Cumbria Library Service has an excellent online catalogue and also offers access to a range of online resources for its members including Ancestry, British Newspapers and Periodicals,1600-1900, Times Digital Archive etc..In Barrow and Whitehaven the local studies libraries are colocated as part of the archive centres.
These contain the following types of materials; County histories (compiled from the 18th century onwards), trade directories (late 18th century to the 1960s), government and local authority publications. Subjects covered are not confined to history but include natural history, planning, social and economic conditions, literature, biography, sport and genealogy. The majority, but not all, of the local studies books, are listed on the online library catalogue |
|
|
Carlisle Cumbria Heritage Services Carlisle Library Globe Lane CARLISLE Cumbria CA3 8NX Enquiries to the Local Studies Specialist Telephone: 01228 227315 Fax: 01228 607333 Email: carlisle.library@cumbriacc.gov.uk
Penrith
|
|
Workington Vulcans Lane Workington CA14 4ND Tel: 01900 706170 Fax: 01900 325181 Email: workington.library@cumbriacc.gov.uk Kendal
Cumbria County Library Kendal Library Stricklandgate KENDAL Cumbria
LA9 4PY
| |
|