Mark Jenkinson celebrated Cumberland Day in style on Friday - saying that this years was one like no other.

The Workington MP felt that this Cumberland Day was one in which a new era could be seen for the county and it's people.

He said: "I think it's really important that we don't forget and that we don't let history disappear, it's important to remember where we have come from but Cumberland Day is also about remebering where we might be heading in this particular year because we have got this campaign to call the new western authority Cumberland."

Mr Jenkinson has previously set up a petition to have the new Western Authority, consisting of Allerdale, Copeland and Carlisle, named Cumberland as the new authority comes into place.

The MP celebrated the day by tucking into a traditional Cumberland sausage sandwich with Fletchertown Cumberland sauce for his lunch, as well as posting a series of pictures that reflect Cumberland.

When asked about why he thinks its so important to celebrate the day, Mr Jenkinson said: "It's just about highlighting what is a fantastic historic county."

The day was also celebrated down in Westminster, with the Department for Levelling up, Housing and Communities flying the flag outside of their offices in the capital.

Mark said :"The Head of Department Michael Gove wrote to me yesterday to tell me that the department was flying the Cumberland flag down in London, we've got our flag flying so were celebrating the historic county of Cumberland and hopefully the resurrection of the name in our new authority."

The date was chosen as it was the baptism of renowned local figure and huntsman, John Peel, born at Park End, near Caldbeck, in 1776 or 1777, and immortalised in the folk song, D'ya ken John Peel.

Cumberland Day has been chosen in recent years as the day to celebrate everything about the historic county of Cumberland, which was changed and renamed as Cumbria in 1974 after government reforms.

In 2012, a new Cumberland flag was created to symbolise the historic county.