Events Crooklands Booking

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME 

Friday 31 October 

16:30 Registration from 16.30–18.00. 

18:15 Dinner, including tea/coffee – followed by: 

Funny Family History Stories: short items related by CFHS members, hosted by David Sowerby. 

Saturday 1 November 

08:00 Breakfast served from 08.00 for residential delegates. 

10.00 Brockhole 125: a pictorial history of a house and garden. Kevin Grice.

11.00 Morning tea/coffee with biscuits. 

11:30 Mossop and Watson families and their interconnections. Keith Simpson. 12:30 Buffet lunch, including tea/coffee. 

14:00 Beyond the Border: tracing lives between Scotland and Cumbria. Lorna Kinnaird. 

15.30 Workshop on Researching in Scottish Archives: useful tips to make it easier, with Lorna Kinnaird. 

18:15 Dinner, including tea/coffee. 

20.00 Cumbria Film Archive film show. Andrew Leitch and Jim Bownass. 

Sunday 2 November 

08:00 Breakfast served from 08.00 for residential delegates. 

10.00 Irregular Marriages and Runaway Brides: Scandal on the Borders. Lorna Kinnaird 

11.00 Morning tea/coffee with biscuits. 

11:30 Tourists and Turnpikes. Paul Hindle. 

12:30 Sunday lunch and depart. 

CONFERENCE PRICES

Full conference, residential (all rooms are en suite):

Sharing twin room (per person) £265

Single room £324

Full conference, non–residential £138

Rooms at Crooklands are limited so please book as soon as possible.

Bookings must be received by 30 September 2025.

Receipts will be sent by email

Members can also book daily rates by contacting Elizabeth Haworth crooklands[at]cumbriafhs.com

Payment by BACS (HSBC 40-33-05. Account No: 81044966) or by cheque.

A BACS payment is preferred as it incurs no charges for the Society.