GENERAL EVENTS
Please be aware that events may be cancelled so do check before travelling...
Claiming dates
Lake District National Park Archaeology Conference Saturday 15th November 2025. Programme above.
Cumbrian Railways Association
Autumn Conference Saturday 8th November 2025
Spring conference and AGM Saturday 21st March 2026
Autumn Conference Saturday 14th November 2026
Cumbria Family History Society
Conference and AGM Saturday 7th 2025
Autumn 2 day conference October 31st 2025.
Cumbria Industrial History Society
Spring Conference Saturday 14th March 2026.
Member Group Events
N.B. All talks start at 7.30pm unless otherwise stated.
Please be aware that events may be cancelled due to illness - or the weather!
SW Cumbria | Monday 20th October 2025
Monasteries & Society in N. Lancs & S. Cumbria | Speaker Dr Alan Crosby.
Burton, Holme & District Local History Society, Burton Memorial Hall, Main St, Burton-in-Kendal, Visitors £3.
SW Cumbria | Monday 20th October 2025
Gleaston Castle and the Manor of Muchland | Speaker Neil Whalley
History of Kirkby Group, Kirkby Community Centre Members £2 Visitors £3
E Cumbria | Monday 20th October 2025
Land of Lead and Silver including consolidation of Augill mines | Speaker Andie Harris
Upper Eden History Society, Schoolroom, Methodist Church Kirkby Stephen CA17 4 SG Visitors £5
SW Cumbria | Wednesday 22nd October 2025
Furness Abbey - Speaker Dr Christopher Tinmouth
Duddon Valley Local History Group.
E Cumbria | Monday 27th October 2025
My LIfe Serving Queen Elizabeth II (Guards & Police) | Speaker Martin Harriman
Shap Local History Society, Old Courthouse, Shap Visitors £3.50
SE Cumbria | Monday 27th October 2025
Skeletons in the Cupboard at Sizergh Castle, the Story of Cecilia Strickland and her Dysfunctional Family 1741 - 1814 | Speaker Stan Aspinall.
Kendal History & Archaeology Society, The Castle Street Community Centre, Castle Street, Kendal Visitors £3
S Cumbria | Wednesday 29th October 2025
Harriet Martineau | Speaker Terry Bond
Mourholme Local History Society, Gaskell Hall, Silverdale. Visitors £2
W Cumbria | Wednesday 29th October 2025
The Lockerbie Disaster, the fireman's perspective | Speaker Mike Roberston.
Maryport Heritage Society, At Signpost, Curzon St, Maryport
SW Cumbria | Friday 1st November 2025 2pm
Medieval Music | Dorian Players
Millom and District Local History Society, Holy Trinity Church entrance £10
S Cumbria | Tuesday 4th November 2025
Shap Famous Granite and it's related industries | Speaker Jean Scott-Smith
Bampton and District Local History Society, Bampton Memorial Hall Visitors £3
E Cumbria | Wednesday 5th November 2025
Find Yourself/Family/friends in the Society's press cuttings | The Committee
Alston Moor Historical Society, Alston Masonic Hall
S Cumbria | Thursday 6th November 2025
Dungeons, Debtors and Death - A Dark history of Lancaster Castle | Speaker Gregory Wright
Mourholme Local History Society, The Gaskell Hall, Silverdale LA5 0RA visitors £2
SW Cumbria | Wednesday 12th November 2025 2 pm
Millom, The Growth of a Victorian town | Speaker Steve Cove
Dalton Local History Society, St Mary's Church Centre, 5 Market Place, Dalton -in-Furness LA15 8AZ.
SE Cumbria | Wednesday 12th November 2025
German Miners in Elizabethan Keswick (their life, learnings and legacy) | Speaker Mark Hatton
Sedbergh & District History Society, Main Hall, Peoples Hall Sedbergh
W Cumbria | Thursday 13th November 2025
The Great Enchantress: Ann Ratcliffe's 1794 Tour of the Lakes | Speaker Dr Penny Bradshaw
Lorton & Derwent Fells Local History Society, Yew Tree Hall High Lorton visitors £4
SW Cumbria | Monday 17th November 2025
A History of Victorian sport & Leisure | Speaker Dr Mike Huggins,
Burton, Holme & District Local History Society, Burton Memorial Hall, Main St, Burton-in-Kendal, Visitors £3.
SW Cumbria | Monday 17th November 2025
The Sir John Barrow Monument | Speaker Jack Rice
History of Kirkby Group, Kirkby Community Centre Members £2 Visitors £3
E Cumbria | Monday 17th November 2025 2.30 pm.
Five Scoer Yowsses & IJ old Bottles, life in and around Appleby from 16th century wills | Speaker Barry McKay
Upper Eden History Society, Schoolroom, Methodist Church Kirkby Stephen CA17 4 SG Visitors £5
SE Cumbria | Wednesday 19th November 2025 2.30 pm
Weather Forecasting the Cumbrian Way | Speaker Jean Scott-Smith
Ravenstonedale Parish History Group, Newbiggin-on-Lune Public hall Visitors £6
S Cumbria | Thursday 20th November 2025
Border Regiment at the Battle of the Somme | Speaker Jules Wooding
Staveley District History Society St Anne's Church, Ings.
