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Our future programme 2019 14 Mar 25th Anniversary Lecture. Lordship and Professor Angus 2019 Manor: the Norman imprint on the Society’s Winchester area of interest 22 May Summer Outing: Visit to Yanwath Hall and Contact Tim 2019 Penrith Museum Stanley-Clamp February 2019 9 May Viking longhouses in Cumbria Steve Dickinson Contents 2019 Professor Angus 13 Jun AGM plus talk and exhibits A social history of Dr Derek Denman 2019 Loweswater through key moments in time. From the Chair Winchester: 11 Jul Cumbria’s explosive coast Bill Myers Profesor Angus Winchester: 25 years 25 years as Honorary 2019 as Honorary President of the Society 1 President of the Society 12 Sep The 1st Battalion of the Border Regiment at Stuart Eastwood 2019 the Battle of Arnhem, 1944 Society News Sep/Oct Autumn Outing – to be arranged Congratulations 1 2019 Our Programme 2 14 Nov Roman Roads through the lakes Dr Paul Hindle Contacts 2 2019 Our Summer visit: to Yanwath Hall Talks are at the Yew Tree Hall at 7.30pm unless stated otherwise. Visitors £3. Please do not and Penrith Museum 4 park to the left of the entrance (looking from outside) as the road is narrow. Website improvements 4 Promoting the Society on Facebook 5 Officers and Committee 2018/19 They Lie in Foreign Fields: update 5 President, Professor Angus Winchester Financial examiner, Peter Hubbard Meeting Reports Charles Lambrick 01900 85710 Lena Stanley-Clamp 01900 336542 Chairman Membership [email protected] November: From Markets to Supermarkets, 200 years of Dr Derek 01900 829097 Tim Stanley- 01900 336542 shopping in Cumbria 6 Denman derekdenman@bt Clamp January: The postal history Secretary internet.com Outings of Cumbria 7 Christopher 01900 822171 Mike Bacon Richard Easton Articles Thomas Fiona Lambrick Sandra Shaw John Benson’s home: Smithy Fold? 9 Treasurer Hugh Thomson Committee members John Sumpton, convict, from Thackthwaite 10 The silver jubilee year of the Society Diary dates also marked 25 years since Angus The medieval manor and seat of 2 March. Lancaster Uni. Regional Heritage Centre. 46th Annual Archaeology Winchester took on the role of the Balnes, Loweswater 13 Forum. Society’s Honorary President. The 14 March. The 25th Anniversary Lecture, by our President, Professor Angus Minutes of a meeting of the Society’s Congratulations Winchester. Many of his books will be on display. newly established committee held on 7 to Society member Dr. Allan Sharman, The Norman Conquest of Cumberland in 1092 created the framework for the local of Cockermouth, who been awarded his October 1993 record: ‘Mr George announced that Dr history of our communities. Two new great lordships, the Honour of Cockermouth Ph.D. in history by the University of and the Barony of Egremont, or Copeland, controlled our area. Grants of land Roehampton. The title of Allan’s thesis Angus Winchester has agreed to be created many local manors. This lecture will explore this formative phase in the is: ‘Irish and Scots poverty in the far the Society’s President, and would th history of land tenure, and the relationships of manors, parishes and townships. North of England, 1790-1870’. Some of give the first talk on Thursday 20 Allan’s work has been published in our January 1994, entitled “The Rise The next Wanderer will be published on 1 May 2019. Please send items to Journal, nos. 58 & 60. and Fall of the Lakeland Yeoman” ’. Derek Denman, by early April. It is fitting, therefore, that having given Published by the Lorton & Derwent Fells Local History Society, 19 Low Road Close, the Society’s inaugural Talk, page 3 Cockermouth CA13 0GU. 1 2 page 1 …Angus Winchester is giving its book on the landscape history of the 25th anniversary Lecture on 14 March. Cocker valley. The subject matter, as readers will see Angus’s energetic research, from the information set out on page 2, writing, and teaching is accompanied provides the foundations for an by fulfilling other roles including close appreciation and understanding of the engagement with the running of the local history of the area which is the CWAAS, of which he is a past President, focus of the Society’s attention. and membership of various advisory Consequently, I very much encourage panels relating to local and landscape members to attend this event, and help history and to Quaker studies. to celebrate both the quarter- Fortunately for the Society these centenary of the Society and Angus commitments have not prevented him Winchester’s role over the same from taking a close interest in its period, by lingering afterwards when affairs. Notably, he has delivered Talks there’ll be additional refreshments. approximately every other year since For a number of his formative he became Honorary President. He has years Angus lived in Lorton, at the Old also supported several members in Vicarage in Church