Cumbria Past
Trench at Bleatarn from Transactions 1895
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Annual Archaeology in the Lake District Conference
14th November 2026On Saturday 14th November at the Ambleside campus, University of Cumbria
Lectures
A Gothic Novelist on Tour in the Lake District
2nd December 2026An account of Ann Radcliffes momentous 1794 encounter with the landscapes of the Lakes
Lectures
The influence of the geology of the north of England on prehistoric societies
5th January 2027If stones were prehistoric societies major asset and most persistent record why do we know so little about them? A talk by Dr Ian Jackson
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We publish a Newsletter three times a year.
The current (Summer 2026) contents include:
- 50 years preserving Cumbria’s heritage at Eskdale Mill: Interview with Mill Manager Kate Hughes
- Networks of patronage and production: the 18th century enamelled glass of the Beilby family and their associations in Cumberland and Westmorland
- The Pilgrimage of Hadrian’s Wall 2029
- Iron Age and Roman Cumbria and Cumbrians, CWAAS conference, February 2026
- Potential for Roman Mining in Cumbria
- Online Lectures for Members 2026-27: advance notice
- Launch event for the publication of Thomas Machell’s Westmorland, at the Armitt Museum, Ambleside
- Preview – Rough Class: Schooling & rioting – the growth of a Cumbrian Town 1865-1905
- Review – Industrial Railways & Locomotives of Furness, Westmorland and the Isle of Man
- The 1926 general strike in Cumberland and Westmorland
and more ....
14th November 2026
Annual Archaeology in the Lake District Conference .
23rd November 2026
Looking Back in Time - the Hodbarrow mines 1840-1986.
2nd December 2026
A Gothic Novelist on Tour in the Lake District: Ann Radcliffes momentous 1794 encounter with the landscapes of the Lakes .
5th January 2027
The influence of the geology of the north of England on prehistoric societies .
25th January 2027
Marginal Kendal? Rethinking the English working class with Victorian and Edwardian Westmorland..
2nd February 2027
Cumbria and the American Civil War .
22nd February 2027
A Roman temple in Carlisle?.
More
For later events check the main listing.