E Cumbria| Monday 24th November 2025
A Cumbrian Christmas including Music | Speaker Dr Sue Allen
Shap Local History Society, Old Courthouse, Shap Visitors £3.50
SE Cumbria | Monday 24th November 2025
Living on the Edge, Buried at the Edges: The Human Remains Recovered from Holy Trinity Church, Kendal | Speaker Megan Stoakley
Kendal History & Archaeology Society, The Castle Street Community Centre, Castle Street, Kendal Visitors £3
SW Cumbria | Wednesday 26th November 2025
Remembering Slavery - Cumbria's involvement in the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade - Speaker Dr Rob David
Duddon Valley Local History Group.
S Cumbria | Wednesday 26th November 2025
Dungeons,Debtors and Death - A Dark History of Lancaster Castle | Speaker Gregory White
Mourholme Local History Society, Gaskell Hall, Silverdale. Visitors £2
W Cumbria | Wednesday 26th November 2025
The Light over the Solway | Speaker John Little
Maryport Heritage Society, At Signpost, Curzon St, Maryport
S Cumbria | Tuesday 2nd December 2025
The Plague in Penrith and Eden 1597- 1598 | Speaker Richard O'Brien
Bampton and District local History Society, Bampton Memorial Hall, Visitors £3
N Cumbria | Thursday 4th December 2025
Films From Around the District | Speaker Carlisle Cine Club
Warwick Bridge local History Group, Downagate Centre, Warwick Bridge, Visitors £3
E Cumbria | Saturday 6th December 2025
Folk Songs in Cumbria | Speaker Sue Allan
Alston Moor Historical Society, Alston Masonic H5all
S Cumbria | Thursday 7th December 2025
Ice Houses and the International Trade in Ice | Speaker Rob David
Mourholme Local History Society, The Gaskell Hall, Silverdale LA5 0RA visitors £2
SW Cumbria | Wednesday 10th December 2025 2 pm
Understanding the Symbols and Meaning of 18th Century Gravestones | Speaker Mark Hatton
Dalton Local History Society, St Mary's Church Centre, 5 Market Place, Dalton -in-Furness LA15 8AZ.
SW Cumbria | Monday 15th December 2025
Film Show - Walking Hadrians Wall. | Speakers Stephanie Lawton & Lynn Wilman.
Burton, Holme & District Local History Society, Burton Memorial Hall, Main St, Burton-in-Kendal, Visitors £3
E Cumbria | Monday 16th December 2025 2.30 pm.
The Border Regiment - the legacy of WW2 | Speaker Jules Wooding
Upper Eden History Society, Schoolroom, Methodist Church Kirkby Stephen CA17 4 SG Visitors £5
S Cumbria | Wednesday 17th December 2025
Ice Houses and the International Trade | Speaker Rob David
Mourholme Local History Society, Gaskell Hall, Silverdale Visitors £2
SE Cumbria | Wednesday 14th January 2026
Dead Man's Tales | Speaker John Buglass
Sedbergh & District History Society, by Zoom
S Cumbria | Thursday 15th January 2026
A History of the Wad Mine, Borrowdale | Speaker Mark Hatton
Staveley District History Society St Anne's Church, Ings.
E Cumbria | Monday 19th January 2026 2.30 pm.
Members Afternoon
Upper Eden History Society, Schoolroom, Methodist Church Kirkby Stephen CA17 4 SG Visitors £5
SE Cumbria | Monday 26th January 2026
The Magna Project: Excavating a Roman Frontier Fort | Speaker Rachel Frame
Kendal History & Archaeology Society, The Castle Street Community Centre, Castle Street, Kendal Visitors £3
W Cumbria | Wednesday 28th January 2026
Cumbria's Postal Paths | Speaker Alan Cleaver
Maryport Heritage Society, At Signpost, Curzon St, Maryport
S Cumbria | Wednesday 28th January 2026
Lancaster's Roman fort | Speaker Dr Chris Tinmouth
Mourholme Local History Society, The Gaskell Hall, Silverdale LA5 0RA visitors £2
N Cumbria | Thursday 5th February 2026
Sir Thomas Bouch: A Famous Cumbrian Railway Engineer | Speaker John Mather
Warwick Bridge local History Group, Downagate Centre, Warwick Bridge, Visitors £3
SE Cumbria | Wednesday 11th February 2026
Richard III in North-West England | Speaker Dr Christopher Tinmouth
Sedbergh & District History Society, Main Hall, Peoples Hall Sedbergh
E Cumbria | Monday 16th February 2026 2.30 pm.
