Advance Order Collections
RECORDS RELOCATED OR REQUIRING PRIOR ORDERING (list updated 26 November 2025)
Contact Barrow Archives: These records will be produced at Barrow Archives - temporary relocation of Kendal collections
WDAW: Alfred Wainwright
WDMDS: Mike Davies-Shiel papers
WDRY: Le Fleming of Rydal Hall
WDTE: Browne family of Townend, Troutbeck (Westmorland)
WDVAS: Josefina de Vasconcellos
Please note the following collections or part collections require users to contact us and order in advance. This is because they are either stored at our Carlisle outstore or need additional time for us to produce them at Kendal. Further details on individual records can be found on our online catalogue CASCAT.
Contact Barrow Archives: 1 week's advance notice. These records will be produced at Carlisle Archives
BTCC/4: Barrow-in-Furness County Court bankruptcy case files
Contact Carlisle Archives: 24 hours' advance notice required for items kept in cold store. These records will be produced at Carlisle Archives:
Original photographs, glass plate negatives and sound recordings. Items which require advance notice will be indicated in the relevant catalogue record on CASCAT. Some items, such as glass plate negatives, will not be produced where we can provide a digital or hard copy surrogate.
Contact Kendal Archives: 1 week's advance notice. These records will be produced at Carlisle Archives:
LDSPB: Lake District special Planning Board
WC/E: Various
WC/F: Fire Brigade and Ambulance Service
WC/H: Health Department
WC/P/6: BNFL Windscale enquiry
WC/W/A1568: Westmorland County Council administrative files
WC/Y: Youth Service
WDAG: Day books (85) 1870-1939, ledgers (20) 1871-1981, Probate papers (1810-1916) (A1464)
WDAS: Anne and Alec Swailes papers
WDBS/8: Bleaymire and Shepherd, Solicitors, Penrith (part)
WDBS: Estate Plan Cat. No. 1141-1184
WDCFH: Cumbria Family History Society
WDCS: Cartmel Shepherd Solicitors, Appleby
WDGH: Gatey, Heelis and Co., Solicitors
WDHAL: Hallam, Solicitors of Kirkby Stephen
WDHEW: Hewetson and Bunney Family of Ravenstonedale
WDHH: Heelis and Heelis, Solicitors of Appleby
WDHW: Hayton Winkley, Solicitors, Kendal and Windermere
WDLH: Len Hayton, Solicitor
WDRG: Rhodes Gilman, Solicitors
WDSTAN: Stanley Family of Witherslack (Halecat)
WDTGF: Dr. Terence G. Fahy of Shaw End
WDWHP: Prof. W.H. Pearsall
WDB 21/9/2-3: Provincial Insurance (part)
WDB 25: Gill, Dockray, Rhodes and Moore, Architects, Kendal (BOOKS ONLY)
WDB 57: Ibis Engineering Limited, Kendal
WDB 60: Mrs. E. Forsyth, Hosiery etc., Kirkby Lonsdale
WDB 84: Ellwood, Carriers of Ayside
WDB 87: J. Nicholson, Estate Agent and Auctioneer, Windermere
WDB 95: Arthur Egglestone, Ironmonger, Appleby
WDB 100: Raymond Jay, Architect of Colthouse, Hawkshead
WDB 101: Messrs Woolley, Ladies and Gents Outfitters, Kendal
WDB 102: Windermere and District Electricity Supply Co. Ltd.
WDB 103: John Croft, Blacksmith of Grayrigg
WDB 116: F.W. Boon, Chemist, Kendal
WDB 117: John West and Sons, Coal Merchants, Windermere
WDB 121: W.A. Fell Ltd., Woodwork Machine Makers, Kendal, including Glass Negatives
WDB 124/3: Lakeland publishing Co.
WDB 147: Peter Birchall, Acountant
WDB 157: Tebay Co-Operative
WDB 158: Joseph Sarginson Ltd., Joiner and Builder, Eamont Bridge
WDB 161: Haigh Architects, Kendal
WDB 162: Castle Head Field Studies Centre, Near Grange-Over-Sands
WDSO 2: Kendal and District Guild of Service
WDSO 13: Folk Dance Society
WDSO 211: Cumbria Industrial History Society
WDSO 263: Ambleside Civic Trust
WDSO 370: Lake District Summer Music Festival
WDX 277/1: Windermere Speed Limit Public Enquiry papers
WDX 724: Eric James Whitfield Tapsell papers
WDX 786: F W Parrot
WDX 1144: Lake District CHA and HF Rambling Club
WDX 1121: W A R Denison
WDX 1215: Papers re local history of Dentdale
WDX 1226: Lloyds papers (additional)
WDX 1264: Councillor Walker of Kendal
WDX 1408: Clare Fell, archaeologist
WDX 1709: Lattin papers
WDX 1780: Robinson Library
WDX 1884: R G Thwaites Transcripts
WDX 1886: Whineray Family papers
WDX 1891: Gibson and Jones Family genealogy (G. Godwin)
WDX 1993: John Wyatt
WQ/SR: Westmorland Quarter Sessions Rolls, 1817-1971.
