December 2019 - Cumbrian Characters

New decade, familiar issues

Posted on December 30, 2019December 29, 2019 by Harriet

Out with old, in with more of the same? On the eve of a new decade, here’s a post inspired by the Penrith Observer of December 30, 1919. Which looked at the realities of life in the aftermath of the... Read More

Inglewood Forest: Lowther land grab

Posted on December 5, 2019January 22, 2021 by Harriet

Inglewood Forest – the area roughly between Penrith and Carlisle – lost most of its trees centuries ago. And in the 1760s, it was the scene of an unusual tussle of ownership. As a sheet of paper l... Read More

Cumbrian Characters

Family history is so much more than names and dates

Month: December 2019

Inglewood Forest: Lowther land grab