The Lives of People (Social, Religious and Military History)
The photo, above, shows the MV Tern, on Windermere, a steam-powered yacht built in 1891 by Forrest & Son, Wyvenhoe, Essex, converted to diesel in 1956.
CLICK HERE FOR THE HEROES OF WWI PAGE
Cumbria Libraries and archives have a number of Indexes and Resources on the Great War. Of particular interest is the Cumberland and Westmorland Herald Index of Soldiers
For images from the 2014 CCHT Schools WWI project, click here
For images of WWI War Memorials, click here
Other aspects of Social, Transport, Religious and Military History follow, below
- 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)