In 1597, plague swept across Cumberland and Westmorland. Some of it is well-recorded, but in parishes like Greystoke, you have to read between the lines. 1597 plague The plague of 1597/1598 may be les...Read More
Parish registers, if you get the chance to see them ‘in person,’ can tell you so much more than you get from using a search box on commercial (or free) genealogy websites. Sometimes the vicar of t...Read More
Greystoke School rules circa 1790. Tucked away in a folder of papers in Carlisle Archives, I chanced upon a copy of ‘The Rules to be observed by the master or mistress of the Sunday Schools institut...Read More
Jonathan Ritson, the drunken wood carver What links the magnificent Arundel Castle, in Sussex, with Cumbria? Primarily, it’s the complex family history of one of the great families of England, the H...Read More