To the right is author richard brockington with assistant editor dr sarah rose from lancaster universitys regional heritage centre. Its mines, minerals, and plants, with other curiosities, either of nature or of art. Cumbria libraries free ebooks, audiobooks, newspapers and. Friday 3rd november 2017 shap local history society met in the memorial hall for its october meeting, and everyone was welcomed by chairman jean jackson, who introduced the speaker, eric hall, a society member from newbiggin, temple sowerby, whose talk was entitled my greatgrandfather and his. Though in fairness to yanwath, the charming elizabeth tremble owned property there, rather than being a resident.
Yanwath may be a small village, but its a good source of historic stories. We are in the trail of our ancestors and the staff were very helpful with lots of information. We also publish books on a wide variety of subjects to help you understand, value, care for and enjoy your historic environment. Bill thompson 6 summer afternoon meeting and agm at burton in kendal. We are unable to provide a research service but our colleagues in the archive service are able to provide such a service. The cumbria film archive has a series of unique films showing the history of cumbria on dvd. Famous for its stone axe factories and stone circles this book attempts for the first time to put prehistoric cumbrian sites and objects into the social context of the men, women and children who used them. Cumbria is an upland, coastal and rural area, with a history of invasions, migration and settlement, as well as battles and skirmishes between the english and the scots. Eden, district, administrative county of cumbria, northwestern england, in the eastern part of the county. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. This jumble of northern kingdoms bickered and fought each other for a hundred and fifty years or so. Angus remembers from his childhood, people like kathleen dixon 18911971, the last of the family to live at toddell, an elderly spinster with capable hands, but her family. Ancient origins articles related to cumbria in the sections of history, archaeology, human origins, unexplained, artifacts, ancient places and myths and legends. Personal account books of property owners, account books of craftsmen and builders, vouchers, receipts, etc.
The attitude of the english central government, at once uninterested and deeply interested, is another. Both the engine house and chimney have battlements. A history of cumbria and the lake district visit cumbria. The university of cumbria was formed in 2007 by the merger of st martins college, cumbria institute of the arts and university of central lancashires cumbria sites, operating from campuses spread across cumbria and north lancashire. He was educated at wadham college, oxford, where he read modern history and began his broadcasting career as a producer for the bbc in 1961.
Freda jackson 15 lewthwaites of cumberland and durham c16871739. Geology of the west cumbria district geological memoirs. Readers might perceive these books to be historical fiction, and so the way they are read changes, but the fact that they were written by a contemporary of the time period doesnt. Thirteen volumes have been published to date and a list of the contents of volumes 112 is below. The most well known celtic element in cumbrian dialect is the sheep counting numerals which are still used in various forms by shepherds throughout the area, and apparently for knitting. Cumbria family history society cumbria industrial history society includes articles on industry in cumbria cumbria local history federation. History buffs in the area will be feeling upbeat as a popular whitehaven author has just released his latest book documenting the history of the town. It is a county of contrasts, with its mountainous central region and lakes, fertile coastal plains in the north and gently undulating hills in the south. Its antiquities, the origin, genealogy, and present state of the principal families, with biographical notes. In cumbria, the roman presence had been almost entirely military rather than civil, and the withdrawal is unlikely. The real joy was the garden it was the most wonderfull garden we had ever seen. The buildings of the town, past and present, have been well documented in j. Probably the largest bookstore in the north, with over 30 rooms, 4 floors. It contains the lake district national park, the largest national park in britain, established in 1951 and covering 2,292 sq km 885 sq mi.
We may be a relatively new university, but we are steeped in history dating right the way back to 1822. Cumbria and the lake district have a wealth of historic sites, including some of the earliest stone circles in britain, the remains of the roman empire, abbeys and priories, churches dating from many centuries ago, through to more recent industrial history such as water mills, and mines. Admittedly we had a warm sunny day but all the blossoms was out some late daffodils the lovely borders in pink and blue. It was created from territory from the historic counties of cumberland.
