Cumbria Newspapers Copyright British Library
-Adair’s Maryport Advertiser & Weekly News (Maryport / Whitehaven) [First published 1853. From APR 1894 published at Whitehaven. No file for 1896 appears to have survived]
British Library, Colindale 28 OCT 1864 - 13 JAN 1871 cont. as Maryport Advertiser & Weekly News 20 JAN 1871 - APR 1884 cont. as Maryport & Workington Advertiser and Wigton & Cockermouth News APR 1884 - DEC 1890 cont. as Maryport Advertiser & Weekly News [or, West Cumberland Mail & Maryport Advertiser?] JAN 1891 - MAR 1892 cont. as Maryport Advertiser, West Cumberland Mail APR 1892 - 30 DEC 1905 [ceased . missing 1896] Microfilm, no.2: 7 OCT 1853 - 1905 [includes film of Carlisle Library holding]
North-West Evening Mail office, Barrow APR - NOV 1892
Carlisle Library no.2: 7 OCT 1853 - 1877 [very incomplete], 8 JAN 1858 - 1877, 30 MAY 1884 [incomplete, all years except 1865, 1871,1873, 1877 lack some issues]
Maryport Library Microfilm, 1853 - 1905
Workington Library [hard copy 1883 - 1885, 1893 - 1895, no longer held] Microfilm, 1883 - 1885, 1893, 1895 (Cumbria County microfilm project)
-Advertiser (Barrow) [Free. Began weekly as Millom Advertiser, no.1: 22 MAY 1980, an A4 sheet with advertising only. Tabloid from no. 12. Name changed to West Cumberland Advertiser from no. 15: 28 AUG 1980 and again to Barrow and West Cumberland Advertiser from JAN 1983. Twice weekly from 1987, employing journalists, aiming for 62% advertising. Distributed free but also sold over the counter. From DEC 1987 owned by Reed Regional Newspapers (Northern Counties Newspapers, Bolton). Taken over by North-West Evening Mail in 1992 and renamed Advertiser, all publisher’s back files before 1992 being destroyed in move.]
British Library, Colindale as Barrow and West Cumberland Advertiser 6 SEP 1984 - 1992 cont. as Advertiser 1992 - to date
North-West Evening Mail office, Barrow 1992 - to date
Barrow Library as West Cumberland Advertiser no.36: 29 JAN 1981 - DEC 1982 [incomplete] as Barrow and West Cumberland Advertiser JUN 1985 - JUN 1986, JAN 1987 - 1992 [incomplete] as Advertiser 1992 - to date
-Allerdale People (Whitehaven) [1966 - ] see Copeland People
-Alston and District Advertiser [Monthly, features, advertisements and correspondence. Not a newspaper]
Carlisle Library JAN, AUG - DEC 1983
-Alston Herald and East Cumberland Advertiser [Published at Alston by J Catherall, proprietor of Hexham Courant]
British Library, Colindale nos. 53-367: 2 JAN 1875 - 19 JAN 1881[ceased, inc. with Hexham Courant] Microfilm, JAN 1875 - JAN 1881
Northumberland County Record Office no.1: 10 JAN 1874 - 1876, 1878 - DEC 1879 [transferred from Hexham Courant office]
Alston Library Microfilm, April 18th 1874 - January 1881 (BL film 1999)
-Ambleside Chronicle [1875 - 1910] [Local edition of Lakes Chronicle (Windermere), no known holdings]
-Ambleside Herald, Lakes News and Visitors’ List [Published by J Skelton, Church Street, Ambleside. Began 1880, ceased 1916, restarted in 1920 as Lake District Herald, a local edition of the Cumberland & Westmorland Herald. Of a local edition, the Bowness Herald (1887 - 1910), there are no known holdings]
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-356: 27 MAR 1880 - 21 JAN 1887 cont. as Lakes Herald: Ambleside Herald and Visitors’ List & Windermere & Bowness Herald nos. 357-1881: 28 JAN 1887 - 19 MAY 1916 [ceased. missing 1909, DEC 1912] Microfilm, 1880 - 1885, 1889
Kendal Library Microfilm, 1880-1885,1886-1888,1889,1890-May 1916 BL film (1998)
Armitt Library, Ambleside nos. 1-3, 5, 6, 12, 13: 27 MAR - 19 JUN 1880, no.1698: 15 NOV 1912
-Appleby and Kirkby Stephen Herald [Local edition of Penrith Herald published 1872 - c.1885]
British Library, Colindale 11 APR, 23 MAY 1874
-Appleby Chronicle, Kirkby Stephen Reporter & North Westmorland Journal
British Library, Colindale nos. 44, 45: 24, 31 DEC 1886
-Appleby Recorder and North of England News
British Library, Colindale nos. 1, 2: 4, 11 SEP 1869
-Barrow Advertiser &c.
British Library, Colindale nos. 32-144: 9 APR 1868 - 9 JUN 1870 [ceased, inc. with Barrow Pilot]
Barrow Library 20 JAN 1870
-Barrow and District Post [Free. Owned by Barrow News & Mail. 100% advertising, mostly classified. Not a newspaper. Company owned the similar Carlisle & District Post. Ceased 1992]
Barrow Library no.1: 22 AUG 1987 [1988?] - 1992?
North-West Evening Mail office, Barrow 22 AUG 1988 - 22 JUN 1992 [ceased. incomplete]
-Barrow and West Cumberland Advertiser [1980 - 1992] see Advertiser (Barrow)
-Barrow Bee [Defunct title, no holdings, dates or details known]
-Barrow Citizen [Fortnightly]
Barrow Library no.1: 8 JAN - 18 MAR 1904 Microfilm, 8 JAN - 18 MAR 1904 (Cumbria County microfilm project)
-Barrow Daily News and Furness Gazette
British Library, Colindale nos. 2-101: 2 AUG - 25 NOV 1875 Microfilm, AUG - NOV 1875
-Barrow Daily Telegram [Quarto sheets, football and racing only]
British Library, Colindale no.1: 29 JUN - 24 DEC 1892
Barrow Library 29 JUN - 24 DEC 1892
-Barrow Daily Times [1873 - 1875] see Barrow Times
-Barrow Daily Tissue [fl. 1892 - 1895] [No known holdings]
-Barrow Evening Echo [i] & Furness Advertiser [Daily]
Barrow Library 5 FEB, 16 MAR, 10 JUL 1879, 19 MAY 1880
-Barrow Evening Echo [ii]
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-1098: 26 MAR 1894 - 30 JUN 1898 Microfilm, MAR 1894 - JUN 1898
-Barrow, Furness and North Western Daily Times [1871 - 1873] see Barrow Times
-Barrow Guardian [Liberal paper, Barrow plus three local editions. First issue free. For local editions see Dalton Guardian[ii], Grange Guardian, Ulverston Guardian]
British Library, Colindale nos. 209-2118: 21 SEP 1912 - 28 JUN 1947 [ceased]
Barrow Library no.1: 24 SEP 1910 - JUL 1947 Microfilm, 24 SEP 1910 - JUL 1947 [missing JUL - DEC 1913] (Cumbria microfilm project) Microfilm 1910 - 1947 Newsplan 2000 Cumbria Record Office, Barrow 4 AUG 1928, 30 MAY 1929 (Election edition)
-Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser [Barrow’s first newspaper. Published by James Waddington, Church Street]
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-5332: 10 JAN 1863 - 8 AUG 1914 [ceased. missing 1911] Microfilm, 1873, 1877, 1879, 1888, 1889, 1897, 1912, 1914
Barrow Library 5 SEP 1868 - AUG 1914 [some damaged. Duplicates for 1868-1875, 1873-1877] Microfilm, JUN 1864 - DEC 1868 (BL, Bloomsbury, Neg.), 1868 - 1914 (Cumbria County microfilm project) 1863 – 1914 Newsplan 2000 Microfilm
North-West Evening Mail office, Barrow 1874, 1884 - 1887, JAN - SEP 1889, 1890 [duplicates], 1891, 1903, 1908, 1909
Cumbria Record Office, Barrow 12 NOV 1892
-Barrow-in-Furness Municipal Elector [Published by Co-operative Press]
British Library, Colindale NOV 1938
-Barrow Journal &c.
