Bibliography for Cockermouth

Askew, John, Guide To The Interesting Places In And Around Cockermouth With An Account Of Its Remarkable Men And Local Traditions (Isaac Evening, 22 Station Street, Cockermouth 1872).

Bolton, John, Wordsworth’s Birthplace, Being The Parochial History And Local Government Of The Ancient Borough Of Cockermouth (John Fletcher, ‘Free Press’ Office, Cockermouth 1912).

Bradbury, J.Bernard, A History of Cockermouth, (London and Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., 1981.) Or
Bradbury’s History of Cockermouth, (Cockermouth and District Civic Trust, 2006).

Bradbury, J. Bernard, Cockermouth in Pictures, (Cockermouth, J. Bernard Bradbury, 1982/3). Eleven booklets.

Winchester, Angus, Landscape And Society In Medieval Cumbria, J Donald Publishers Ltd. Edinburgh, 1987. Although having a wider theme this book makes substantial references to medieval Cockermouth.

Jackson, William and Rev. Canon Knowles, 'A Descriptive Account Of Cockermouth Castle', Part I CW1 Vol. IV, pp. 109-130

Jackson, William and Rev. Canon Knowles, 'A Descriptive Account Of Cockermouth Castle', Part II CW1 Vol. IV, pp. 130-138.

Winchester, Angus J.L., 'Medieval Cockermouth', CW2 Vol. LXXXVI (1986), pp. 109-128.

[Compiled by S. Shaw]