Cumbria photo is operated by sean duffy, from west cumbria. I was born in 1968, in the english town of whitehaven, cumbria, and raised a few mile away, at cleator moor otherwise known as little ireland ive always lived nearby, and quite simply love it here the home of. The cumbria family history society in cubmria, england has online resources and onsite records to help people research their family history in the historic counties of cumberland, westmorland, and part of northern lancashire and north yorkshire. Cumbria is the most northwesterly county in england, created in 1974 from cumberland, westmorland, and parts of lancashire and yorkshire. Objects were made and traded from the copper age, through the bronze age and into the iron age and roman periods. Transactions of cnhs carlisle natural history society. Strife between england and scotland, whether the official wars of the kings or the brigandage of private individuals and families, was for 700 years and more the chief influence on the history of cumbria.
These superbly detailed maps provide an authoritive and fascinating insight into the history and gradual development of our cities, towns and villages. They have an regular newsletter published four times a year. The regions status as a borderland coping with 400 years of warfare is one. The cumbria family history society has links to record collections and onsite collections. Cumbria family history society public group facebook. Northumberland and cumberland mining disasters moore books.
Thank you for your continued support in these difficult times. An old map of cumbria, handdrawn in 1840 for the renowned cartographic publisher samuel lewis. Cumbria cumberland and westmorland 142 history pdf books. Like a window into their daytoday life, cumbria census records can tell you where and how your ancestors worked, their level of education, veteran status, and more. A platt of the opposete borders of scotland to ye west marches of england this is a map of the opposite borders of scotland and england. Historic sites in cumbria and the lake district visit cumbria. Books and ebooks print books are great and we have a large selection, in each of our libraries, that are relevant to the courses taught on that campus, but for academic purposes ebooks are often more easily searchable, more readily available and provide you with 24hour access to a wider variety of titles. The jane pit was an undersea coal mine opened in 1844 by henry curwen.
Libraries and archives, renew library books, find a library, cumbria library, join a library, cumbria archive service, ebooks, audio books, magazines find an archive centre, health and wellbeing, online reference library, archive online catalogue, request library books, library opening hours, upcoming library events. Here you will find links to various pages and pdfs, and to other websites providing a wide range of sources and resources relevant to the history of cumbria. Guide to cumbria, england genealogy ancestry, family history and genealogy parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records cumbria, is a county in northwest england, which came into existence in 1974, after the passage of the local government act 1972. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Samuel jefferson, the history and antiquities of carlisle 1838 samuel jefferson, the history and antiquities of allerdale ward, above derwent, in the county of cumberland 1842 william whellan, the history and topography of the counties of cumberland and westmorland 1860 richard s. New book explores cumbrias past lancaster university. Family history and genealogy cumbria county council. The above text is the introduction to j bernard bradburys book cockermouth and district in old photographs, published by alan sutton in 1994, and now out of print. Use the api for geographical book searches to find books set in a specific location or implement locally relevant book recommendations in your own projects. Most of the major cumbrian monasteries, such as furness abbey, were founded in the middle ages and came to own vast tracts of land in the region. Give me a good old comic anyday the dafter, the better, so. Natural historians welcomed to cumbria the vice chancellor of the university of cumbria, prof julie mennell, will open the summer meeting and annual general meeting of the society of history and natural history shnh to be held in cumbria this week. A popular holiday destination, it is famous for its lakes, forests and mountains or fells, and its associations with william wordsworth and other lake poets and also with beatrix potter and john ruskin.
Border wars on the angloscottish border carlisle castle. Names record the hidden history of the people who once lived in the valley. Westwood books in sedbergh, englands booktown in cumbria and the yorkshire dales national park. Prehistoric cumbria is the first book to consider the development of cumbria from the end of the last ice age until the arrival of the romans. Cumbria genweb a part of the british isles genweb project. Local, family and house history if you are researching your family or house history in this area, penrith and eden museum has local photographic and archive collections that may help you. Cumbria local history federation vch conference 6 oct 2018. Former jane pit, mossbay road, workington, cumbria. It is from an atlas that belonged to william cecil lord burghley, elizabeth is secretary of state. Penrith, in westcentral eden district, is its administrative centre.