WSDCSL: Treasurers deposit
WSMBA: Correspondence and accounts
WSMBK: Rate books (1854-1914) A417
WSRDNW: North Westmorland Rural District Council
WSRDSW: South Westmorland Rural District Council Treasurer's Department
WSRDSW: South Westmorland Rural District Council Building Control Plans
WSUDG: Grange Urban District Council
WSUDW: Windermere Urban District Council
WTCRNW: Coroners Records: North Westmorland
Contact Kendal Archives: 1 week's advance notice. These records will be produced at Kendal Archives:
WC/C: K.S. Himsworth Papers (County Clerk & Clerk to the Lieutenancy)
WC/C: County Valuation Committee; Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers
WC/C: General Purposes
WC/C: L.G.R.; Education Project Group, County Joint Comm., Clerk's Co-ordinating Working Party
WC/C: Contracts
WC/CDEF: Civil Defence
WC/E: Files
WC/W: Including Committee Minutes (Eg South Westmorland Guardians & Children's Committee) & News Cuttings File
WDCR: Crewdson family of Kendal
WDCRK: Crackanthorpe family of Newbiggin
WDFCM 1-9: Methodist records (this does not include registers on microfilm which are available at Kendal Library)
WDMG: Metcalfe-Gibson family of Ravenstonedale
WDWHELP: Gibson Family of Whelprigg
WDB 21: Provincial Insurance Co., Kendal
WDSO 117: Friends of the Lake District
WDX 547: Fleming Family
WDX 882: Westmorland postcards
Contact Kendal Archives: 2 weeks' advance notice. These records will be produced at Kendal Archives:
WC/C/4: Westmorland Clerk's files various
WC/CDEF/3-4: ARP files
WC/E/6: Westmorland County Education Committee
WC/F: Fire Brigade and Ambulance Department
WC/Y: Youth Service
WDAG: Arnold, Greenwood and Sons, Solicitors of Kendal
WDB 20/2: Whitwell, Mark & Co., brewers of Kendal
WDB 34: Michael Bunney, Architect of Kendal
WDB 57: Ibis Engineering Limited, Kendal
WDB 73: St Martin's Langdale Linen Industry
WDB 84: Ellwood Family, Carriers of Ayside, Cartmel
WDB 122: William Goodacre and Sons Limited, carpet manufacturers
WDB 147: Peter Birchall, Accountant
WDB 171: Capita
WDB 172: R F G Hollett and Son, antiquarian booksellers, Sedbergh
WDB 174: Greenbank Alpine Plant Nursery (C G Hollett), Sedbergh
WDB 175: Joseph Dover and Sons Limited, Woollen Manufacturers, Farfield Mill, Sedbergh
WDBL: Blewithwaite at Cartmel Fell
WDBS/4, WDBS/8: Bleaymire & Shepherd, Solicitors of Penrith
WDCS: Cartmell & Shepherd, Solicitors of Appleby
WDEC 1-WDEC 54: charities, various
WDFE/1: Fearenside and Son, Solicitors of Burton in Kendal
WDHW/3: Hayton Winkley, solicitors, conveyancing files
WDLH: Leonard Hayton
WDMM: Milne, Moser & Son, Solicitors of Kendal
WDPJ: Peter Jackson collection
WDRG/1: Rhodes and Gillman, Solicitors of Kendal, letter books
WDS 1-160: schools, various
WDSO 14: Westmorland Women's Hockey Association
WDSO 97: Kendal Stick and Wheel Club
WDSO 117/6: Friends of the Lake District, files
WDSO 167: Craft North
WDSO 196: Holme Cricket Club
WDSO 215: The Langdales Society
WDSO 229: Inner Wheel Club of Kendal
WDSO 246: Staveley and District History Society
WDSO 372/4: Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, press cuttings
WDSO 383: Kendal Community Theatre Passion Play
WDSO 384: Westmorland Constituency Labour Party
WDSO 386: Shap Sports Hall Limited
WDSO 398: Inner Wheel Club of Windermere
WDSUM: Sumner family of Grasmere
