The Mourholme Local History Society’s mission is to promote advancement of education of the public in the history of the Warton Ancient Parish by collecting, showing, enabling access and preserving documents and photographs  relevant to the district thereby promoting the protection of the physical remains of Warton Ancient Parish.

What We Do

The Society:

  • Provides lectures by visiting speakers on historical events in the area.
  • Encourages members to carry out and publish their own research.
  • Publishes magazines and books concerning the historic parish of Warton, which included the townships of Borwick, Carnforth, Priest Hutton, Silverdale, Yealand Conyers and Yealand Redmayne.
  • Store archives of historic material of local concern.
  • Maintains this website.

The Charity

The Society is charity number 512765 registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Its charitable objectives are:

  • To promote advancement of education of the public in the history of the warton ancient parish be means of the lectures, discussions field studies and visits to places of historial interest.
  • To collect and preserve documents and photographs relevant to the district and to assist in the protection of the physical remains of the past.
  • To make available to the public from time to time such writings or documentary evidence as may be appropriate.

The trustees are:

  • Chair: Nina Gaubert
  • Treasurer: Andrew Guy Davies
  • Trustee: Dr Christine Elizabeth Boydell

Click here to view the constitution (PDF).

Contact Details

To contact us, please email mourholme at hotmail dot comor complete our contact form.

Please note that we are unable to undertake family history researches (unless you think it likely that we will have information concerning a specific family).

Sponsors and Volunteers

We would like to thank all those sponsoring and helping the society including:

  • Kualo for providing free hosting of this website.
  • 3R Foundation for providing a grant toward microphones.