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.