Historical Sources

L&DFLHS 'Digital Archive of Historical Sources' now available

In February 2023 the Society made available the first issue of its Digital Archive of Historical Sources, DAHS. In May 2023 issue two was released, now including a large collection of manorial records.

This is a large collection of copies, mainly photographs, of primary historical sources which have been collected during the thirty years of the Society. See an introduction here, and the content of Issue 2 here. It is available to Society Members to borrow on a memory stick/flash drive, under an agreement which is intended, essentially, to prevent the publication of the images themselves unless complying with the rights of those holding the original material. It is also available to others in the UK for bona-fide projects involving the local history of our area, at the discretion of the Editor. There is no charge for use.

The DAHS contains basic notes on the content and use of the records, and a geographical finder is included to simplify the task of identifying the records relevant to a particular project. The content will grow with subsequent issues, but the content is by no means comprehensive. It will assist researchers in starting a project and making progress from home, but will often need to be followed up with searches of the local record offices and possible The National Archives to provide more specialised sources.

For further information please contact the Editor, Derek Denman.

L&DFLHS 'New Domesday' records

In 2020 the Society created a digital resource containing the records for our area of the land valuation survey undertaken during 1909-15. This resource of images held at Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle, and The National Archives, is not an online resource, but images for particular properties can be requested and sent by email. These records are also contained in the Digital Archive of Historical Sources, above.

The content and how to access is give on this page. The complete records are included the Digital Archive of Historical Sources, above.

L&DFLHS on-line sources

Memorial Inscriptions.

The Society is transcribing the Memorial Inscriptions for the burial grounds within its area. Below you may download the Lorton and Loweswater MIs for personal research only:

Loweswater Memoral Inscriptions. (PDF)
(To view : Left click on the PDF icon - To Download : Right Click and Select "Save As", "Save Linked File As", ...)

The plan of the Churchyard can be viewed here.

Lorton Memorial Inscriptions. (PDF)
(To view : Left click on the PDF icon - To Download : Right Click and Select "Save As", "Save Linked File As", ...)

The plan of the Churchyard can be viewed here.

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Our Victoria County History (vch) sources

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While contributing our Jubilee Digests for this project, the Society collected a good deal of information arranged by VCH place, generally civil parishes, and VCH topic. This includes detailed boundaries, and can be viewed here.