Transcripts of marriage licences and bonds produced by the Diocese of Carlisle for the years 1668-1739. Gives names, occupations and residences of groom, bride and bondsman. Fully name indexed.

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Transcripts of marriage licences and bonds produced by the Diocese of Carlisle for the years 1740-1752. Gives names, occupations and residences of groom, bride and bondsman. Fully name and place indexed.

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Transcripts of marriage licences and bonds produced by the Diocese of Carlisle for the years 1752-1762. Gives names, occupations and residences of groom, bride and bondsman. Fully name and place indexed.

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Transcripts of marriage licences and bonds produced by the Diocese of Carlisle for the years 1763-1774. Gives names, occupations and residences of groom, bride and bondsman. Fully name and place indexed.

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The three surveys of Kendal's public health contained in this publication neatly span the 19th century. They present a fascinating social history of Kendal, illustrating that in terms of of its geography and architecture, the town presented a significant challenge to public health.
They comprise A topographical pathology of Kendal and its neighbourhood by Dr Thomas Proudfoot, 1822; Report to the General Board of Health on a preliminary inquiry into the sewerage, drainage and supply of water, and the sanitary conditions of the inhabitants of the Borough of Kendal by George Thomas Clark, 1849; Report on the sanitary condition of Kendal by Dr David Page, 1875.

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An ideal guide for family historians. This book introduces the Cumbrian records that are most use for tracing your family tree.

With chapters on Cumbrian parish and diocesan records, Cumbrian wills, records of Cumbrian Roman Catholics and Non-Conformists, and Cumberland and Westmorland Quarter Sessions records. Includes a separate useful reference fold-out map of Church of England parishes in Cumbria.

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John Bragg (1723-1795) was a Whitehaven shoemaker and a Quaker.  His diary is a fascinating account of 18th century provincial life. His diary contains references to family events, his spiritual musings, everyday life in Whitehaven, and developments abroad, particularly in regard to the American War of Independence.  His diary records, for instance, the arrival of refugees from American and also the raid on Whitehaven by John Paul Jones in 1778.

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John Burns (1782-1834) was a Whitehaven mariner captured off the coast of Spain in 1799 by Spanish privateers and then handed over to the French. His diary presents an enthralling account of his 1250 mile walk from the Franco-Spanish border to imprisonment in the Loire Valley and thereafter back to England and Whitehaven during 1799-1800.

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The diary of Elizabeth Thompson, midwife of Kendal, is of tremendous value to family historians as it covers a period (1669-1675) when the parish records are missing. Her meticulous entries list the children she delivered day by day.  Each entry names the child, the father, the area/house of the family and even the time of the birth.
With index of persons and places.

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George Hilton (1673-1725) of Beetham Hall, Westmorland, was a gentleman by birth, a Roman Catholic in faith and a peripheral Jacobite figure who participated in the 1715 rebellion at Preston. His journal points to behaviour worthy of a more scandalous reputation. His entries, covering the period 1700-1705 and 1722-1723, relate of wild drinking sessions, repeated (and often disastrous) bouts of gambling, and his encounters with loose women. The journal also presents a fascinatining picture of his social networking with the gentry of South Westmorland and his quest for spiritual fervour and moral probity. Includes pedigrees, transcript of his will and brief biographies of his associates. Fully indexed.

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Relates the history of half a century of the BBC short wave radio transmitting station at Skelton near Penrith and its impact on the local community, and how a small Cumbrian village helped 'a Nation to speak to a Nation'. Fully illustrated throughout by fascinating historic photographs. With a foreword by John Tusa, former Head of BBC World Services.

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In December 1787 the Westmorland Court of Quarter Sessions commissioned a population survey of the county.  Parish constables were ordered to send in returns listing the names and occupations of the members of every household in their area.  This publication presents of thousands of names (fully indexed) surviving from this unique 'census', mainly covering North Westmorland.

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A fortune teller who can't speak; a Victorian lady faced with a rather too-business like proposal of marriage; a child of twelve toiling underground, his growth cruelly stunted by the confinement of the mine; a man pressed into the army and turning deserter in his desperation to return to his family; a comfortably-married woman haunted by a guilty secret in her past...these are just a few of the hundreds of fascinating characters to be found among the documents of Cumbria's archives. This collection of new fiction from Cumbrian writers presents their stories accompanied by the original documents which inspired them.

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