Difference between revisions of "Cumberland"

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*[http://www.cumberlandroots.co.uk/ Cumberland Roots]
 
*[http://www.cumberlandroots.co.uk/ Cumberland Roots]
  
*[http://www.btinternet.com/%7Egrigg/ Cumbrian Genealogy]
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/%7Egrigg/ Cumbrian Genealogy] includes lists of principal inhabitants, 1851 census, 1901 directory
  
 
*[http://www.cumbriafhs.com/ Cumbria Family History Society]
 
*[http://www.cumbriafhs.com/ Cumbria Family History Society]
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*[http://www.cumberlandhistory.co.uk/ Cumberland History]  
 
*[http://www.cumberlandhistory.co.uk/ Cumberland History]  
  
*[http://www.jillcoulthard.com/  Verwood - Jill Coulthard Home page]
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*[http://www.jillcoulthard.com/Cumberland_family_history/cumberland_fh_main.htm Cumberland Family History Pages]
  
*[http://www.cumberlandandwestmorland-opc.co.uk/ Cumberland and Westmoreland Online Parish Clerks]
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*[http://www.cumberlandarchives.co.uk/ Cumberland & Westmoreland Archives]
  
 
*[http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/6401/Cumberland/lookup.html Cumberland Look-up Exchange]
 
*[http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/6401/Cumberland/lookup.html Cumberland Look-up Exchange]
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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 Bishop's Transcripts]
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*[http://www.reayw.freeserve.co.uk/Index.htm Bishop's Transcripts for Allhallows, Dearham, Flimby, Gilcrux, Holm Cultram and Wigton]
  
*[http://www.cumberlandroots.co.uk/ Parish Records]
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*[http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/longtown19/index.html 19th Century Longtown]
  
*[http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/longtown19/index.html Carlisle Newspapers]
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*[http://www.cultrans.com/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/ Cumberland & Westmoreland Newspaper Transcriptions]
 
 
*[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/1847and1855Combined16042006.pdf Principal Inhabitants of Cumberland 1847]
 
 
 
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~grigg/1901All16042006.pdf Bulmers's Directory of Cumberland 1901]
 
 
 
*[http://sylgrigg.users.btopenworld.com/1851Consolidated16042006.pdf 1851 Cumberland Census by name]
 
 
 
*[http://sylgrigg.users.btopenworld.com/Census_Places16042006.pdf List of Places]
 
  
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~rutledge/DodgsonManuscript.htm The Rutledge Family Association -The Dodgson Manuscript]   
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~rutledge/DodgsonManuscript.htm The Rutledge Family Association -The Dodgson Manuscript]   
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*[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]
  
*[http://www.cumbria-industries.org.uk/ The Industrial History of Cumberland]
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*[http://www.cumbria-industries.org.uk/ Industrial History of Cumbria]
  
 
*[http://www.trochos.freeserve.co.uk/photog/millom/millom1.htm Millom Ironworks]
 
*[http://www.trochos.freeserve.co.uk/photog/millom/millom1.htm Millom Ironworks]
  
*[http://www.cumbrianrailwaysassociation.org.uk/ The Cumbrian Railways Association]
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*[http://www.cumbrianrailwaysassociation.org.uk/ Cumbrian Railways Association]
  
 
*[http://www.banklands.com/ The Workington Iron and Steel Industry]
 
*[http://www.banklands.com/ The Workington Iron and Steel Industry]

Revision as of 13:20, 3 November 2007

Cloggie Editing- Work in Progress
File:Cumberland.jpg
A dreamy landscape submitted by Tom


Historic Cumberland County Map (source: Wikipedia)

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 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


Kendal Register Office
County Offices
Kendal
LA9 4RQ
Fax:01539 773565
Email kendal.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


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