Cumberland

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. Samuel Coleridge lived in Keswick.
County town: Carlisle Other major towns: Whitehaven Cumberland Places of Worship Regional Projects Forum	Source: Wikipedia

Resources

Primary Reference

• Cumbrian Archive Service

• Cumberland and Westmorland Archives

• Cumbria Family History Society

• Cumbria Libraries

• Cumberland Look-up Exchange

• South Westmorland FHS

Countywide Interest

• Cumberland and Westmorland Newspaper Transcriptions

• Cumberland Family History Pages

• Cumberland History

• Cumberland Roots

• Cumbria Local History Federation

• Cumbrian Genealogy

• Cumbrian Manorial Records

• Cumbrian Railways Association

• EdenLinks Genealogy ~ North Cumbria

• Index to The Early Quaker Families of Cumberland

• Industrial History of Cumbria

• North Pennine Ancestors

• Pitmen- The 1947 William Pit Disaster Project

• WW2 People's War

Specific Town and Village Interest

• Bishop's Transcripts for Allhallows, Dearham, Flimby, Gilcrux, Holm Cultram and Wigton

• Bewcastle

• Carlisle History

• The City of Carlisle

• Copeland District

• Furness Family History Society

• 19th Century Longtown

• Blaylock Clockmakers of Longtown and Carlisle

• MatterdaleMatters Matterdale Matters

• Millom Ironworks

• Patterdale Patter

• Threlkeld

• Watermillock Watch

• My Whitehaven

• The Workington Iron and Steel Industry

Maps and Photographs

• Images of Cumbria

Register Office

Certificate ordering information;

• Cumbria County Council : Obtaining a copy of a certificate

Barrow Register Office

Nan Tait Centre
Abbey Road
Barrow In Furness
LA14 1LG
Fax:01229 894513

Email: barrow.registeroffice@cumbriacc.gov.uk

Carlisle Register Office

23 Portland Square
Carlisle
CA1 1PE
Fax:01228 607434

Email: carlisle.registeroffice@cumbriacc.gov.uk

Cockermouth Register Office

Fairfield
Station Road
Cockermouth
CA13 9PT
Tel:01900 325960
Fax:01900 325962

Email: cockermouth.registeroffice@cumbriacc.gov.uk

Penrith Register Office

Friargate
Penrith
CA11 7XR
Fax:01768 242122

Email: penrith.registeroffice@cumbriacc.gov.uk

Ulverston Register Office

The Town Hall
Ulverston
LA12 7AR

Whitehaven Register Office

College House
Flatt Walk
Whitehaven
CA28 7RW

Email: whitehaven.registeroffice@cumbriacc.gov.uk

Wigton Register Office

Station Road
Wigton
CA7 9AJ

Email: wigton.registeroffice@cumbriacc.gov.uk

Workington Register Office

Hall Park
Ramsey Brow
Workington
CA14 4TG
Tel:01900 325160

Email: cockermouth.registeroffice@cumbriacc.gov.uk

Requests for Research and Photographs in this area

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the Research Offers forum or on the following pages in the Wiki:

• Research Offers: Cemetery
• Research Offers: Photograph
• Research Offers: Probate
• Research Offers: Record Office/Archive

If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location, please leave a message on our Volunteers Needed thread.

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