The Society has an archive of relevant books, photocopied documents, maps and journals stored at St. John’s Church, Yealand Conyers.
Contents of the Archive
- Box files (photocopied material)
- Townships by name alphabetically
- Background material (eg Acts of Parliament)
- Whole parish (eg newspaper articles, census records)
- General by topic (eg agriculture, industry, transport)
- Families (eg Washingtons)
- Directories (copies from)
- Oral history transcripts
- Maps (photocopied)
- Alphabetically by township
- By type (eg OS, tithe)
- Books by category
- General history
- How to research local history
- North west history
- Neighbouring area
- Warton parish
- Mourholme Society magazines
- National and local history journals
There are plans to make archive directories available online in the future.