A book which inspires us to look at landscape afresh and through a deeper understanding of its history appreciate it all the more. Transactions of cnhs the society issues the transactions as an occasional publication, containing longer articles on the natural history of cumbria. Abbey barrow beauty becks bees birds black combe border borrowdale bracken bridge building built carlisle castle centre century chimneys church cliffs coal coast colliery colour coniston cottages crags cross cumberland and westmorland dales dark duddon estuary dunes dunnerdale egremont england ennerdale eskdale farms fells fellside flowers. Large general stock and specifically books on cumbria, literature and natural history. It is worth putting the address, street or owners names into cascat to see what records are available. The cumbria local history federation clhf has a membership of cumbrian local history societies, related groups and individuals. The county of cumbria is formed from the older counties of cumberland, westmorland, and parts of north lancashire, and north yorkshire. It is advisable to start with printed sources such as trade directories and books on the history of the area, if only to get some background information. This old cumbria family history site is now out of service, please go to the new site using the url if you have made bookmarks directly in to old website pages then you will need to remake them. It is a county of contrasts, with its mountainous central region and lakes, fertile coastal plains in the north and gently. Cumbria was created as a county in 1974 from territory of the historic counties of cumberland, westmorland, lancashire north of the sands and a small part of yorkshire, but the human history of the area is ancient. Discover book depositorys huge selection of cumbria publishing books online. By the official roman break with britannia in 410, most of the parts of britain which had been formerly occupied by them were already effectively independent of the empire. Cwaas was identified throughout c20 by the handsome vesicashaped badge, or seal, shown above, which was designed by the noted scholar w.
Secondly, when the domesday book was compiled 1086, cumbria had not been conquered by the normans. Collingwood, once john ruskins secretary, and a dominant figure of the society through the first 35 years of the century. From a talk to cumbria local history federation 22 september 2007 this is not a complete listing of all websites but it is intended to cover most of the major catalogues and larger collections of primary sources available. Cumbria was again returned to english sovereignty in 1157 by malcom iv of scotland, known as the maiden. This book, published in association with the cumbria county history trust, contains short, pithy summaries of historical information about every community in. Cumberland and westmorland antiquarian and archaeological society affiliated groups in carlisle, penrith and southwest cumbria and. A lecture delivered to cumberland and westmorland antiquarian and archaeological society on 9th april 2005 at carlisle cwaas tract series xxi sharpe, richard on. Used the whitehaven colliery through time moore books. The engine house was built in 1843 and housed a pumping engine. A line running through the district from the river tees, past the village of culgaith and along the river eamont and the. This study recreates the history of english cumbria for the period from the withdrawl of the romans from the far north west of their empire to the norman occupation of 1092, when sovereignty. Bradburys series of books of sketches under the general title cockermouth in pictures.
Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. The guide magazine old photo book of whitehaven the. Annual convention and agm saturday 6 october 2018, the victoria county history of cumbria. Its territory and constituent parts however have a long history under various other administrative and historic units of governance.
Since our office and factory are in a rural area, our staff travel to work individually by car and we have enough space to maintain social distancing, so in consultation with our staff, we have decided to remain open for business unless government policy changes. Library members can download for free the latest editions of a range of popular magazines, comics and graphic novels. Exploring cumbrian history would seem to be the next natural step in the exploring series of books. Family history and genealogy civil registration began in 1837 and cumbria still holds the original records for each district right up to the present day. Cumbria family history resources genealogy research for. Ive been out of my comfort zone today, visiting the waterstones book store in carlisle. Even though directly opposite the railway station, many people miss this wonderful collection of local history, from the romans watercrook fort to fell walking writer wainwright. Visited earlier in may on a lovely sunny day, the gardens were absolutely beautiful lovely formal gardens with places to sit and also the wider gardens were interesting with lots of azaleas. This project enables the locationbased searching of books at local, regional and countrywide scales. Egremont photos, maps, books, memories francis frith.
