Cumbrian History Societies
Click on the society name to go directly to the website concerned.
The following organisations are county-wide in their approach and have extensive website information:
Cumbria Amenity Trust Mining History Society
Cumbria Family History Society
Cumbria Industrial History Society (includes articles on industry in Cumbria)
Cumbria Local History Federation
Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society
(affiliated groups in Carlisle, Penrith and South-West Cumbria) and
Kendal Historical & Archaeological Society (CWAAS)
Friends of Cumbrian Archives (FOCAS)
Recording Morecambe Bay: a new on-line resource for the history of the Bay is available here
The following Local History Societies have websites with varying degrees of local information -(if none online then marked *)
Bampton & District Local History Soc
Cartmel Peninsula Local History Society
Duddon Valley Local History Group
Holme & District Local History Society
Kirkby Lonsdale & District Civic Society *
Lamplugh and District Heritage Society
Long Marton Local History Group
Longtown Memorial Hall Community Centre *
Lorton & Derwent Fells Local History Society
Millom & District Local History Society
Mourholme Local History Society (for Carnforth, Warton & Silverdale)
Orton & Tebay Local History Society
Papcastle Local History Group (an ad hoc group not formally constituted)
the village website has a significant history section
Ravenstonedale Parish History Group
There are also a number of other local history societies without websites – contact information for these can be found on the Cumbria Local History Federation website
