Newspaper Transcriptions

These can be browsed in read-only mode in this site, but we recommend that you visit the site directly, by clicking on the Use Google Groups link  where you will be able to search by any name or keyword occurring in the text. 

You can also join the Google Group, in order to add your own comments, or request help from fellow group members.

There are extracts from five C19th Cumbrian newspapers (so far) and you can limit the display to each title

• • •      Carlisle Journal 1801-1815, 1833-1846

    •      Carlisle Patriot 1816-1823

    •      Westmorland Gazette 1828-39

    •      Penrith Herald 1874

    •      Cumberland Pacquet 1793, 1816

Note that if you follow any of these links, they will open in a new browser tab. After you have finished, you should close the tab to return to this page.

These transcriptions have been done tirelessly by Petra Mitchinson and Barb Barker to whom we owe a debt of gratitude.
In particular, these transcriptions contain tens of thousands of BMDs, and over time they will be indexed and added to Cumbrian People Search on this website.

As well as the the old newspapers, there are also a few other transcriptions of registers and directories, plus enquiries and contributions from Group Members.