New Collections
Important and interesting records continue to arrive in our Archive Centres. We catalogue these and previously unlisted material, and make available these catalogues on CASCAT. Detailed lists are available for new additions to CASCAT during recent months for Barrow, Carlisle, Kendal and Whitehaven Archive Centres (PDF, 0.83MB-2.51MB). Here are some of the highlights from recent additions to the collections of Cumbria Archives.
Manor of Broughton-in-Furness, 1245 -1945
Broughton-in-Furness, Dunnerdale, Seathwaite (L); manorial records, Broughton-in-Furness market and fair, Broughton-in-Furness enclosure, Broughton Tower papers and Sawrey family papers; 1245-20th century legal papers, correspondence, personal papers and plans. Check out this
flip book on the history of the town, its tower, and market, created by Cumbria Archives as part of the celebration of its Charter Day.
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Cumberland Morris Men, 1977-2009
The Cumberland Morris Men were a nationally recognised dance team based in West Cumberland, on a Cockermouth / St.Bees axis, from 1976 until 2016. They entertained all over Cumbria and the wider North at community events ranging from Corney Plough Sunday and Nether Wasdale Mayday to the Edinburgh Festival and the Tall Ships in Newcastle, as well as attending Morris events nationally. The collection consists of log books of activities; scrapbooks of photographs, programmes, newspaper cuttings and ephemera (arranged annually); with bundles of additional material (also arranged by year).
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Joseph Hardman, photographer, circa 1910-1970
Joseph Hardman (1893-1972) was born in Radcliffe near Manchester, moving to Kendal in 1911 to set up a window cleaning business. His growing interest in photography led him to join the local photographic society, and he developed a career as a professional photographer, known for his images of Lakeland life. His photographs appeared in the local and national press as well as in magazines, books and on postcards. The collection contains photographic prints (black and white) and slides of Lakeland scenes including landscapes, buildings, sheep and other livestock, work and recreation, sporting activities and local events.
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John Earl of Low Holme, Cumwhitton
Farming diaries, 1823-1839. The diary for 1824 has not survived. The deposit also includes copy photographs of Low Holme, [late 19th century]; copy map showing the extent of the Low Holme estate, [1840s]; a list of money paid to the poor of the parish of Cumwhitton and other purposes by Joseph Earl, 1835-1836; and family history notes relating to the Ion and Earl families and how they were connected.
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