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

1. 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
2. Maps (photocopied)
   • Alphabetically by township
   • By type (eg OS, tithe)
3. Books by category
   • General history
   • How to research local history
   • North west history
   • Neighbouring area
   • Warton parish
4. Mourholme Society magazines
5. National and local history journals

There are plans to make archive directories available online in the future.