About the County
Here you will find information on cross-cutting themes and county-wide histories, involving all parts of the county. The information is in the form of down-loadable pdfs, including papers contributed by our members and volunteers.
We are compiling 100 Interesting Facts about Cumbria, which you can view here.
Some files on each topic are also directly available via our Index of Resources:
Economic and Industrial History
- Lime Kilns in Westmorland, by David Johnson (1.47 MB)
- Pounds & Pinfolds of Cumbria, by Nigel Mills (859.76 KB)
- The Industries and Economy of Cumbria by Eric Apperley (523.3 KB)
- Leisure and Tourism by Eric Apperley (622.79 KB)
- The Administration of Cumbria by Eric Apperley (489.68 KB)
- Disasters in Cumbria 1900 onwards by Eric Apperley (272.7 KB)
Landownership
- The Dacre Inheritance, by Richard Brockington (136.98 KB)
- The Barony of Kendal, by Sarah Rose (195.14 KB)
- Dacre Inheritance Survey Guide, by Richard Brockington (99.38 KB)
- Some printed primary sources to research medieval landownership (93.38 KB)
- Tithes and Tithe Maps (212.13 KB)
Landscape, Maps & Architecture
- Peter Crosthwaite's Maps of the Lakes 1783-94: for more information see the Gallery (15.46 MB)
- Early Large Scale Maps from Cumbria, by W D Shannon (188.65 KB)
- The Sadgill Dispute Maps 1578-82, by W D Shannon (149.98 KB)
- Bolton Fell 1567 by W D Shannon (507.95 KB)
- Gothic Revival Church Architecture by Michael Haslam (198.56 KB)
The Lives of People (Social, Religious and Military History)
- Communications in Cumbria - making contact with others outside their immediate community by Eric Apperley (1.67 MB)
- An Introduction to Education before 1944, by Michael Winstanley (475.3 KB)
- An Introduction to the Poor law in Cumbria, by Michael Winstanley (501.24 KB)
- Westmorland Hospitals - paper by Paul Cheesbrough (140.47 KB)
- Sport and Recreation - an overview by Eric Apperley (157.4 KB)
- Victoria Crosses in WWI (13.3 KB)
- Robert Beatham VC (372.55 KB)
- The Religious Houses of Cumbria (Introduction) (119.29 KB)
Population
- West Ward Census (93.51 KB)
- Allerdale Below Census (194.97 KB)
- Allerdale Above Census (478.34 KB)
- East Ward Census (99 KB)
- Lonsdale Ward Census (32.77 KB)
- Cumberland Ward Census (126.73 KB)
- Eskdale Ward Census (148.26 KB)
- Kendal Ward Census (189.2 KB)
- Leath Ward Census (180.28 KB)
- Cumberland & Westmorland Facts & Figures, Lancaster Uni Occasional Paper 1965 (493.14 KB)
- Historical Population Data for Cumberland and Westmorland (189.52 KB)
