About the County
Here you will find information here on cross-cutting themes and county-wide histories, involving all parts of the county, often in the form of down-loadable pdfs directly accessible from this page. These include papers contributed by our members and volunteers, as well as external sources. Some Background Papers on aspects of the county's history are available here, and some notes on Cumbria-Wide Resources can be found here
For a guide to the range, availability and usefulness of publications relating to the historic county of Westmorland, and the current provision of support for Local Historical Studies, particularly for the county town of Kendal, see Westmorland case study. We are grateful to Sarah Roberts for providing this resource.
Click the item titles below the photographs to go to the relevant article for more information
Some files on each topic are also directly availble by clicking the items listed under the item titles

The Lives of People (Social, Transport, Religious and Military History)
Communications in Cumbria - making contact with others outside their immediate community by Eric Apperley
An Introduction to Education before 1944, by Michael Winstanley
An Introduction to the Poor law in Cumbria, by Michael Winstanley
Westmorland Hospitals - paper by Paul Cheesbrough
Sport and Recreation - an overview by Eric Apperley
Victoria Crosses in WWI
Robert Beatham VC
The Religious Houses of Cumbria (Introduction)

Population
West Ward Census
Allerdale Below Census
Allerdale Above Census
East Ward Census
Lonsdale Ward Census
Cumberland Ward Census
Eskdale Ward Census
Kendal Ward Census
Leath Ward Census
Cumberland & Westmorland Facts & Figures, Lancaster Uni Occasional Paper 1965
Historical Population Data for Cumberland and Westmorland