What is the Cumbria Archive Service?
Through our Record Offices in Carlisle, Kendal, Barrow and Whitehaven the Cumbria Archive Service provides facilities for the preservation and public use of original and printed documents dating from the twelfth century to the present day. These archives form a fascinating record of all aspects of life in the county.
Included amongst the 10 miles of records the Cumbria Archive Service cares for are parish registers, other ecclesiastical records, wills, electoral registers, maps and plans, poor law records, title deeds, and photographs. The archives of many families, businesses, local authorities, solicitors, societies and schools are also deposited in the Record Offices.
How can the Cumbria Archive Service help you?
* Public searchrooms for the consultation of archives.
* Facilities for official organisations, churches, businesses and members of the public to donate or deposit archives for safe-keeping
* Responses to enquiries about the records in our custody including a research service for people unable to visit in person
* An education service to local schools and colleges
* Information and advice on the preservation and conservation of archives
* Exhibitions and talks on the work of the Archive Service and archives in our care
* Records Management service for local authorities' modern records