RESEARCH Legal Records

Legal Records

These will include court documents, but also deeds, contracts, conveyances, mortgages, draft wills etc. There was recently an opportunity to purchase the archive of an old solicitors practice in the Carlisle area and contain a wealth of information. The Society has now been able to sort and index the first batch of these documents and these indexed documents can be identified using our standard search interface.

The index can only be searched in the PeopleSearch database by Surnames of individuals referred to in the documents. This should give sufficient additional information to enable you to identify whether the document is of interest to you..

If you find documents of interest you are currently able to purchase the original or copies of the document. You will need to email the Publications Officer (or use the Contact Form). Copies may be delivered electronically by email. Please note that documents may have to be retrieved from archives and as work is carried out by volunteers it will depend on the time they have available as to how long this will take, please allow time to receive your order.

In the future, these documents will be transferred to Carlisle Record Office.