Member Groups

Below are the Member Groups of the Federation, which may be contacted or joined through the contacts given.

More extensive information is available in the following PDF document

Member Groups Directory (PDF)
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The Federation also has individual members, some of whom have an on-line listing. The list of individual members and their research interests is now in the Members' Section of the site; enter the password below:

Note: Please substitute '@' for 'Ø' in the email addresses given below. This is an anti-spam measure.

A

Alston Moor Historical Society
contact: Laurence Law
email: llaw840090Øaol.com
website: www.alstonhistory.org.uk

Ambleside & District U3A Local History Group
contact: Sylvia Foreman
email: petesylv2Øtalk21.com
website: www.amblesideanddistrictu3a.org.uk

Ambleside Oral History Group
contact: Sybil Parker
email: paulØambleside.co.uk
website: www.aohg.org.uk

Appleby Archaeology Group
contact: Phyllis Rouston
email:phylØrouston.plus.com
website: www.applebyarchaeology.org.uk

Appleby-in-Westmorland Society
contact:
Vivienne Gate
email: viviennegateØaol.com
website: www.applebysociety.force9.co.uk

Arnside Local History Society
contact: J S Platts
telephone: 01524761238

B

Bampton & District Local History Society
contact: Patricia Garside
email: plgarsideØfsmail.net
website: www.bampton-history.org.uk

The Beacon Centre, Whitehaven
contact: Sue Palmer
email: thebeaconØcopelandbc.gov.uk
website: www.thebeacon-whitehaven.co.uk

Brampton Local History Group
contact: David Moorat
telephone: 0169772802
website: www.bramptonhistory.co.uk

C

Caldbeck & District Local History Society
contact: Diana Greenwood
email: diana.greenwoodØdsl.pipex.com

Cartmel Fell and District Local History Society
contact:Jeni Boothman
email: jeni.boothmanØtiscali.co.uk
website: www.cumbrialocalhistory.org.uk/cartmelfell

Cartmel Peninsula Local History Society
contact: Nigel Mills
email: nigelmillsØbtinternet.com
website: www.cartmel-peninsula-lhs.org.uk

Centre for North West Regional Studies
contact:Samantha Riches
email: s.richesØlancaster.ac.uk
website: www.lancs.ac.uk/users/cnwrs

Cockermouth Museum Group (was Kirkgate Centre Museum Group)
contact: Gloria Edwards
email: museumgroupØhotmail.com
website: www.cockermouthmuseumgroup.org.uk

Crosby Ravensworth Local History Society
contact: Mrs E M Risk
email: TEDRELPHØaol.com

Cumbria Amenity Trust Mining History Society
contact: Sheila Barker
email: sheila.barkerØcybermoor.org.uk
website: www.catmhs.org.uk

Cumbria Archive Service
contact: The archivist, see website for details.
website: www.cumbriacc.gov.uk/archives

Cumbria Family History Society
contact: Janet Arnison
email: janetarnisonØtalktalk.net
website: www.cumbriaFHS.com

Cumbria Industrial History Society
contact: Helen Caldwell
email: lowludderburnØbtinternet.com
website: www.cumbria-industries.org.uk

Cumbrian Railways Association
contact: Philip Tuer
email: philip.tuerØvirgin.net
website: www.cumbrianrailwaysassociation.org.uk

The Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society (CWAAS) (Kendal)
contact: Helen Holmes
email:helenholmes07Øhotmail.co.uk
website: www.cwaas.org.uk

The Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society (CWAAS) (Penrith)
contact: Christine Bretherton
telephone: 01768867581
website: www.cwaas.org.uk

The Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society (CWAAS) (South West)
contact: L. Watson
telephone: 01946 724634
website: www.cwaas.org.uk

D

Distington Family and Local History Society
contact: Shanette Harding
email: SaloretteØaol.com

Duddon Valley Local History Society
contact: Pat Sprey
email:perdiannaØaol.com

E

Eskdale and District Local History Society
contact: Frank Whittle
email: frankwhittleØtiscali.co.uk