Lane. His time in undertaking higher education courses, Lorton Vale had a strong influence on and in the earlier years often wrote the direction in which his studies took articles for the Society’s Newsletter him, exemplified by his close interest in and Journal. In addition, Angus has the history and historical geography of encouraged the Society to be involved Society News Yanwath Hall the area. That featured strongly in his in various projects. These have BA dissertation and in his PhD thesis. included the Cumbria Manorial Records will be limited to around thirty and it Those studies in turn led to a Project, which led to the formation in Our Summer Visit to may be advisable to reserve a place. succession of academic publications 2005 of a manorial records group Yanwath Hall and Penrith Please contact Tim Stanley-Clamp on relevant to the Society’s area of within the Society to support his work Museum 01900 336542 or [email protected] interest, the first of which ‘Landscape on that subject, and the Victoria by Tim Stanley-Clamp and Society in Medieval Cumbria’ was County History of Cumbria which led to Website Improvements published in 1987 when he was a work done by a number of members in On Wednesday 22 May we are by Derek Denman Lecturer in Historical Geography at the 2012 in contributing to the Jubilee fortunate to have the opportunity to University of Liverpool. It was followed Digests of the civil parishes in the visit Yanwath Hall at Eamont Bridge. Our website, www.derwentfells.com, in the year after he became the Society’s area. And it was Angus who Not open to the public, it has many has had a makeover to make it more Society’s Honorary President with the was the inspiration behind the points of interest to recommend it to friendly when viewing on a mobile, and th publication of his edition of ‘The Diary Society’s 20 anniversary exhibition of the keen local historian. It dates back generally to update the pages and of Isaac Fletcher of Underwood’, an 20 objects of local historical interest. to the 14th century and is extremely content throughout. important figure in history local to All members will I am sure feel well preserved. Among its attractions is It will be a repository of our Cockermouth and its surrounding area proud to have such a distinguished a strong connection with William publications and of local historical th in the second half of the 18 century. local and landscape historian taking a Wordsworth – Thomas Wilkinson, his information, while our young Facebook By 1994, when that book was close interest in the Society and its friend and co-agitator against the page engages more dynamically with published, Angus had been appointed affairs since its foundation. I salute enclosures of common land, was born our members and the community. to a teaching post in local and regional Angus Winchester and his there. It is now owned by the Altham The website will grow its history at Lancaster University where achievements, and on behalf of all family who have opened their doors to Publications, Features, and Sources his academic career flourished over the members of the Society thank him us for what should be a fascinating pages. These have recently been following 25 years. In 2012 his most warmly for his willingness to fulfil tour. After lunch we shall visit the restructured, and more information eminence in his chosen academic field the role of Honorary President over the newly refurbished museum at Penrith has been added. For example, our six was recognised by his appointment past quarter century. I sincerely hope with its extensive collections of local Township Maps, showing all there as Professor of Local and he will be willing to continue in the role artefacts and fine art. inhabitants, landowners, farms and Landscape History, becoming Emeritus for many years to come. Details of travel and costs will be fields from around 1840, are available Professor on his retirement. He is Charles Lambrick, published nearer to the time. Numbers to view and as downloads. currently in the course of completing a Chairman 3 4 Promoting the Society on and an overview of historic Lake libraries, Cockermouth and Keswick https://www.timesandstar.co.uk/news Facebook District Architecture. libraries, Keswick Museum, Cumbria /17219813.blindbothel-beacon-lit-as- You can view our page on Museum of Military Life, other local part-of-battles-over-tribute/ by Lena Stanley-Clamp https://www.facebook.com/Lortonloca history organisations and a small Additional Press Reporting lhistorysociety . number of other local groups. A press release, written by Tim The Society’s Facebook page allows us Posting – The booklet has been posted Stanley-Clamp, was sent to a number to disseminate our lectures and in pdf form on the Society’s website at of local news outlets and of course publications to audiences far and wide.