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- Westmorland is a historic county in North West England spanning the southern Lake District and the northern Dales. It had an administrative function from the 12th century until 1974. Between 1974 and 2023, Westmorland lay within the administrative county of Cumbria. In April 2023, Cumbria County Council will be abolished and replaced with two unitary authorities, one of which, Westmorland and Furness, will cover all of Westmorland (as well as other areas).[1]
- Westmorland and Furness Council is the future local authority for Westmorland and Furness in the north-west of England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. Westmorland and Furness Council will replace Cumbria County Council, Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council, Eden District Council and South Lakeland District Council.[2]
Archives
Kendal Archive and Local Studies Centre
Kendal County Offices
Kendal, Cumbria LA9 4RQ UK
Telephone: 01539 713 539
Email:kendal.archives@cumbria.gov.uk
Website
- Records relating to the historic county of Westmorland, and also some for the Sedbergh-Dent district (formerly in the West Riding of Yorkshire) and for the Cartmel district (formerly in Lancashire North of the Sands).
Barrow Archive Centre and Local Studies Library
Ramsden Square
Barrow-in-Furness
Cumbria
LA14 1LL, UK
Telephone: 01229 407377
Email: barrow.archives@cumbria.gov.uk
Website
- Barrow-in-Furness is a port town in Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1867 and merged with Dalton-in-Furness Urban District in 1974 to form the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness. In 2023 the borough will merge with Eden and South Lakeland districts to form a new unitary authority; Westmorland and Furness. [3]
Libraries
Museums
For a long list of Cumbria museums, go to List of museums in Cumbria in Wikipedia.
Civil Registration Offices
The General Register Office holds a central copy of all birth, marriage, and death registrations in England. These certificates can be ordered from their website (a login is required but it is free to register and search). However, in some cases research can be more efficient working with the smaller, more specific records collections of county/district registry offices.
Sometimes research might be required to determine where a town or parish was in a former registration district, or even its current district. For a list of the historic and current registration districts and their parishes, see UKBMD: Registration Districts in Westmorland.
- Order a copy of a certificate from all of Cumbria.
- Barrow Register Office
- Kendal Register Office
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- ↑ "Westmorland", at Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westmorland, accessed 25 February 2023.
- ↑ "Westmorland and Furness Council", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westmorland_and_Furness_Council, accessed 25 February 2025.
- ↑ "Barrow-in-Furness", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrow-in-Furness, accessed 25 February 2023.