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:
The Lives of People (Social, 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
