Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society

Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society
Formation	1866
Type	Historical society
Registration no.	227786
Legal status	Charity
Purpose	Historical study and research
Headquarters	United Kingdom
Activities	Research and publications, lectures and events
Collections	Library, archives
Patrons	Rt Rev. James Newcome, Bishop of Carlisle, Claire Hensman, Lord Lieutenant of Cumbria
President	Dr Rob David
Website	www.cumbriapast.com

Short description: Historical, antiquarian, archaeological and text publication society and registered charity

The Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, founded in 1866, is a local historical, antiquarian, archaeological and text publication society and registered charity covering the modern county of Cumbria.

Aims

The society exists to "promote, encourage, foster" the combined studies of genealogy, history, custom and archaeology, within the boundaries of the non-metropolitan county of Cumbria (which, as well as the two titular historic counties of Cumberland and Westmorland, includes elements of historic Yorkshire and Lancashire).^[1]

History

The society was established in Penrith, Cumbria on 11 September 1866, with "five business and professional men from both counties" as founder-members.^[2] The then Earl of Lonsdale was appointed honorary president. One of the society's first official acts was to campaign for the protection of the Dunmail Raise cairn, and to organise an archaeological dig on the Low Borrow Bridge Roman fort, near Tebay. Membership rose to 115 by 1866 (with around a quarter being clergymen), and "includ[ed] three ladies".^[2] The society returned to the Low Borrow Bridge site, by then a scheduled monument, in 2011 and discovered further evidence as to the size of the camp,^[3] while in 2015 it was a joint funder of work into a dendrochronological dating on Kendal's fourteenth-century Castle dairy.^[4]

Publications

A publishing arm was created in 1877,^[2] and by 2015 was responsible for publishing its peer-reviewed journal The Transactions of the society, a triannual newsletter, and various dedicated book series for specific areas of interest (for example, the Extra Series, and those for Records, Research, and Tracts).^[5]

Select publications

Mullett, M.A., Patronage, Power and Politics in Appleby in the Era of Lady Anne Clifford 1649–1689, 2015.
Zant, J., Penrith: the Historic Core, 2015.
Brennand, M. & Stringer, K.J. (Eds), The Making of Carlisle: from Romans to Railways, 2011.
Cherry, P., Studies in Northern Prehistory , 2007.
Austin, P.S., Bewcastle and Old Penrith , 1991.^[6]

Presidents

1866–72 William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale
1948–51 Kate S. Hodgson
1996–99 Dr John Macnair Todd
2005–08 Prof. David C. A. Shotter
2008–11 Prof. A. J. L. Winchester
2017–20 Prof. Rosemary Cramp
2020–present Dr Rob David

References

↑ "Revised Rules, 2008 and 2012". Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society. http://cumbriapast.com/ms/pdf/Society_constitution_Apr_16.pdf. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Thomas, Andrew (7 February 2016). "Nostalgia: Society aimed to preserve the antiquities of two counties". The Westmorland Gazette. http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/14259669.NOSTALGIA__Society_aimed_to_preserve_the_antiquities_of_two_counties/?ref=mac.
↑ "Archaeologists excavate Roman fort near Tebay". BBC News. 9 August 2011. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-14362255.
↑ Fallowfield, Carl (29 April 2015). "Fascinating finds shed light on history of ancient dairy". http://www.cumbriacrack.com/2015/04/29/fascinating-finds-shed-light-on-history-of-ancient-dairy/.
↑ "Publications Committee". Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society. http://cumbriapast.com/cgi-bin/ms/main.pl?action=editorial. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
↑ "Publications available". Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society. http://cumbriapast.com/cgi-bin/ms/main.pl?action=publications&pub_id=85&archive=. Retrieved 21 May 2016.

External links

Official website
"Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society publications". Royal Historical Society. http://5hm1h4aktue2uejbs1hsqt31.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/cumbwestantiqsociety.pdf. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
"Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Transactions". Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society. http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/cumberland/. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
"Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society". British and Irish Archaeological Bibliography. http://www.biab.ac.uk/series/183. Retrieved 9 December 2016.

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[1] "Revised Rules, 2008 and 2012". Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society. http://cumbriapast.com/ms/pdf/Society_constitution_Apr_16.pdf. Retrieved 21 May 2016.

[Gazette-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Thomas, Andrew (7 February 2016). "Nostalgia: Society aimed to preserve the antiquities of two counties". The Westmorland Gazette. http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/14259669.NOSTALGIA__Society_aimed_to_preserve_the_antiquities_of_two_counties/?ref=mac.

[3] "Archaeologists excavate Roman fort near Tebay". BBC News. 9 August 2011. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-14362255.

[4] Fallowfield, Carl (29 April 2015). "Fascinating finds shed light on history of ancient dairy". http://www.cumbriacrack.com/2015/04/29/fascinating-finds-shed-light-on-history-of-ancient-dairy/.

[5] "Publications Committee". Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society. http://cumbriapast.com/cgi-bin/ms/main.pl?action=editorial. Retrieved 21 May 2016.

[6] "Publications available". Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society. http://cumbriapast.com/cgi-bin/ms/main.pl?action=publications&pub_id=85&archive=. Retrieved 21 May 2016.

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