BURTON

All enquiries about any of the following in writing, enclosing a stamped SAE to:
Keeper of Burton Archives, 2 Station Lane, Burton in Kendal, Carnforth. LA6 1HT

The bulk of the archives include Burton-in-Kendal, Clawthorpe and Dalton information. There is also a lot of info on Farleton, Beetham parish, plus items on all the parishes surrounding Burton-in-Kendal and Holme in the county of Cumbria.

  • Books, extracts, leaflets
  • Census Returns: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901
  • Church, gravestones, vicarage
  • Directory extracts 1829 onwards
  • Drawings
  • Events
  • Farms, land, properties
  • List of holdings in the Kendal Archives
  • Magazine & newspaper items
  • Maps
  • Members' projects
  • Memorial Hall, Burton
  • Organisations, clubs, societies
  • Photographs
  • People
  • Registers of electors, parish council
  • Schools
  • Transport, roads, railway, canal, footpaths

 

HOLME

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  • Church
  • Surveys, studies, lists
  • Organisations, Clubs, Societies
  • Holme School
  • Holme Mill
  • Holme People
  • Indentures, deeds, and sale of land and property
  • Events
  • Register of electors and Parish Council
  • Photographs and drawings
  • Maps
  • Files and publications
  • Census: 1851, 1861, 1881
  • Magazine and newspaper articles
  • Canal
  • Sites and Monuments National Monuments Record Project 2003

EXHIBITIONS & SUMMER PROJECTS

All enquiries about any of the following in writing, enclosing a stamped SAE to:
Keeper of Burton Archives, 2 Station Lane, Burton in Kendal, Via Carnforth. LA6 1HT
  • 1993 - Walled Holme boundaries - file and chart
  • 1994 - Walled Burton boundaries - file and chart
  • 1995 - Walled Dalton boundaries - file and chart
  • 1995 - 50+ VE Day Exhibition - one day
  • 1996 - The district War Memorials recorded - file
  • 1997 - The district Blacksmiths researched - folder
  • 1998 - The district Heraldry researched - folder, charts
  • 1999 - The district Roadside Survey recorded - folder, charts
  • 2000 - Millennium Exhibition - three days
  • 2000 - Burton, Beetham, Dalton and Holme sites & monuments record - appraisal ongoing
  • 2004 - Built plinth & information plaque beside the Lancaster Canal in Burton Parish
  • 2006 - Golden Jubilee display for Burton Memorial Hall - seven days
  • 2012 - Diamond Jubilee display for HM Queen Elizabeth II - two days
  • 2014 - WW1 Commemorative Exhibition: The Great War - Our Village Soldiers