News

Census data for Cumberland Ward (1801-2001) is now available on the Resources section of the website.

A separate sheet containing census data for Carlisle City will be added soon. 

A new set of guidelines are now available for those working on parish/township articles. Briefing Note 4 provides a checklist of sources for anyone working on the religious history of a parish or township. These guidelines can be found on the 'Resources' page.

The Census data for Eskdale Ward (1801 to 2001) is now available on the "Resources" section of the website.

A pdf. version of the data set is available to members of the public, but there is also a version in Excel on the members' only pages.

Complete sets of Census data for Londsale and East Wards are now available on the website under the 'Resources' section. Eskdale and Kendal Wards are nearly complete, but work still has to be done on Leath and Cumberland Wards. Please contact Sarah Rose if you would like to help with this.

Around forty CCHT members took part in a special evening visit to Lowther Castle, involving a tour of the castle ruins, stables and gardens -

Census data for Allerdale Below and West wards are now available on the members-only part of the website. These documents can be found under 'Work in Progress'. Other wards will be made available as soon as data collection has been completed.

Volunteers attended a meeting at Penrith on Monday 8th August. The meeting included a demonstration of the new CCHT website and a discussion of the ways volunteers can contribute to the project.