Cumbrian History Societies | Cumbria County History Trust Cumbrian History Societies Click on the society name to go directly to the website concerned. The following organisations are county-wide in their approach and have extensive website information Cumbria Amenity Trust Mining History Society Cumbria Family History Society Cumbria Industrial History Society (includes articles on industry in Cumbria) Cumbria Local History Federation Cumbria Railways Cumbrian Railways Association Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society (affiliated groups in Carlisle, Penrith and South-West Cumbria) and Kendal Historical & Archaeological Society (CWAAS) Friends of Cumbrian Archives (FOCAS) Recording Morecambe Ba : a new on-line resource for the history of the Bay is available here The following Local History Societies have websites with varying degrees of local information - (if none online then marked *) Ambleside Oral History Group Bampton & District Local History Soc Cartmel Peninsula Local History Society Cockermouth Heritage Group Duddon Valley Local History Group History of Kirkby Group Holme & District Local History Society Kirkby Lonsdale & District Civic Society * Lamplugh and District Heritage Society Levens Local History Group Long Marton Local History Group Longtown Memorial Hall Community Centre * Lorton & Derwent Fells Local History Society Millom & District Local History Society Morecambe Bay Partnership Mourholme Local History Society (for Carnforth, Warton & Silverdale) Newland Furnace Trust Open Mind (WestlakesU3A) * Orton & Tebay Local History Society Papcastle Local History Group (an ad hoc group not formally constituted) the village website has a significant history section Ravenstonedale Parish History Group Shap Local History Society There are also a number of other local history societies without websites – contact information for these can be found  on the Cumbria Local History Federation website