Barrow Library 16 OCT 1896 - AUG 1898 cont. as Furness & Lake District Weekly Journal 2 SEP 1898 - 14 APR 1899 cont. as Barrow Journal APR 1899 - 12 JAN 1901 [ceased. unique holding]
-Barrow Labour Election Special [Published by J Heptonstall, Manchester]
Cumbria Record Office, Barrow OCT 1923
-Barrow Leader [Monthly]
Barrow Library no. 1: 14 FEB 1924 - MAY 1927 Microfilm, 14 FEB 1924 - MAY 1927 (Cumbria County microfilm project) 1924-27 Newsplan 2000 Microfilm Cumbria Record Office, Barrow FEB 1924 - MAY 1927 [incomplete]
-Barrow News &c. [Published by Barrow News & Mail Ltd. For many years, with various local editions, the major weekly paper for South Cumbria. For local editions see also Carnforth News [1892 - 1936], Dalton News [1882 - 1987], Grange News [1891 - 1987], Millom News [1884 - 1987], South Lakes News [1986- 88], Ulverston News [1883 - ] and Walney News (no change from Barrow edition) [1987]. All local editions except Ulverston ceased DEC 1987. From AUG - DEC 1987 all content, all editions same as Barrow edition. Ceased 22 NOV 1990]
British Library, Colindale begins as Barrow Weekly News and Dalton Chronicle no.1: 4 JAN 1881 - APR 1881 cont. as Barrow News and Dalton Chronicle 12 APR 1881 - 17 MAR 1883 [Saturday edns. As Barrow Weekly News &c., JUN 1881 - MAR 1883] cont. as Barrow News [twice weekly then weekly] nos. 230-7161: 20 MAR 1883 - JUN 1947 [missing JAN - JUL 1913] cont. as Barrow News and Barrow Guardian no.7162: JUL 1947 - 10 FEB 1967 cont. as Barrow News 17 FEB 1967 - 27 JUN 1986, 7 AUG 1987 - 4 FEB 1988 cont. as News: Barrow, Dalton, Walney, Millom, Grange 11 FEB 1988 - 22 FEB 1990 [ceased NOV 1990] Microfilm, 1889, 1897, 1911, AUG - DEC 1913, 1917, 1950, 1986 - 1990
Barrow Library JAN 1881 - 27 JUN 1986 [some incomplete. From JUL - OCT 1986 not published replaced by South Cumbria Star & South Lakes News] cont. as Barrow News Nov 1986 - JAN 1988 cont. as News: Barrow, Dalton, Walney, Millom, Grange JAN 1988 - NOV 1990 Microfilm, 1883 - 1979 [incomplete] (Cumbria County microfilm project), 1980 - JUN 1986 [Lancashire Microfilms] Microfilm 1881 – 1949 Newsplan 2000 film North-West Evening Mail office, Barrow JUL - DEC 1881, 1882, MAR 1883 - 1885, 1887 - 1889, 1893, 1898, 1902, 1904, JUL - DEC 1906, 1917, 1922 - 1926, 1928 - JUN 1986, NOV 1986 - 1987 [incomplete], 1988 - 22 NOV 1990 [ceased]
Cumbria Record Office, Barrow 1888 - 1949, 9 odd issues only as Barrow - Dalton - Ulverston - Millom - Grange News: Special Strike edition 3, 24 JUL 1959
-Barrow Pilot & Furness Advertiser [First published 1867]
British Library, Colindale nos. 181-496: 25 FEB 1871 - 5 MAY 1877 [ceased, inc. with Barrow Herald] Microfilm, FEB 1871 - MAY 1877
Barrow Library 27 April 1872 – 5th May 1877 Microfilm 25.02.1871 – May 1877 (BL film)
-Barrow Pioneer [subtitle: Official Organ of Labour Representation Committee. Monthly]
Barrow Library no.1: SEP 1905 - OCT 1908 [not published FEB - SEP 1908] Microfilm, SEP 1905 - OCT 1908 (Cumbria County microfilm project)
Cumbria Record Office, Barrow OCT 1906, NOV 1908
Barrow Times [i] &c. [Started JAN 1866 by Joseph Richardson, weekly to 1871, when sold to James Ramsden, then daily to 1875, thereafter twice weekly]
British Library, Colindale as Barrow Times, Shipping & Iron Trade Journal, Furness Observer and North Lancashire Advertiser nos. 147-323: 24 OCT 1868 - 22 APR 1871 cont. as Barrow, Furness and North Western Daily Times nos. 327-937: 2 MAY 1871 - 12 APR 1873 cont. as Barrow Daily Times nos. 938-1636: 14 APR 1873 - 3 JUN 1875 cont. as Barrow Times (twice weekly) nos. 1637-2254: 5 JUN 1875 - 31 JAN 1885 [ceased, taken over by Barrow News] Microfilm, 2 MAY 1871, SEP - DEC 1871, 1877, 1879
Barrow Library 1871 - 1884 [missing JAN - JUN 1876, OCT - DEC 1879, AUG 1881 - DEC 1882] Microfilm, 1871 - 1884 as above (Cumbria County microfilm project)
1871 – 1884 [ Newsplan 2000 film]
North-West Evening Mail office, Barrow 1866 - MAY 1873, 1874 - 1877, JUL 1878 - 1884
-Barrow Times [ii] [Issued by Conservative offices]
Cumbria Record Office, Barrow May 1953, MAY 1954
-Barrow Weekly News & Dalton Chronicle [1881 - 1883] see Barrow News &c.
-Border Business Digest (Carlisle) [1971 - 1974] see Cumbria Weekly Digest
-Border Herald of Temperance (Carlisle) [Monthly. Published by Cumberland Temperance Union]
British Library, Colindale nos.4-7: SEP - DEC 1839
-Border Times and County Advertiser (Carlisle)
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-47: SEP 1928- 26 JUL 1929 [ceased]
-Borders on Sunday (Carlisle)
British Library, Colindale no.1: 27 AUG - 24 SEP 1995 Microfilm, AUG - SEP 1995
Carlisle Library Microfilm, 27.08.1995-24.09.1995 (BL film)
-Bowness Chronicle [1875 - 1910] [Local edition of Lakes Chronicle (Windermere). No known holdings]
-Bowness Herald [1880 - 1887] [Local edition of Ambleside Herald, Lakes News etc. Inc. with Lakes Herald in 1887. No known holdings]
-Brampton Herald: & East Cumberland & Haltwhistle Chronicle [Printed by John G Elliott at his printing & book selling establishment, Front St., Brampton. 4 pages, adverts on front, local news on back, pages 2-3 syndicated national news.]
Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle no.28: 10 APR 1872 [photocopy of pages 1 & 4 only]
-Carlisle Advertiser, Northern Miscellany, Railway Telegraph
British Library, Colindale nos.101-110: 26 JAN - NOV 1854
-Carlisle Alternative News [NUJ strike paper]
Carlisle Library nos. 1, 2: 15, 22 DEC 1978
-Carlisle & Cumberland Journal [1965 - 1968] see Carlisle Journal
-Carlisle and District Post [Free. Mostly classified advertising. Not a newspaper. Publishing company owned the similar Barrow & District Post. Began as Carlisle Weekly Citizen (see that title) in JAN 1984 by Weekly Courier Group of Morpeth. Sold to Northern Counties Newspapers, Gateshead & continued as City of Carlisle Post to SEP 1987, both those titles carried news, then bought by Barrow News & Mail and re-started as 100% adverts. Ceased DEC 1990. ]
British Library, Colindale as Carlisle & District Post no.1: 26 SEP 1987 - [no holdings traced]
Carlisle & District Post office, Carlisle no.1: 26 SEP 1987 - 1990 [ceased, office closed. location of this file now unknown]
North-West Evening Mail office, Barrow 6 AUG 1988 - 12 DEC 1990
-Carlisle Chronicle [References in the Carlisle Journal show that this title, Carlisle’s second paper, was published from 1807 to MAY 1811. No holdings known, except single issue at Carlisle Record Office]
Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle 11/05/1811, bound in with 1811 volume of Carlisle Journal
-Carlisle Daily Journal [1873] see Carlisle Journal
-Carlisle Echo [Published by Chas. Deuchar, Bank Street. Single broadsheet printed on one side only]
Carlisle Library no.238: 13 APR 1883
-Carlisle Examiner & North Western Advertiser
British Library, Colindale no.1: 26 MAY 1857 - 26 MAR 1870 [ceased, inc. with Carlisle Express] Microfilm, 1857, 1862
Cumbrian Newspapers, Head Office, Carlisle no.1: 1857 - 1858, Special edition: 8 JAN 1862 [Durranhill Murder]
Carlisle Library Microfilm, 1857 - 1870 BL film (1999)
-Carlisle Express and Cumberland Advertiser
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-471: 16 MAR 1861 - 25 MAR 1870 [amalg. with Carlisle Examiner and cont. as Carlisle Express and Examiner] Microfilm, MAR 1861 - MAR 1870
Carlisle Library JAN 1868 - MAR 1870 [poor condition] Microfilm 1862, January 7th 1870 – 25 March 1870 (BL film 2000) 16th March 1861 – 25th March 1870 (Newsplan 2000 film)
Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle 1862, 1863, 1866 - 1869
-Carlisle Express and Examiner [Formed by amalgamation of Carlisle Express with Carlisle Examiner]
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-2271: 2 APR 1870 - 23 AUG 1913 [ceased. missing 1911, 1912] Microfilm, 1873, 1877, 1880, 1888, 1889, 1891, 1913
Carlisle Library APR 1870 - 1872 [poor condition] Microfilm 02/04/1870 – 1895 (BL film 2000), 1897, 1899-1913 [ Newsplan 2000]
Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle APR 1870 - 1895, 1897 - 1901, 1902 [very poor], 1905 - AUG 1913
-Carlisle Herald [Listed in Barnes & Hobbes. No dates or holdings known]
-Carlisle Journal [First published OCT 1798, founded as a Whig paper by Francis Jollie. Daily from 27 JUN - DEC 1873. Subtitle in JAN 1812 : & Northern Neptune. Carlisle’s first and longest lasting paper. From 27 JUN to 31 DEC 1873 entitled Carlisle Daily Journal]
British Library, Colindale nos. 512, 741-897, 1095, 1695-14367: 13 AUG 1808, 1813 - 1815, 23 OCT 1819, MAY 1831- 12 NOV 1965 cont. as Carlisle & Cumberland Journal nos.14368-14512: 19 NOV 1965 - 23 AUG 1968 [ceased, inc. with Cumberland News] Microfilm, 1801, JUL - OCT 1803, 1806 - 1809 [incomplete], 16 NOV 1811, 3 OCT 1812, 1813 - 1822 [incomplete], 1825 - 1832 [incomplete], 1847, 1849, 1867, 1871, 1877, 1878, 1881, 1889, 1891, 1898, 1912, 1951, plus 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, 1810, 1820 from Cumbria Record office, filming.
Carlisle Library 30 JUL - 15 OCT 1803, 1806 - 1809, 1818 - 1822, 1824 - 1874, 1876 - 1893, 1896, 1898, 1901 - 1920, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1931 - 1933, 1935, 1937 - 1939, 1941 - 1968 [some volumes poor / very poor condition. Numerous duplicates. lists also show 1816, 1817, 1823, 1921, 1922, 1924, 1927, 1930, 1934, 1936, 1940 - not found] Microfilm, 1801 - 1816 [very incomplete], FEB 1817, 1818, 1820, 1821, 1823, 1824 [incomplete], 1825 - 1968 (Cumbria County microfilm project & others, incl. film on order from BL in 1998
Cockermouth Library 1854 - 1858, 1860 - 1861, 1864, 1866 - 1871, 1873 - 1880, 1892 - 1893, 1895 - 1901, 1903 - 1913
Cumbria Record Office, Barrow 29 OCT 1926, 19 NOV 1935
Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle no.167: 2 JAN 1802 - 1815, 1818 - 1947, JAN - MAR 1949, 1954 - 1967 Duplicate volumes for 1818, 1833 - 1877, 1879 - 1899, 1901, 1902, 1904 - 1926, 1928 - 1932, 1939, 1940 [some incomplete / poor condition]
Cumbrian Newspapers, Head Office, Carlisle 1844, 1847, 1848, 1854, 1856, 1857 Microfilm, 1960 - AUG 1968
Egremont Estate Office, Cockermouth [c/o Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle] 1812, JAN - JUN 1815, JUN 1819 - MAY 1820, JUN 1826 - MAY 1827, MAY 1828 - 1832, JUN 1833 - 1843, 1845 - 1850, 1852 - FEB 1853, 1854 - 1870, 1872 - 1899, 1901 - 1938 [ Duplicates for 1837, 1876 - 1878. Most years from 1815 to 1870 bound with Carlisle Patriot. Some years very poor condition]
Newcastle Central Library 26 AUG 1837
Workington Library Microfilm, AUG - DEC 1950 (Cumbria County microfilm project)
-Carlisle Patriot [Carlisle’s third paper. Founded by B Scott as a Tory paper]