Historical Pageants in the North West | Speaker Mike Winstanley
Upper Eden History Society, Schoolroom, Methodist Church Kirkby Stephen CA17 4 SG Visitors £5
SE Cumbria | Wednesday 18th February 2026 2.30 pm
Ravenstonedale Parish in the County Archives | Speaker Anthony Hughes
Ravenstone Parish history Group, Newbiggin-on-Lune Public hall Visitors £6
S Cumbria | Thursday 19th February 2026
Sir Thomas Bouch, Victorian Railway Engineer | Speaker John Mather
Staveley District History Society St Anne's Church, Ings.
SE Cumbria | Monday 23rd February 2026
Northumbria and Cumbria in the 11th Century: Insights from the Career of Earl Siward | Speaker Fiona Edmonds
Kendal History & Archaeology Society, The Castle Street Community Centre, Castle Street, Kendal Visitors £3
W Cumbria | Wednesday 25th February 2026
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Maryport Heritage Society, At Signpost, Curzon St, Maryport
S Cumbria | Wednesday 25th February 2026
Carnforth Haematite Iron Works | Speaker Phil Baggley
Mourholme Local History Society, The Gaskell Hall, Silverdale LA5 0RA visitors £2
SW Cumbria | Wednesday 25th February 2026
Millom Castle, the Huddlestons and the Civil War - Speaker Jan Bridget
Duddon Valley Local History Group.
SE Cumbria | Wednesday 4th March 2026
Archaeological Heritage Mapping and Future Development Impact in S. Cumbria | Speaker Dan Ellsworth
Sedbergh & District History Society, Main Hall, Peoples Hall Sedbergh
SE Cumbria | Wednesday 11th March 2026
Remembering Wartime Kirkby Lonsdale |John Hamlett's film
Sedbergh & District History Society, Zoom.
E Cumbria | Monday 16th March 2026 2.30 pm.
Life and Warfare in the Viking Age | Speaker Terry Harvey-Chad
Upper Eden History Society, Schoolroom, Methodist Church Kirkby Stephen CA17 4 SG Visitors £5
SE Cumbria | Wednesday 18th March 2026
Lime Burning and Land Improvement in the Barony of Westmorland | Speaker David Johnson
Ravenstone Parish history Group, Ravenstonedale Community & Heritage Centre Visitors £6
S Cumbria | Thursday 19th March 2026
Inside a Lakeland Farmhouse | Speaker Andy Lowe
Staveley District History Society St Anne's Church, Ings.
SE Cumbria | Monday 23 March 2026
The Lowther Medieval Castle and Village Project: Latest Updates | Speaker Sophie Ambler
Kendal History & Archaeology Society, The Castle Street Community Centre, Castle Street, Kendal Visitors £3
W Cumbria | Wednesday 25th March 2026
Maryport Artistic Heritage | Speaker Dolly & Brian Money
Maryport Heritage Society, At Signpost, Curzon St, Maryport
S Cumbria | Wednesday 25th March 2026
Gandh's Northern Holiday | Speaker Nick Burton
Mourholme Local History Society, The Gaskell Hall, Silverdale LA5 0RA visitors £2
SW Cumbria | Wednesday 25th March 2025
Wartime Walney - Speaker Mick Shaw
Duddon Valley Local History Group.
S Cumbria | Thursday16th April 2026
The Hole in Hadrians Wall | Speaker Steve Dickinson
Staveley District History Society St Anne's Church, Ings.
E Cumbria | Monday 20th April 2026
17th/18th Century Satire and the Lowther Family | Speaker Chris Donaldson
Upper Eden History Society, Schoolroom, Methodist Church Kirkby Stephen CA17 4 SG Visitors £5
SW Cumbria | Wednesday 22nd April 22026
Walls in the Cumbrian Landscape - Speaker Dr David Johnson
Duddon Valley Local History Group.
SE Cumbria | Monday 27th April 2026
AGM and More Deaths Than One | Speaker Ian Smith
Kendal History & Archaeology Society, The Castle Street Community Centre, Castle Street, Kendal Visitors £3
W Cumbria | Wednesday 29th April 2026
Local Water Resources and Supply | Speaker Stan Leigh
Maryport Heritage Society, At Signpost, Curzon St, Maryport
S Cumbria | Wednesday 29th April 2026
The Local Finds of a Metal Detectorist | Speaker Nigel Law
Mourholme Local History Society, The Gaskell Hall, Silverdale LA5 0RA visitors £2
SW Cumbria | Wednesday 27th May 2026
Journal of Kenneth Burgess - Speakers Stan Aspinall & Nigel Pattinson
Duddon Valley Local History Group.
W Cumbria | Wednesday 24th June 2026
A virtual Tour of Maryport | Speaker Geoff Wilkinson
Maryport Heritage Society, At Signpost, Curzon St, Maryport
SW Cumbria | Wednesday 24th June 2026
Britain1914 - 18 War Resisters - Communities, Prisoners, Fugitives, Revoluntionaries and Broughton in Furness - Speaker Cyril Pearce
Duddon Valley Local History Group.
SW Cumbria | Wednesday 22nd July 2026
AGM & John Ruskin: Victorian Polymath - Speaker Dr David Cross
Duddon Valley Local History Group.