Related Links

The following are external links that are relevant to Cockermouth and its history, family history or of general interest:

Cockermouth and Cumbria

The Kirkgate Centre – www.thekirkgate.com
Cockermouth - a guide to the Cumbrian Town – www.cockermouth.org.uk
The Cockermouth Post – www.thecockermouthpost.co.uk
Cumbria Family History Society – www.cumbriafhs.com
Cockermouth Civic Trust – www.cockermouthcivictrust.co.uk
Cumbria Local History Federation – www.cumbrialocalhistory.org.uk
Lorton & Derwent Fells Local History Society – www.derwentfells.com
Lamplugh Heritage Mapping Project – www.mappinglamplughheritage.org.uk
Cumbria Record Offices - www.cumbria.gov.uk/archives
Whitehaven Record Office email: whitehaven.record.office@cumbriacc.gov.uk
Carlisle Record Office email: carlisle.record.office@cumbriacc.gov.uk
Friends of Cumbria Archives (FOCAS) – www.focas1991.co.uk
Cumbria Libraries – www.cumbria.gov.uk/libraries/
(Workington Library Tel: 01900 706170)
Bereavement Services – www.allerdale.gov.uk/community-and-living/deaths-funerals-and-cremation.aspx
email: bereavement.services@allerdale.gov.uk
tel: 01900 702620
Bereavement Services at Allerdale Borough Council in Workington hold burial records for Cockermouth Cemetery, plus photographs of most of the headstones. There may be a charge for requesting information from them.

General

Heritage Lottery Fund – www.hlf.org.uk
The National Archives – www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
Community Archives – www.communityarchives.org.uk
Online Certificates – www.gro.gov.uk
Historical Directories – www.historicaldirectories.org
www.findmypast.co.uk
www.local-history.co.uk
Commonwealth War Graves Commission – www.cwgc.org

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