British Library, Colindale nos. 300-5138: 24 EB 1821 - 24 JUN 1910 [missing 1872] [then amalg. with East Cumberland News and cont. as Cumberland News] Microfilm, 1847, 1853, 1855, 1877, 1885 - 1887, 1889 - 1891, 1895, 1897, FEB 1909 - JUN 1910
Carlisle Library as Patriot, or Carlisle Advertiser no.1: JUN 1815 - DEC 1815 cont. as Carlisle Patriot, or Carlisle & Cumberland Advertiser 1817 - 1842, 1844 - 1852, FEB - DEC 1853, 1855 - 1861, 1863 - 1879, 1881 - 1894, 1896 - 1902, 1904 - 1907 [originals now in Carlisle Record Office store, Houghton, no public access] Microfilm, 1815 - 1910 [missing 1871]
Cockermouth Library 1854, 1856, 1858, 1859 [former holdings, not now held]
Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle 1840, odd copies bound with Carlisle Journal
Cumbrian Newspapers, Head Office, Carlisle no.1: 3 JUN 1815 - 1909 [numerous duplicates]
Egremont Estate Office, Cockermouth [c/o Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle] 10 JUN 1815 - MAY 1827, JUN 1828 - 1841, 1845 - 1847, 1850 - 1869, 1872 - 1909 [Duplicates for 1815/16, 1820/21, 1826/27, 1832, 1853, 1876 - 1883. Most years from before 1870 bound with Carlisle Patriot. Some years very poor condition]
Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library Microfilm, 1818 - 1856, 1857 - 1869, 1873 - 1886
-Carlisle Standard [Organ of Carlisle Conservative Committee]
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-5: 15 OCT - 16 NOV 1868 [ceased, inc. with Carlisle Patriot]
Carlisle Library 21 OCT - 16 NOV 1868
-Carlisle Weekly Citizen [i] and Week-end Magazine for the Home
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-15: 9 APR - 17 JUL 1915 [ceased]
-Carlisle Weekly Citizen [ii] [Free. 25% or more news / editorial. Started by Weekly Courier Group, Morpeth. Sold to Northern Counties Newspapers, Gateshead, SEP 1984, then to Barrow News & Mail, SEP 1987 and ceased, replaced by Carlisle & District Post, see that title ]
British Library, Colindale started as Carlisle Weekly Citizen [FEB -SEP 1984, not held] cont. as City of Carlisle Post nos. 1-154: 13 SEP 1984 - 1 SEP 1987 [ceased, replaced by Carlisle & District Post] Microfilm, 1986 - 1987
Carlisle & District Post office, Carlisle [office now closed] as Carlisle Weekly Citizen nos. 1-31: 9 FEB - 6 SEP 1984 cont. as City of Carlisle Post nos. 1-154: 13 SEP 1984 - 17 SEP 1987
Herald & Post office, Gateshead as City of Carlisle Post nos. 1-154: 13 SEP 1984 - 17 SEP 1987
-Carnforth News [1892 - 1936] see Carnforth Weekly News
-Carnforth Weekly News
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-450: 5 OCT 1883 - 26 MAY 1892 cont. as Carnforth News [local edition of Barrow News] nos. 451-4687: JUN 1892 - 27 JUN 1936 [ceased. missing 1911] Microfilm, 1897, 1910
North-West Evening Mail office, Barrow 1894, 1896, JUL - DEC 1898, 1901, 1902, 1916, 1917, 1920 - 1936
-Citizen (Carlisle) [First & second series fortnightly, third series subtitled ‘a weekly miscellany’ but actually published monthly to avoid stamp duty. A local miscellany including news, but not strictly a newspaper.]
Carlisle Library First series: nos.1-26: 9 NOV 1821 - 8 NOV 1822 Second series: no.1: 22 NOV 1822 - 26 APR 1828 [then not published until] 17 JUN 1828 Third series: nos. 1-25, 31-40: JUL 1828 - FEB 1831, MAR - DEC 1832, AUG 1833 [various bound volumes, numerous duplicates]
-City of Carlisle Liberal Club Circular
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-8: 3 OCT - 21 NOV 1868
-City of Carlisle Post [1985 - 1987] see Carlisle Weekly Citizen
-Cleator Moor and Egremont Observer [Title listed in Barnes & Hobbes, dates unknown. No known holdings]
-Cleator Moor Gazette [fl. 1906] [Title listed in Barnes & Hobbes. No known holdings]
-Cleator Moor News: Incorporating the National Christian News [Monthly]
Carlisle Library nos. 1-6: JAN - JUN 1962
-Cockermouth & Aspatria Free Press [1900 - 1901] see Cockermouth Free Press
-Cockermouth and District Advertiser [First published c.1930]
British Library, Colindale nos. 787-893: 7 MAR 1946 - 24 DEC 1947
-Cockermouth Chronicle [Title listed in Barnes & Hobbes, dates unknown. No known holdings]
-Cockermouth Daily Press
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-200: 31 AUG 1914 - 26 APR 1915 [ceased]
-Cockermouth Free Press
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-40: 7 APR 1899 - 5 JAN 1900 cont. as Cockermouth & Aspatria Free Press 12 JAN 1900 - 8 FEB 1901 as Free Press 15 FEB - 21 JUN 1901 cont. as Cockermouth Free Press 28 JUN 1901 - 17 MAR 1920 [ceased]
-Cockermouth Miscellany [Monthly, small format but normal newspaper content]
Carlisle Library nos. 1-12: MAR 1843 - FEB 1844
Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library nos. 2-12: APR 1843 - FEB 1844
-Cockermouth Post [Free. Monthly. Local advertising / community news sheet. Published at 3 Fern Bank, Cockermouth. First published 15 SEP 1984]
Cockermouth Library 23 NOV 1995 - to date [holdings from no.1 now discarded]
-Cockermouthian [Free. Small local advertising / community news sheet. Published by Sedgeport Advertising, 1 Harrot Hill, Cockermouth]
Cockermouth Library nos. 4-6: 15 - 22 DEC 1984 [former holding, no longer held]
-Conishead Priory Visitors’ List (Ulverston) [Summer season only]
British Library, Colindale 25 JUN - 12 NOV 1879, 24 MAY 1882 - 24 OCT 1885 Microfilm, JUN - NOV 1879, MAY - SEP 1883, MAY - SEP 1885
-Copeland People (Whitehaven) [Free, Fortnightly. Independent. 40% news / editorial / local history. From JUN 1988 title alternates between Copeland People / Allerdale People ]
People Publications office, Whitehaven nos. 1-11: 30 APR 1987 - OCT 1987 [suspended] cont. as Copeland People / Allerdale People 8 JUN 1988 - to date ?
Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library nos. 1-11: 30 APR - OCT 1987
-Courier [Cumbrian Courier] (Carlisle) [1977 - 1980] [Published 1977 - 1980 then inc. with Cumbrian Gazette. No known holdings]
-Cumberland and Westmorland Advertiser and Penrith Literary Chronicle [later subtitles i) : and Penrith Weekly Chronicle, ii) : Penrith & Lake District Chronicle]
British Library, Colindale no.2: 7 FEB 1855 - 14 MAY 1898 [ceased, inc. with Penrith District Times] Microfilm, 1857, 1860, 1863, 1877, 1879, 1889, 1897
Cumberland & Westmorland Herald office, Penrith 1859 - 1864, 1867 - 1870, 1872 - 1879, 1881, 1884 - 1886, 1888 - 1894, 1896 - 1897 [most volumes damaged or in very poor condition]
Carlisle Library Microfilm only, 1889 (Cumbria County microfilm project, poor film)
Penrith Library Microfilm 1855 – March 1901 (BL film 09/01)
-Cumberland and Westmorland Herald (Penrith) [Independent. A history of the paper was published as Cumberland and Westmorland Herald 1860- 1960, Penrith, 1960. Local editions see Appleby & Kirkby Stephen Herald (1874) and Lake District Herald (Keswick) 1920 - to date]
British Library, Colindale as Penrith Herald & Appleby, Keswick & Kirkby Stephen Herald nos. 1-11: 17 NOV 1860 - 26 JAN 1861 [suspended due to transport problems] restarted as Penrith Herald & East Cumberland & Westmorland News no.1: 13 FEB - 10 JUL 1869, 7 JUN 1873 - 23 MAY 1891 cont. as Mid Cumberland & North Westmorland Herald 30 MAY 1891 - 7 NOV 1925 [missing 1896] cont. as Cumberland and Westmorland Herald 14 NOV 1925 - to date Microfilm, NOV 1860 - JAN 1861, JAN, FEB, APR - DEC 1874, 1875 - 1997 - [ongoing]
Cumberland & Westmorland Herald office, Penrith 1860 - 1861, 1869 - 1881, 1884 - 1889, 1893, 1895, 1899 - to date
Cumbria Record Office, Kendal 1967 - 1972 [disbound, ex- Kendal Library]
Kendal Library Microfilm, 1967 - 1972
Penrith Library Microfilm, 1860 - to date
-Cumberland Chronicle: or Whitehaven Intelligencer
British Library, Colindale nos. 2, 13-17, 19: 12 NOV 1776, 28 JAN - 25 FEB, 11 MAR 1777 cont. as Cumberland Chronicle: or Whitehaven Public Advertiser nos. 22-100: 29 MAR 1777 - 24 SEP 1778 [incomplete, missing 15 issues]
Carlisle Library 15 JUL 1779 Microfilm, no.1: 5 NOV 1776 - 15 JUL 1779 (film of Library of Congress holding)
Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library Microfilm, no.1: 5 NOV 1776 - 15 JUL 1779
-Cumberland Clarion (Carlisle)
British Library, Colindale no.1: MAR 1951 [ceased after first issue]
-Cumberland Evening Mail (Carlisle) [Daily. Started 1914, ceased 1928, inc. with Evening Star (Workington)]
British Library, Colindale nos. 152-227: 15APR - 10 JUL 1915 [incomplete] Carlisle Library Microfilm 15 April – 10 07 1915 [ BL film 2002]
-Cumberland Evening News [i] (Carlisle)
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-838: 6 JUN 1910 - 30 AUG 1913 [then inc. with Cumberland News] Microfilm, JUN - DEC 1910, 1911-1913
-Cumberland Evening News [ii] (Cumberland Evening News & Star) (Carlisle) [1920 - 1972] see News & Star
-Cumberland Evening Star & Mail (Workington) [1935 - 1967] see Evening Star
-Cumberland Gazette (Carlisle) [1971 - 1974] see Cumbrian Gazette
-Cumberland Guardian (Barrow)
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-8:3 MAR - 21 APR 1928 [ceased]
-Cumberland Herald or Carlisle Intelligencer [References in Carlisle Journal show this title was published in SEP / OCT 1807, printed by Jollie, the publisher of Carlisle Journal. No holdings known]
-Cumberland News (Carlisle) [Published by Cumbrian Newspapers Ltd. First formed by amalgamation of East Cumberland News with Carlisle Patriot, JUL 1910, numbering continuing from Patriot. From AUG 1913 - 1919 twice weekly]
British Library, Colindale nos. 3271-8277: 5 OCT 1912 - 23 AUG 1968 cont. as Cumberland News & Carlisle & Cumberland Journal no. 8278: 30 AUG 1968 - to date Microfilm, JUN 1910 - 1913, 1911, OCT 1912 - SEP 1914, 1986 - to date County edition 15 JAN 1988 - to date Microfilm, 1988 - 19991 - [ongoing]
Carlisle Library Microfilm, 1910 - to date [originals 1910 - 1988 now in Carlisle Record Office store, Houghton, no public access]
Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle 1931, 1937 - 1951, E.M. & 4th editions 1951 - 1959, E.M. & 3rd editions 1960 - 1965 [duplicate JAN - NOV 1964], Main edition only 1966 - 1973
Cumbrian Newspapers, Head Office, Carlisle no. 5139 [first issue]: 2 JUL 1910 - to date [multiple editions bound from 1953, missing JUL 1959 (strike) & part of 1986. Some duplicates 1971 - 1978] Microfilm, 1910 - 1972 [missing JAN - JUN 1959] - ongoing
Egremont Estate Office, Cockermouth [c/o Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle] 1910 - 1925, 1927 - 1934, 1938
Whitehaven Library Microfilm, 1981 (Cumbria County microfilm project)
Workington Library Microfilm, NOV - DEC 1979 (Cumbria County microfilm project)
-Cumberland News (Carlisle) Evening edition [1914 - 1920] see News & Star
-Cumberland Pacquet &c. (Whitehaven) [First published OCT 1774. First issue only gratis. Important and long-lived Tory paper]
British Library, Colindale as Cumberland Pacquet & Ware’s Whitehaven Advertiser nos. 96-128, 135, 150, 166, 170-208, 233, 2830-6372: 15 AUG 1776 - 25 MAR, 13 MAY, 21 OCT, 16 DEC 1777, 13 JAN - 6 OCT 1778, [1776 - 1778 imperfect], 30 MAR 1779, 1829 - 1895 cont. as West Cumberland Post, Cumberland Pacquet &c. nos. 6479-6529: 6 JAN - 13 OCT 1898 cont. as Cumberland Pacquet, West Cumberland Post &c. nos. 6530-7811: 20 OCT 1898 - 25 MAR 1915 [ceased. missing 1910] [plus the following volumes deposited with BL by Cumbria Libraries in 1989: 1774 - 1783, 1811, 1812, 1819 - 1831] Microfilm, nos.1-265: 20 OCT 1774 - 9 NOV 1779, 31 OCT 1780 - DEC 1783, 1 DEC 1795, 1811, 1812, 30 MAR - 20 JUL, 14 SEP 1813 - 30 MAY, 4 JUL 1815 - 30 APR, 6 AUG 1816, JAN 1819 - 14 JUL, 8 SEP 1823 - JUN 1825, JAN - 23 MAY, 11 JUL 1826 - 28 APR, 14 JUL 1829 - 12 APR 1831 [originals in various libraries], film of BLNL originals: 1777, OCT - DEC 1780, 1 DEC 1795, 1811 - 1812, MAR 1813 - AUG 1816, 1819 - 1831 [incomplete], 1832, 1844 - 1846, 1867, 1872, 1875 - 1877, 1880 - 1882, 1884, 1889, 1894, JAN - NOV 1896, 1898
Barrow Library Microfilm, 1774 - 1779 (ex-Lancaster University)
Carlisle Library no.1: 20 OCT 1774 - 1791 [incomplete], 24 DEC 1793, 1794, 18 JUL 1797, 1798 - 1804, 20 DEC 1808, 1809, 1811 [incomplete], 1822, 1823, 1826 - 1837, 1850, DEC 1851 - 1852, 1868 Microfilm, 20 OCT 1774 - 1775, 1777 - DEC 1779, NOV 1780 - MAR 1915 [missing JUL 1833, NOV, DEC 1848,]
Cumbria Record Office, Barrow odd copies only, 1883 - 1890
Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle no.1: 20 OCT 1774 - 1778, 1781 - 1784, 1791 - 1807, 1809, 1810, 1813 - 1845, 1847 - APR 1872, 1874 - 1876, 1878 - 1883, 185 - 1892, 1894, 1897, 1900 - 1914 [mostly in poor or very poor condition, all before 1850 fragile. Duplicates for 1801, 1813 - 1820, 1838, 1887, 1903 - 1914]
Egremont Estate Office, Cockermouth [c/o Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle] 17 MAR 1778 - 16 NOV 1779, MAY 1809 - 1811, 1885 - MAR 1915 [some volumes, especially 1889 - 1891, poor]
Keswick Museum 1778 - 1780 [includes “Extraordinary” issue of 23 APR 1778 reporting John Paul Jones’ attack on Whitehaven]
Lancaster University Microfilm, nos.1-265: 20 OCT 1774 - 9 NOV 1779 [location of originals unknown]
Manx Museum, Douglas Microfilm, 1774 - 1803 [copy of Cumbria libraries’ film]
Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne 1776 - 1783, 17 MAY 1803 - 1 DEC 1812 [very incomplete]
Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library 1774 - 1839, 30 odd copies only Microfilm, 20 OCT 1774 - 1775, 1777 - DEC 1779, NOV 1780 - MAR 1915 [missing JUL 1833, NOV, DEC 1848,]
Workington Library 20 OCT 1774 - 1775, 1777 - DEC 1779, NOV 1780 - MAR 1915 [missing JUL 1833, NOV, DEC 1848,]
-Cumberland Star (Workington) [1955 - 1967] see Workington Star
-Cumbria Business Digest (Carlisle) [1974 - 1975] see Cumbria Weekly Digest
-Cumbria Weekly Digest (Carlisle)
British Library, Colindale as Border Business Digest: News of Business & Industry from the Border Counties of England and Scotland nos. 134-313: 22 MAR 1971 - 26 AUG 1974 cont. as Cumbria Business Digest nos. 313-372: 2 SEP 1974 - 13 OCT 1975 cont. as Cumbria Weekly Digest: and Bankers’ Reference no.373: 20 OCT 1975 - 6 APR 1987
Carlisle Library no. 555: JAN 1979 - ?
