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Cumberland A-Z

Name these places, people, and things from A-Z that are associated with the English county of Cumberland.
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A
Town whose name means 'Ash tree of St Patrick'
Aspatria
B
Third-largest lake
Bassenthwaite Lake
C
City; county town
Carlisle
D
Second-largest lake
Derwentwater
E
River that flows through C
Eden
F
Body of water between Cumberland and Scotland
Solway Firth
G
Geological formation that carved out the county's valleys
Glaciers
H
England's third-highest mountain
Helvellyn
I
Bordering sea
Irish Sea
J
Key ingredient of Cumberland sauce
Redcurrant jelly
K
Tourist town with a pencil museum
Keswick
L
National park
Lake District
M
Coastal town named for an MP's wife
Maryport
N
Type of power that was generated at Sellafield
Nuclear
O
Birds that migrate from Africa and can be found at B
Ospreys
P
Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey
The Lake Poets
Q
Title of the woman who was imprisoned in C's castle in 1568
Queen of Scots
R
Dessert sauce popularised in the county's coastal towns
Rum butter
S
England's highest mountain
Scafell Pike
T
Term for the county's many small lakes
Tarns
U
Lake known for its 'steamers'
Ullswater
V
Broad valley named for E
Vale of Eden
W
Coastal town raided by Americans in 1778
Whitehaven
X
Courier company based in Penrith (hint: Orient _______)
Cumbria X-Press
Y
Cumbrian dialect word for 'one'
Yan
Z
Rugby union club (hint: their kit is black and white!)
Workington Zebras
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