Local topics using Archives

The Cumbria Archive Centres contain locally produced documents dating from the Middle Ages to the present day which can be used to illustrate a particular theme, enhance a topic, provide a local perspective on national events, and also introduce students to original documents.

Unique records about local people and places available:

maps and plans
diaries and letters
school records
parish registers and records
census records
photographs and illustrations
newspapers
business, industry and farming records
records of major landed families
poor law, workhouse and public health records
trade directories

Our sources can be used creatively across the curriculum for example in drama, art, maths, science, citizenship, literacy and geography as well as in history.