-Cumbrian (Carlisle)
Carlisle Library no.1: 7 DEC 1824 [bound with Citizen (Carlisle)]
Cumbrian Newspapers, Head Office, Carlisle [Barnes & Hobbes listed issues for 12,19 FEB 1825 held at Cumberland News office]
-Cumbrian Gazette (Carlisle) [Free. Owned by Cumbrian Newspapers. 30-35% editorial. Published in 2 editions, West Cumbria, and East Cumbria. First published 20 MAY 1971 by Morgan Grampian as Gazette or Cumberland Gazette. Bought by Cumbrian Newspapers in 1974. In 1980 incorporated the Cumbrian Courier (established 1977) and continued as Courier Gazette. Renamed Cumbrian Gazette again in 1985, from 1987 in two editions as West Cumbrian Gazette and East Cumbrian Gazette]
British Library, Colindale [?] MAR 1988 - to date [?]
Cumbrian Newspapers, Cumbrian Gazette office, Carlisle as Gazette [1971 -1980, publishers’ and Carlisle library’s files missing] as Courier Gazette 1984 - OCT 1985 [marked copies in envelopes] as Cumbrian Gazette OCT - DEC 1985 [marked copies in envelopes], 1986 - 1987? as West Cumbrian Gazette 1987- to date
Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library as West Cumbrian Gazette 1987 - to date
-Dalton Guardian [i] [1874 - fl.1882] [Listed in Barnes & Hobbes, no known holdings]
-Dalton Guardian [ii] [Local edition of the Liberal paper Barrow Guardian, started 1910]
British Library, Colindale nos. 209-2118: 21 SEP 1912 - 28 JUN 1947 [ceased]
Barrow Library 1921 - 1927 [in store]
-Dalton News [i] and Chronicle of Furness events & General Advertiser
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-38: 7 AUG 1869 - 23 APR 1870
-Dalton News [ii] &c. [Local edition of Barrow News. Started 1882, ceased 1987, not published JUL - OCT 1986]
British Library, Colindale no.1: 4 NOV 1882 - JUN 1986 [ceased DEC 1987. missing 1911] Microfilm, 1897, JAN - JUN 1986
Barrow Library 1887 - 1890, 1895, 1897, 1898, 1901 - 1904, 1929 - 1940 [all in store, some in poor condition]
North-West Evening Mail office, Barrow JAN - JUL 1885, 1886 - 1891, 1893, 1897, JUN 1898, 1899, 1900, 1902, 1917, 1920 - 1983, 1985 - JUN 1986, 7 NOV 1986 - 1987 [ceased, incomplete]
Cumbria Record Office, Barrow 1886, 1891 - 1896, 1900, 7 MAY 1904, JUL - DEC 1929
Dalton Library [formerly held at Dalton Castle] 1882 - 1883, 1887, 1889 - 1891, 1893 - 1898, 1900 - 1908 [no public access]
-Dawson’s Monthly Advertiser for the County of Westmorland and the Adjacent parts of Yorkshire and Lancashire (Kendal)
Cumbria Record Office, Kendal Microfilm, no.1: 10 JAN 1846 - JUL 1849 [from originals in a private collection]
Kendal Library Microfilm, no.1: 10 JAN 1846 - JUL 1849 [from originals in a private collection]
-Democrat &c. (Carlisle) [Subtitle: A Magazine of social, political and general information for the people]
British Library, Colindale as Democrat & Northern Recorder [monthly] new series, no.1: FEB 1869
Carlisle Library as Democrat [weekly] nos. 1-6: 10 OCT - 14 NOV 1868 cont. as Democrat & Northern Recorder [monthly] new series:, no.1: FEB 1869 - DEC 1869 as Democrat [‘monthly’, but irregular] vol.2, nos. 1-3: MAR - AUG 1870
-Derwentwater Record & Keswick & Lakes’ District Advertiser
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-164: 3 JAN 1854 - 23 FEB 1857 Microfilm, JAN 1854 - FEB 1857
Keswick Museum 4 APR - 28 JUN 1854
-East Cumberland News (Carlisle) [Launched by the Conservative publishers of Carlisle Patriot aiming for the new popular mass- readership]
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-1944: 2 JUN 1883 - 25 JUN 1910 [ceased, merged with the Carlisle Patriot to form Cumberland News. missing 1897] Microfilm, 1888, 1889, 1898, 1900, 1901, 1910, 1911 Carlisle Library Microfilm 1883 – 1909 Newsplan 2000 microfilm Cumbrian Newspapers, Hexham Courant Office no.1: 2 JUN 1883 - 25 JUN 1910 [ceased]
- East Cumbrian Gazette [1987? - ] see Cumbrian Gazette
-English Lakes Echo (Ambleside) [1897 - 1899] [Published by Geo Middleton. No known holdings]
-English Lakes Visitor & Keswick Guardian [Published by Philip Fitzjames and Thomas Bakewell]
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-1752: 26 MAY 1877 - 31 DEC 1910 [ceased] Microfilm, MAY - DEC 1877, 1879, 1889, 1893
Keswick Museum MAY 1877 - DEC 1910
Carlisle Library Microfilm, May 1877-95, 1897-1908,1910 (BL film 1999) no 1896 or 1909
-Evening Journal (Carlisle) [i] [Daily. Cumbria’s first daily paper, published by Carlisle Journal]
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-153: 8 JUL [i.e. AUG?] 1870 - 10 MAR 1871 [ceased]
Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle nos. 2[part], 3 -152: 9 AUG 1870 - 9 MAR 1871
-Evening Journal (Carlisle) [ii] [Title re-launched by Carlisle Journal 1885]
British Library, Colindale no.1: 16 FEB 1885 - 30 AUG 1913 [ceased. missing 1911] Microfilm, 1889, 1896 - JUN 1897
Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle 26 FEB 1885 - 1905, 1906 [very poor], 1907, 1909 - AUG 1913
-Evening News (Carlisle) [1940 - 1941] see News & Star (Carlisle)
-Evening News and Star (Carlisle) [1972 - 1994] see News & Star (Carlisle)
-Evening Star (Workington) [Daily. Published by Workington Star / Cumberland Star. First published 20 NOV 1926]
British Library, Colindale as Evening Star nos. 3703-5586: 18 FEB 1929 - 8 JUN 1935 cont. as Cumberland Evening Star and Mail nos. 5587-12195: 10 JUN 1935 - 3 JUN 1967 [ceased, inc. with Cumberland Evening News to form Cumberland Evening News & Star] Microfilm, 1950, 1951
Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle 1927, 1930 - 1933
Cumbrian Newspapers, West Cumberland Times & Star Office, Workington 1956 - 1957 [poor condition]
Whitehaven Library Strike edition, no.9768: 4 AUG 1959
Workington Library Microfilm 1929 – 1967 (BL film)
-Free Press (Cockermouth) [1901] see Cockermouth Free Press
-Furness & Lake District Weekly Journal [1898 - 1899] see Barrow Journal
