Local history societies

Cumbria

Cumberland & Westmoreland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society
02/03/09

Cumbria Amenity Trust Mining History Society
02/03/09

Cumbria Industrial History Society
02/03/09

Cumbria Local History Federation
List of member societies on website.
18/03/09

Cumbria Family History Society
02/03/09

Alston Moor Historical Society
18/03/09

Ambleside & District U3A Local History Group
02/03/09

Ambleside Oral History Archive
02/03/09

Appleby Archaeology Group
22/06/09

Appleby-in-Westmoreland Society
02/03/09

Arnside Local History Society
Contact: J S Platts
Tel No: 01524 761238
02/03/09

Bampton & District Local History Society
02/03/09

Bampton Local History Group
02/03/09

Caldbeck & District Local History Society
Contact: Diana Greenwood
Email
02/03/09

Cartmel Fell & District Local History Society
Contact: Mrs J R Forsyth
Email
02/03/09

Cartmel Peninsula Local History Society
22/06/09

Crosby Ravensworth Local History Society
Contact: Mrs E M Risk
Email
02/03/09

Eskdale & District Local History Society
02/03/09

Hesket Local History Group
Contact: Mrs E Murray
Tel No: 01697 473511
02/03/09

History of Kirkby Group
Contact: Mrs A McPherson
Email
02/03/09

Holme & District LHS
Contact: Dorothy Spencer
Tel No: 01524 781540
02/03/09

Keswick Historical Society
Contact: Alistair Brewis
Email
02/03/09

Lamplugh Heritage Society
02/03/09

Levens Local History Group
Contact: Stephen Read
Email
02/03/09

Long Marston Local History Group
Contact: Keith Spence
Email
02/03/09

Lorton & Derwent Fells Local History Society
02/03/09

Maryport Heritage Society
Contact: Mary Kinnaird
Email
02/03/09

Matterdale Archaeological & Historical Society
Contact: R S Matthews
Email
02/03/09

Millom Local History Society
Contact: Rowena Pitt
Email
02/03/09

Mourholme Local History Society
Contact: Dianna Dey
Tel No: 01539 56414
02/03/09

Orton & Tebay Local History Society
02/03/09

Sedbergh & District History Society
02/03/09

Shap Local History Society
02/03/09

Stainhill History Group
Contact: Robert Price
Email
02/03/09

Staveley & District Local History Society
02/03/09

Warwick Bridge Local History Group
Contact: Pat Newman
Tel No: 01228 560659
02/03/09

Whitehaven Local History Society
Contact: Valerie Proud
Email
02/03/09

The Frith Collection

Photo of Windermere, Sunset 1926, ref. 79186
Reproduced courtesy of Francis Frith.

The 365,000 photographs, covering 7,000 cities, towns and villages, in the Francis Frith Collection were taken between 1860 and 1970 and provide an extraordinarily detailed visual record of the enormous social and structural changes that have taken place in Britain over the period. Each city, town or village has an average of 80 photographs, some taken from the same spot over many years. Now you have the opportunity to own one of these remarkable photographs.

Click on the photograph to visit the Frith Collection website.

Cassini Maps

Whatever your reason for being interested in the past, Cassini’s maps are perfect at helping to bring the history of your area to life. Cassini Historical Maps are created from Ordnance Survey’s definitive mapping series, surveyed and printed from the early 19th century onwards. Digitally enhanced, enlarged, exactly matching present-day Ordnance Survey's Landranger® maps and immaculately printed, there has never been a better way of discovering the landscape of the past.

Click here to visit the Cassini Maps website.

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Local history societies

Cumbria

The Frith Collection

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