be Cumbria, as there's no registration county with this name.
I expected 'CMA' to be a registration district or a township/civil parish
Thanks for looking, though
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« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 02 April 08 11:29 BST (UK) »
Well, I had a look at genuki and I think it does make sense. It refers to a particular area being transferred to the new county called Cumbria in 1974
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumbria

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« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 02 April 08 11:37 BST (UK) »
Ok. With you now. I understand that 'up to' 1974 it was Cumberland and Westmoreland and 'since' then its Cumbria. Got it.
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Re: CMA
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 10 April 08 17:35 BST (UK) »
Yes Alston is in Cumbria now but the road up from the north runs through Northumbria for a couple of miles. County councils being what they are, it is decreed that the cumbria snowplow/gritter does up to the county line stops but presumably drives through northumbria and then starts again. Either that or the south side lorry grits up to the county line. Whichever, my wife has 2 or 3 miles of snow to drive through everytime it snows (frequently) on her way to work. I suppose it is beyond civil servants wit and wisdom to pay for those extra couple of miles to be done by cumbria and paid for (even a token payment) by the scallies from the east.
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