-Furness, Cartmel & Grange Visitor [fl. 1868] [No known holdings]
-Furness Gazette (Ulverston) [ Local edition of Westmorland Gazette (Kendal), see also that title]
Westmorland Gazette office, Kendal Furness Gazette: being the Ulverston & Furness edition of the Westmorland Gazette 1932 - 1927 cont. as Westmorland Gazette, Furness Edition 1951 - 1957, 1986 - 1989 [changes front page & page 9 only], 1997 - to date [changing pp. 3,5,7]
-Furness Strike Bulletin (Barrow)
Cumbria Record Office, Barrow 10, 11 MAY 1926
-Gazette (Carlisle) [1979 - 1980] see Cumbrian Gazette
-Grange and Cartmel Guardian [Local edition of Liberal paper Barrow Guardian, started 1910]
British Library, Colindale nos. 105-1916: 21 SEP 1912 - 28 JUN 1947 [ceased, inc. with Grange and Cartmel News]
-Grange and Cartmel News [Local edition of Barrow News]
British Library, Colindale no. 1237: 7 MAR 1891 - 28 JUN 1947 [missing JAN, FEB 1897, 1911, JAN, NOV, DEC 1913] cont. as Grange and Cartmel News & Grange & Cartmel Guardian 5 JUL 1947 - 12 DEC 1953 cont. as Grange News & Grange & Cartmel Guardian 19 DEC 1953 - 10 FEB 1967 cont. as Grange News 17 FEB 1967 - DEC 1987 [ceased. not published JUN - OCT 1986] Microfilm, JAN - JUN 1896, MAR - DEC 1897, 1912, FEB - NOV 1913, 1917
North-West Evening Mail office, Barrow 1891, 1894, 1917, 1920 - JUN 1986 [not published JUN - OCT 1986]
Cumbria Record Office, Barrow odd copies only, 1946 - 1950
-Grange and District Memorandum [Free, short-lived weekly newspaper (not solely advertising) published by Barrow News & Mail]
North-West Evening Mail office, Barrow 27 APR 1989 - 13 DEC 1990 [ceased]
-Grange Chronicle [1875 - fl.1882] [Listed in Barnes & Hobbes, no known holdings]
-Grange Guardian see Grange and Cartmel Guardian
-Grange Gazette & Arnside Visitor
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-26: 5 JUL - 27 DEC 1895 [ceased]
-Grange News &c. [1953 - ] see Grange and Cartmel News
-Grange Visitor [Printed by James Atkinson, Ulverston. Published by Atkinson & Henry Whitaker Makereth, Ulverston & Grange. Numbered 1- 52, APR to APR each year, no vol. nos.]
British Library, Colindale 29 APR 1875 - 9 JAN 1891 [ceased, inc. with Grange and Cartmel News]
Armitt Library, Ambleside 15 JAN 1874
Barrow Library 21 SEP 1887 - 5 APR, JUL - NOV 1889 [imperfect]
Kendal Library Microfilm, April 1875 - January 1891 (BL film 1999)
-Grasmere Chronicle [1875 - 1910?] [Local edition of Lakes Chronicle, listed in Barnes & Hobbes, no known holdings]
-Hargreaves Monthly Agricultural Record &c. (Kendal)
Cumbria Record Office, Kendal Microfilm, non. 1-3: JAN - MAR 1849 [originals in private collection]
Kendal Library Microfilm, non. 1-3: JAN - MAR 1849 [originals in private collection]
-Hulbert’s Weekly Advertiser (Barrow) [1904 - 1905]
Barrow Library no.18: 29 MAR 1905 [on Cumbria Library’s 1978 list, not found]
-Indicator & General Advertiser for Ulverston & North Lonsdale [fl. 1846]
Kendal Library no.5: APR 1846 [on Cumbria Library’s 1978 list, not found]
-Kendal and County News &c.
British Library, Colindale nos. 1,2: 31 DEC 1887, 7 JAN 1888 cont. as Kendal & County News & Lakes Courier nos. 3-761: 14 JAN 1888 - 8 APR 1899 [missing 1896] Microfilm, 1897, 1889
Cumbria Record Office, Kendal 1888 - 1890, 1894 - 1899 [disbound, ex-Kendal Library]
Kendal Library Microfilm, 1888 - 1899 [originals passed to Record Office]
-Kendal and District Post [Proposed free advertising sheet, in series with Barrow & District Post from Barrow News & Mail. Offices set up in Kendal in 1987 but paper never published after negotiations with Westmorland Gazette]
-Kendal Courant [1931 - 1936] see Kendal Weekly Courant
-Kendal Courier
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-38: 10 SEP 1873 - 27 MAY 1874 [ceased] Microfilm, 1873 - DEC 1874 [?] [from borrowed negative]
Cumbria Record Office, Kendal 19 NOV 1873 - 13 MAY 1874 [disbound, ex-Kendal Library]
Kendal Library Microfilm, 19 NOV 1873 - 13 MAY 1874 [film possibly missing]
-Kendal Free Press [Free, monthly, then 8 per year / irregular. Small format, 4 pages per issue]
Armitt Library, Ambleside nos. 40, 43, 46, 51, 55: OCT 1905 - AUG 1907
Kendal Library no.1: MAY 1901 - SEP 1902
-Kendal Herald
British Library, Colindale Microfilm, 2 JAN 1864 - 13 OCT 1866 [from negative borrowed from Kendal]
Cumbria Record Office, Kendal 1864 - 13 OCT 1866 [disbound, ex-Kendal Library]
Kendal Library Microfilm, 1864 - 13 OCT 1866 (some film has incorrect titles / dates) [originals passed to Record Office]
-Kendal Mercury &c. [Previously Westmorland Advertiser &c. (1811 - 1834) see also that title]
British Library, Colindale as Kendal Mercury & Westmorland Advertiser nos. 1-295 - 17 MAY 1834 - 4 JAN 1840 cont. as Kendal Mercury & Northern Advertiser nos. 292 - 2482: 11 JAN 1840 - 2 APR 1880 cont. as Kendal (Mercury & ) Times nos. 2483 - 4207: 9 APR 1880 - 18 JUL 1913 [missing 1897] cont. as Westmorland Mercury & Times nos. 4208-4404: 25 JUL 1913 - 4 MAY 1917 [ceased] Microfilm, 1840, 1877, 1879, 1888, 1889
Cumbria Record Office, Kendal 1834 - 1837, 1841 - 1851, 1858 - 1861, 1866, 1867, 1881 - 1917 [disbound, ex-Kendal Library. duplicates 1905, 1907, 1910, 1911]
Kendal Library 1838 - 1841, 1851 - 1869 Microfilm, MAY 1834 - 1837, 1841 - SEP 1847, 1848 - APR 1851, 1862, 1863, 1866, 1872, 1881 - MAY 1917 (possibly some incorrect titles, dates) [originals passed to Record Office]
Westmorland Gazette office, Kendal SEP 1840 - 1841, 1843, - 1916 [duplicates 1897, 1898. All before 1880, except 1873, bound with Westmorland Gazette]
-Kendal News
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-185: 24 MAR 1938 - 11 DEC 1941 [ceased]
-Kendal Times &c. [First published JAN 1864]
British Library, Colindale nos. 42-852: 15 OCT 1864 - 2 APR 1880 [ceased, inc. with Kendal Mercury] Microfilm, 1877, 1879