F

Friends of Cumbria Archives
contact: Mrs A M Armstrong
email: armstrong.traØbtinternet.com
website: www.friendsofcumbriaarchives.org.uk

Friends of the Helena Thompson Museum
contact: J M McCleary
telephone: 01900603312
website: www.allerdale.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=215

Friends of Keswick Museum
contact: Sally Newton
email: sallynewtonØktdinternet.com
website: www.allerdale.gov.uk/default.aspx?Page=16

Friends of Whitehaven Museum
contact: Averil Dawson
email: Averil.DawsonØcopelandbc.gov.uk

Furness Family History Society
contact: Mrs J Grisedale
email:cherrytrees.fiveØvirgin.net
website: www.furnessfhs.co.uk

H

Hesket Local History Group
contact: Mrs E Murray
telephone: 01697473511

History of Kirkby Group
contact: Mrs A McPherson
email: mcphersonØcombecrescent.freeserve.co.uk

Holme and District Local History Society
contact: Dorothy Spencer
telephone: 01524 781540
website: www.localhistory.burtonweb.org.uk

K

A thumbnail image of the logo for the Keswick History Group.

Keswick History Group contact: Mrs Dorothy Hind
email: dorothy.hindØtiscali.co.uk
website: www.cumbrialocalhistory.org.uk/keswickhistorygroup

Kirkoswald & Renwick History Group
contact:Richard Pickstock
email: rapickstockØtiscali.co.uk

L

Lamplugh and District Heritage Society
contact: Bob Marshall
email: bobnbet.64Øbtopenworld.com
website: www.lamplughheritage.org.uk

Lazonby and District Local History Society
contact: Valerie Halsall
email:vhalsallØktdbroadband.com

Levens Local History Group
contact: Stephen Read
email: levenshistoryØbtinternet.com

Long Marton Local History Group
contact: Keith Spence
email: spenceØfish.co.uk

Lorton & Derwent Fells Local History Society
contact: Sandra Shaw
email: Sandra.M.ShawØbtopenworld.com
website: www.derwentfells.com

M

Maryport Heritage Society
contact:David Taylor
email:

Matterdale Archaeological and Historical Society
contact: R.S.Matthews
email: hollyhowØglobalnet.co.uk

Millom Local History Society
contact: Rowena Pitt
email: rowenablundellØaol.com

Mourholme Local History Society
contact: Dianna Dey
telephone: 01539564514

N

North Lonsdale History Society
contact: David Fellows
email: djfØtinyworld.co.uk

O

Open Mind (Local History Group) Seascale
contact: Sue Bagnall
telephone: 01946728134

Orton & Tebay Local History Society
contact: Mary Jenkin
email: marypjenkinØaol.com
website: www.otlhs.ukme.com

P

Penrith Museum
contact: the Curator
telephone: 01768 212228
website: www.eden.gov.uk/museum/

S

Sedbergh and District History Society
contact: R W Cann
email: rwvc.cannØbtinternet.com
website: www.sedberghhistory.org

Shap Local History Society
contact: Jean Jackson
email: jeanjackson_hermitageØbtopenworld.com
website: www.shapcumbria.co.uk

Solway History Society
contact: Shirley Thornhill
email: sthornhill13Øtiscali.co.uk

Stainton History Group
contact: Mr Robert Price
email: bobØtheprices.me.uk

Staveley and District History Society
contact: John Berry
email:secØsdhs.org.uk
website: www.sdhs.org.uk

Swarthmoor Hall History Society
contact:Ian Lewis
email:swarthmoorblog@googlemail.com
website: www.swarthmoor.blogspot.com

T

Thwaite Group U3A
contact: Dr Denis Hoare
telephone: 016973 71534

U

Upper Eden History Society
contact: Margaret Gowling
email: gowlingØmypostoffice.co.uk

W

Warwick Bridge Local History Group
contact: Miss Pat Newman
telephone: 01228 560659

Whitehaven Local History Society
contact: Valerie Proud
email: valproudØaol.com

The Wordsworth Trust
contact: Jeff Cowton
email:j.cowtonØwordsworth.org.uk
website: www.wordsworth.org.uk