Difference between revisions of "Cumberland"

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*[http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/archives/recordoffices/default.asp Cumbrian Archive service]
 
*[http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/archives/recordoffices/default.asp Cumbrian Archive service]
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*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CUL/ GENUKI Cumbria]
  
 
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/cumbria_all.html Library links]
 
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/cumbria_all.html Library links]
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*[http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/cumbria/index.html Cumbria, Cumberland & Westmorland Genealogy Links]
 
*[http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/cumbria/index.html Cumbria, Cumberland & Westmorland Genealogy Links]
  
*[http://www.reayw.freeserve.co.uk/Index.htm Bishops Transcripts]
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*[http://www.reayw.freeserve.co.uk/Index.htm Bishop's Transcripts]
  
 
*[http://www.cumberlandroots.co.uk/ Parish Records]
 
*[http://www.cumberlandroots.co.uk/ Parish Records]
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*[http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/longtown19/index.html Carlisle Newspapers]
 
*[http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/longtown19/index.html Carlisle Newspapers]
  
*[http://www.cultrans.com/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/ Cumberland And Westmoreland Newspaper Transcriptions]
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*[http://www.cultrans.com/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/ Cumberland and Westmoreland Newspaper Transcriptions]
  
 
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~grigg/1829All16042006.pdf Principal Inhabitants of Cumberland and Westmoreland 1829]
 
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~grigg/1829All16042006.pdf Principal Inhabitants of Cumberland and Westmoreland 1829]
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*[http://sylgrigg.users.btopenworld.com/1851Consolidated16042006.pdf 1851 Cumberland Census by name]  
 
*[http://sylgrigg.users.btopenworld.com/1851Consolidated16042006.pdf 1851 Cumberland Census by name]  
  
*[http://sylgrigg.users.btopenworld.com/Census_Places16042006.pdf List of places]
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*[http://sylgrigg.users.btopenworld.com/Census_Places16042006.pdf List of Places]
  
  
 
'''Family and Social History'''  
 
'''Family and Social History'''  
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~rutledge/DodgsonManuscript.htm The Rutledge Family Association-The Dodgson Manuscript]   
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~rutledge/DodgsonManuscript.htm The Rutledge Family Association -The Dodgson Manuscript]   
  
 
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/cumb/cumberland_workhouses.htm  Cumberland Workhouses]
 
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/cumb/cumberland_workhouses.htm  Cumberland Workhouses]

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Cumberland

County town: Carlisle

Other major towns: Whitehaven

The most north westerly county in England and home to the world famous Lake District.

The traditional steel, coal and iron of the coastal towns has almost died out in modern times and replaced with dairy farming, West Cumberland Farmers being Great Britain's largest agricultural co-operative.

The birthplace of William Wordsworth and the home of Samuel Coleridge.

Register Offices

Barrow In Furness

Barrow Register Office
Nan Tait Centre
Abbey Road
Barrow In Furness
LA14 1LG
Fax:01229 894513
Email barrow.registeroffice@cumbriacc.gov.uk

Carlisle

Carlisle Register Office
23 Portland Square
Carlisle
CA1 1PE
Fax:01228 607434
Email carlisle.registeroffice@cumbriacc.gov.uk

Cockermouth

Cockermouth Register Office
Fairfield
Station Road
Cockermouth
CA13 9PT
Tel:01900 325960
Fax:01900 325962
Email cockermouth.registeroffice@cumbriacc.gov.uk

Kendal

Kendal Register Office
County Offices
Kendal
LA9 4RQ
Fax:01539 773565
Email kendal.registeroffice@cumbriacc.gov.uk

Penrith

Penrith Register Office
Friargate
Penrith
CA11 7XR
Fax:01768 242122
Email penrith.registeroffice@cumbriacc.gov.uk

Ulverston

Ulverston Register Office
The Town Hall
Ulverston
LA12 7AR

Whitehaven

Whitehaven Register Office
College House
Flatt Walk
Whitehaven
CA28 7RW
Email whitehaven.registeroffice@cumbriacc.gov.uk

Wigton

Wigton Register Office
Station Road
Wigton
CA7 9AJ
Email wigton.registeroffice@cumbriacc.gov.uk

Workington

Workington Register Office
Hall Park
Ramsey Brow
Workington
CA14 4TG
Tel:01900 325160
Email cockermouth.registeroffice@cumbriacc.gov.uk

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