It means that the whole of the very north of england is covered. Uk guide books 27 uk caving books general interest 5 caver training 29 caving dvds 2 cave life ecology 17 australian books and guides europe books regions not listed croatia, switzerland etc 42 france books and guides 144 germany books and guides 44 ireland books and guides 2 italian books guides 5 slovenia books. The cumbria family history page has been created to assist family history researchers and genealogists tracing relatives and lost ancestors in the large county of cumbria, the most western county on the scottish border. The history of medieval cumbria has several points of interest. Cumbria library service members can borrow ebooks and eaudiobooks from a range of fiction, nonfiction, childrens and young adult titles for free. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Powered by users, the librarything community, open library, geonames, natural earth and postgis.
Item, i give unto my wife my second best bed with the furniture. The lake district, also known as the lakes or lakeland, is a mountainous region in north west england. This book is a guide to the place names of the english lake district from the earliest times to the twentieth century. Cumbria is a large county formed from the old counties of cumberland, westmorland, part of north lancashire and part of north yorkshire. This area of the website is used to primarily to locate and store new items posted to the site, and nearly. All available to read on a computer, tablet or smartphone. Cumbria, a forgotten celtic kingdom the inheritage almanack. Cumbrian history societies cumbria county history trust.
Including transcripts of parish registers on 1 dvd containing the names of thousands of individuals. Historically in cumberland, the town, which lies at the foot of uldale valley and dent fell, has a long industrial heritage. Contact the curators to request a search of the collections database. Rheged cumbria emerged as the regions most powerful kingdom under its ruler king urien ca. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Historic sites in cumbria and the lake district visit.
Media in category history of cumbria the following 17 files are in this category, out of 17 total. The history of the county of cumberland, and some places adjacent, from the earliest accounts to the present time comprehending the local history of the county. If population growth rate would be same as in period 20112014 0. The cumbria family history society was founded to help members carry out their genealogy researches and our area of interest is the modern county of cumbria, which is the old counties of cumberland and westmorland and a part of northern lancashire and north yorkshire. Cumbria local history federation list of member societies on website. Cumbria genealogy over 150 genealogy links for cumbria. This is the official facebook page for the cumbria family history society.
Cumbria archive service cumbrian genealogy large collection online data including directories, parish registers. The history of cumbria as a county of england begins with the local government act 1972. Dedwyddyd is the gem he hath searched for in all corners of the world, and after a great many fine descriptions and researches with the help of philosophy and all kind of learning. Routledge, sb, 165 x 235, 96pp coal was the very bedrock on which the town of whitehaven was built, the trade in coal with dublin starting after the dissolution of the monasteries. The warrior heir, believing the lie, the woodcutter, appleby farm, the lost garden, triskelion, hot under th. Broadcaster, writer and novelist melvyn bragg was born on 6 october, 1939 in wigton, cumbria, in the north of england.
The maps are decorated in the margins by selected frith photographs. The word yan meaning one, for example, is prevalent throughout cumbria and is still often used, especially by nonspeakers of received pronunciation. Cumbria, england genealogy genealogy familysearch wiki. It promotes an interchange of information about activities and events.
Embleton is the settlement of eanbald, who lived there before the norman conquest. Since 1967 he has pursued a distinguished career as both a writer and broadcaster. The book is a collection of never before seen vintage photographs from the town and surrounding areas past. Appears in 9 books from 17991857 page 501 gemm, which is the last poem he hath wrote, the subject is a search for happiness. Wills posted on december 10, 2017 may 23, 2018 by harriet among william shakespeares almost countless famous lines is one from his will. Cumbria family history society aug 20 page 5 contents society information 2 5 the shammies of bownessonwindermere.