WDWHP: H Pearsall, Professor of Botany
WDX 724: Eric James Whitfield Tapsell (1909-1981)
WDX 786: F W Parrot
WDX 795: Papers of Mr KS Himsworth [Clerk of the Peace, Westmorland County Council]
WDX 816: Lake District books
WDX 882: Westmorland post cards
WDX 1071: E H Fowkes Collection of Railway Material
WDX 1124: Fred Hughes
WDX 1196: Taylor-Page papers
WDX 1204: Hutchinson family of Endmoor
WDX 1216: John Kendall of Melkinthorpe
WDX 1222: Eric Goode local historian
WDX 1251: Nicholson Family of Kirkby Thore
WDX 1302: Mr E G Martin
WDX 1384: Freda Walker
WDX 1389: Byrne family of Milnthorpe: personal papers, medical and domestic
WDX 1391: Brackenber and Hilton deeds
WDX 1392: Raymond Walker
WDX 1393: Kitching Family
WDX 1394: Cliborn Family
WDX 1395: Strickland/Hobson families
WDX 1558: Lorna Graves, Artist
WDX 1561: Dickinson and Bigland families
WDX 1569/16: Church and Community News Magazine
WDX 1683: Tony Dickinson Driver Log Books
WDX 1707: Sheila Richardson, author
WDX 1711: Audrey Phillips papers: Transcripts of Kendal Holy Trinity and Kirkby Lonsdale St Mary registers.
WDX 1718: Kendal Inns and Public Houses
WDX 1779: Hird family of Ambleside
WDX 1780: Robinson Library
WDX 1879: Grange over Sands Swimming Pool
WDX 1886: Whineray family papers
WDX 2042: Doreen Harrison of Fox How, Ambleside
WQ/A: Licences and administration
WQ/AB: Bridge papers
WQ/AD: Bonds
WQ/AG: Gaols
WQ/AH: Highways
WQ/C: Clerk of the Peace
WQ/F: Finance
WQ/I: Indictment books
WQ/J: Justice of the Peace
WQ/M: Minute books
WQ/O: Order books
WQ/R, WQ/RIP: Tithe valuations and inclosure papers
WQ/RJ: Jurors
WQ/RLT: Land Tax Assessments
WQ/ROL: Deputy lieutenants
WQ/RP: Papists
WQ/RPA: Annuities
WQ/RPE: Elections
WQ/RS: Societies
WQ/RTT: Turnpike trusts
WQ/SPC: Census returns
WQ/SPT: Transportation bonds
WQ/SR: Sessions Rolls
WSMBA/11: Appleby Borough, planning registers and applications13:17 26/11/2025
WSRDNW/PA: North Westmorland RDC, planning applications
WSUDG/3: Grange UDC, clerk's files
WSUDL/4, 7: Lakes UDC, files and photographs
Contact Whitehaven Archives: 1 week's advance notice. These records will be produced at Carlisle Archives
CQPWC: West Cumbria Petty Sessional Divisional Records, 1976-2005
DA: Allison, solicitors of Whitehaven
DBEN: Benson, solicitors of Cockermouth
DBT/1-2: Brockbank and Tyson letter books and bill books, 1880s-1940s
DCU/5/VOUCHERS: Curwen estate vouchers, 1770-1953
DCU/15: Curwen, modern estate conveyances, 1930s-1970s
DWM/166-247, 625-755: bill books, drafts, miscellaneous
SDA: Allerdale Borough Council
SMBWO/2/1/1/16-48 general ledgers, 1892-1930 and SMBWO/2/4/173-191, Workington rate books, 1970-1974
SRDE/1/5: Ennerdale RDC contracts and SRDE/2/1, general ledgers
SRDM/2/1: Millom RDC general ledgers
SUDC/3/11-12: Cockermouth UDC building plans and applications
TNCB/OPENCAST: opencast mining plans and files
YDB 61: Mitchell's Auction Company Limited
YDB 79: Wardell-Armstrong Archaeology
YDS 60/1/5 and YDS 60/1/8: St Bees School general correspondence/headmaster's reports
YDSO 39/1-51: Oxford Archaeology North / Lancaster University Archaeological Unit
YDX 441: Papers of John Irwin
YSPC 3/6: Bootle tithe plan
YTCR 3: West Cumbria Coroner
YTHOS 1: West Cumberland Hospital Management Committee
YTHOS 2/5 and YTHOS 2/9: West Cumberland Hospital, patients' and births registers