Barry Ayres was an amateur local historian, editor of the AONB magazine Keer to Kent, a Silverdale and latterly an Arnside resident. He was an active member of the Mourholme and led many history walks in the area. He also collected a large quantity of historic documents relating in particular to local history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. After Barry’s death his wife, Monica, donated his files and collections to the Arnside Archive. A small team of volunteers was assembled by the Morecambe Bay Partnership to produce a detailed description of the contents.
This index can be downloaded below. Please note this is a PDF format taken from an XL spreadsheet, so the formatting may be awry. The latter half of the PDF seems to have preserved the tabulation.
The content itself can be access by a visit to the Arnside Archive – details of arrangements are given on their website here.