Cumbria Archive and Local Studies Centre, Barrow

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Ramsden Square
Barrow-in-Furness
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LA14 1LL

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Email: barrow.archives@cumberland.gov.uk

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    Collections information

    Businesses (113)

    Organisations (315)

    Persons (20)

    Diaries (15)

    Families (12)

    • Brydson family of Water Park Water Park, Lancashire
    • Cross family, Viscounts Cross: Eccle Riggs, Broughton Broughton-in-Furness, Lancashire
    • Fell family of Daltongate and Flan How, Ulverston Daltongate, Lancashire
    • Lewthwaite family of Broadgate, nr Millom Millom, Cumberland
    • Machell family of Pennybridge Pennybridge, Lancashire
    • Montagu-Douglas-Scott family, Dukes of Buccleuch Byreburnfoot, Dumfriesshire;Canonbie, Dumfriesshire;Drumlanrig, Dumfriesshire;Kirkmahoe, Dumfriesshire;Langholm, Dumfriesshire;Mouswald, Dumfriesshire;Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire;Tibbers, Dumfriesshire;Tinwald, Dumfriesshire;Torthorwald, Dumfriesshire;Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire;Aberdour, Fife;Burntisland, Fife;Inchkeith, Fife;Loch Leven, Kinross-shire;Lincluden, Kirkcudbrightshire;Abington, Lanarkshire;Crawford, Lanarkshire;Murdieston, Lanarkshire;Canongate, Midlothian;Caroline Park, Midlothian;Cowden, Midlothian;Dalkeith, Midlothian;Edinburgh, Midlothian;Granton, Midlothian;Holyrood House, Midlothian;Inveresk, Midlothian;Musselburgh, Midlothian;Sheriffhall, Midlothian;Smeaton, Midlothian;Kirkurd, Peeblesshire;Branxholm, Roxburghshire;Eckford, Roxburghshire;Hawick, Roxburghshire;Melrose, Roxburghshire;Liddesdale, Roxburghshire;Bowhill, Selkirkshire;Buccleuch, Selkirkshire;Ettrick, Selkirkshire;Newark, Selkirkshire;Bolnhurst, Bedfordshire;Colworth, Bedfordshire;Hoo, Bedfordshire;Pertenhall, Bedfordshire;Chalvey, Buckinghamshire;Datchet, Buckinghamshire;Ditton, Buckinghamshire;New Hall, Essex;Beaulieu, Hampshire;Coppingford, Huntingdonshire;Folksworth, Huntingdonshire;Blackheath, Kent;Clitheroe, Lancashire;Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire;Egton with Newland, Lancashire;Hawkshead, Lancashire;Muchland, Lancashire;Plain Furness, Lancashire;Torver, Lancashire;Ulverston, Lancashire;Great Bowden, Leicestershire;Hinckley, Leicestershire;Loughborough, Leicestershire;Holbeach, Lincolnshire;Norton Disney, Lincolnshire;London;Holborn, Middlesex;St Martin in the Fields, Middlesex;Foxley, Norfolk;Sparham, Norfolk;Armston, Northamptonshire;Barnwell, Northamptonshire;Boughton, Northamptonshire;Brigstock, Northamptonshire;Deene, Northamptonshire;Geddington, Northamptonshire;Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire;Hemington, Northamptonshire;Kettering, Northamptonshire;Luddington, Northamptonshire;Polebrook, Northamptonshire;Weekley, Northamptonshire;Wark, Northumberland;Adderbury, Oxfordshire;Banbury, Oxfordshire;Middleton Stoney, Oxfordshire;Barlaston, Staffordshire;Grindon, Staffordshire;Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire;Petersham, Surrey;Sudbrook Park, Surrey;Cawston, Warwickshire;Sussex;Church Lawford, Warwickshire;Dunchurch, Warwickshire;Knightlow, Warwickshire;Newbold-on-Avon, Warwickshire;Newnham Regis, Warwickshire;Nuneaton, Warwickshire;Amesbury, Wiltshire;Urchfont, Wiltshire;High Bowland Forest, Yorkshire;Low Bowland Forest, Yorkshire;Bad Gastein, Austria;Cannes, France;Naples, Italy
    • Pennington family of Bandrake Head Bandrake Head, Lancashire
    • Petty and Postlethwaite families, bankers, Bardsea Bardsea, Lancashire
    • Rawlinson family of Graythwaite Graythwaite, Lancashire
    • Romney family of Whitestock Hall Lancashire;Lancashire
    • Sawrey family of Broughton Tower Broughton Tower, Lancashire
    • Stanley family, Earls of Derby Glassmore, Cambridgeshire;Crag Hall, Cheshire;Macclesfield, Cheshire;Wildboarclough, Cheshire;Corney, Cumberland;Whicham, Cumberland;Bradworthy, Devon;South Weald, Essex;Hamerton, Huntingdonshire;Bickerstaffe, Lancashire;Bolton-cum-Adgarley, Lancashire;Bury, Lancashire;Knowsley, Lancashire;Lathom, Lancashire;Liverpool, Lancashire;Manchester, Lancashire;Pilkington, Lancashire;Preston, Lancashire;Epworth, Lincolnshire;London;Colham, Middlesex;Hillingdon, Middlesex;Brackley, Northamptonshire;Fleetham, Northumberland;Eynsham, Oxfordshire;Milton, Oxfordshire;Ellesmere, Shropshire;Knockin, Shropshire;Newmarket, Suffolk;East Lavant, Sussex;Halnaker, Sussex;Meriden, Warwickshire;Beetham, Westmorland;Witherslack, Westmorland;Burton in Lonsdale, Yorkshire;Kirkby Malzeard, Yorkshire;Mewith Head, Yorkshire;Thirsk, Yorkshire;Hawarden, Flintshire;Hope, Flintshire;Mold, Flintshire;Coonagh, County Limerick;Clonmore, County Louth;Smithstown, County Louth;Priestown, County Meath;Lyonstown, County Tipperary

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