Cumbria Record Office, Kendal no.1: 2 JAN 1864 - 1879 [disbound, ex-Kendal Library]
Kendal Library Microfilm, no.1: 2 JAN 1864 - 1879 (some incorrect titles, dates) [originals passed to Record Office]
Westmorland Gazette office, Kendal 1878 - 1880
-Kendal Weekly Courant [1731 - 1736] [Cumbria’s first newspaper, launched JAN 1731 by Thomas Cotton. Cotton moved to Whitehaven in 1736 and started the Whitehaven Weekly Courant]
British Library, Colindale Microfilm, 1731 - 1732 [film of Kendal library’s volume as below]
Armitt Library, Ambleside 1 SEP 1733, 18 MAY 1734, 26 JUN 1736 [photocopies of originals in a Trustee’s collection]
Cumbria Record Office, Kendal no.223: 3 APR 1736 [4 pages, laminated]
Kendal Library no.1: 1 JAN 1731 - 9 DEC 1732 [incomplete, one bound volume] Microfilm, 01.01.1731-09.12.1732 (BL film 1998)
-Kendal Weekly Mercury [1735 - 1747] [Second Cumbrian newspaper, launched by Thomas Ashburner, 4 JAN 1735, still published in 1747]
British Library, Colindale no. 13: 3 MAY 1735 [facsimile issued 24 JUN 1887 as Jubilee supplement to Kendal Mercury]
Cumbria Record Office, Kendal no. 13: 3 MAY 1735 [photocopy of issue in private collection, possibly facsimile as above ?] nos. 249, 255, 328, 332, 335: 6 OCT 1739 - 30 MAY 1741
Darlington P.L. 3 MAY 1735 [facsimile]
Kendal Library Microfilm, 1742 - 1743 (from originals in a private collection)
-Kendalian [News magazine, started fortnightly, then irregular]
Kendal Library no. 1: 8 OCT 1985 - JAN, APR 1986
-Keswick Reminder [Current. Independent. First published 1897]
British Library, Colindale no. 915: 30 JUL 1915 - to date Microfilm, 30 JUL 1915 - 8 NOV 1918, 1919 - 1997 - [ongoing]
Keswick Library Microfilm, 1915 - to date
Keswick Reminder office 1923, 1924, 1939 - 1941, 1943 - 1945, 1947 - to date Probably nothing now survives of this title before 1915.
-Kirkby Stephen Monthly Messenger [1890 - 1892] see Monthly Messenger
-Lake District Herald (Keswick) [Local edition of Cumberland & Westmorland Herald, formerly based at Ambleside, after copyright of defunct title Lakes Herald (1880 - 1916) purchased. Numbering continues from main title. Change pages only, currently front and back pages change.]
British Library, Colindale no. 2840: 26 JUN 1920 - to date Microfilm 1950, 1986 [change pages only], 1987 - 1992 - [ongoing]
Cumberland & Westmorland Herald Office, Penrith 1920 - to date [change pages only, bound with main edition]
Kendal Library Microfilm, 1966
-Lakeland Echo (Bowness, Windermere) [Free. Lancaster & Morecambe Newspapers. Target 62% adverts. Founded by Andrew Wilson in 1979, as a paid paper until DEC 1980]
British Library, Colindale no. 133: 18 MAR 1982 - to date Microfilm, 1986 - 1993 - [ongoing]
Carlisle Library no. 12: 4 OCT 1979, 10, 24 JUL 1980, 3 MAR 1983
Lakeland Echo office, Bowness 1984 - to date
Cumbria Record Office, Kendal no. 1: 19 JUL 1979 - 1991 [deposited by Mr Andrew Wilson]
-Lakes Chronicle & Reporter for Ambleside, Bowness, Coniston &c. (Windermere) [ Also appeared in local editions:- Ambleside Chronicle, Bowness Chronicle, Grasmere Chronicle, of which no holdings known]
British Library, Colindale nos. 1 - 1819: 19 MAY 1875 - 2 JUN 1910 [ceased. missing 1896, 1897] Microfilm, 1875, 1877, 1879, 1882, 1889
Kendal Library Microfilm, May-December 1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880-81,1882,1883-88,1889,1890- 95,1898-June 1910 -BL film (1998)
-Lakes Express [i] (Windermere)
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-27: 2 OCT 1928 - 2 APR 1929
Westmorland Gazette office, Kendal OCT 1928 - APR 1929 [held in triplicate]
-Lakes Express [ii]: Kendal’s Independent Newspaper [Free, fortnightly. Short-lived bona-fide newspaper, not an advertising sheet, published by D. Whitmore, 85 Stricklandgate]
Kendal Library nos. 2, 3: 6 FEB - APR 1985
-Lakes Herald (Ambleside) [1887 - 1916] see Ambleside Herald
-Lakes Leader (Kendal) [Free. Published by Westmorland Gazette. c. 40% editorial]
British Library, Colindale no.11: 11 MAY 1988 - to date Microfilm, 1988 - 1992 - [ongoing]
Westmorland Gazette office, Kendal no. 1: 2 MAR 1988 - to date
-Lancaster & District Star see Star Buys (Barrow)
-Lancaster Weekly News
North-West Evening Mail office, Barrow MAR - NOV 1872
-Lunesdale Advertiser & (Monthly) Recorder (Kirkby Lonsdale)
British Library, Colindale nos. 3-34: JAN 1858 - APR 1859 [ceased]
-Maryport Advertiser [1871 - 1905] see Adair’s Maryport Advertiser
-Maryport and Workington Advertiser and Wigton & Cockermouth News [1884 - 1890] see Adair’s Maryport Advertiser
-Maryport Examiner & Times
British Library, Colindale nos. 4-124: 4 NOV 1864 - 6 AUG 1869 [ceased. 1869 imperfect]
-Maryport Gazette [i] [fl. 1853] [Listed in Barnes & Hobbs, no holdings found, 1978 County list shows 2 DEC 1853 only at Barrow]
-Maryport Gazette [ii] [Free. Published by Maryport Town Centre Private Traders’ Assoc.]
Armitt Library, Ambleside no. 1: DEC 1975
-Maryport Locomotive and Monthly Advertiser
Carlisle Library nos. 1-24: 1 OCT 1841 - 1 SEP 1843 [ceased. one bound vol., complete run of title]
-Maryport Monthly [Free. 4pp. Advertising only]
Carlisle Library no. 1: 3 APR 1978
-Maryport News & Cockermouth Chronicle
British Library, Colindale no. 1: 9 JUN 1885 - 31 AUG 1918 [ceased, inc. with West Cumberland News] [missing 1897, 1900, JUN - DEC 1911] Microfilm, 1889, 1890, JAN - MAY 1911
Cumbrian Newspapers, Whitehaven News office 1918
-Maryport Standard [Monthly. Paid. Maryport Publishing Co. From AUG 1976 subtitled “:and Cumbria Coast Gazette”]
Armitt Library, Ambleside nos. 1, 4-8: FEB - SEP 1976
Carlisle Library APR, MAY, AUG, SEP 1976
-Maryport Star
British Library, Colindale no. 1: 3 OCT 1892
-Maryport Times & General Advertiser for West Cumberland
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-70: 12 JUN 1857 - 8 OCT 1858 [ceased, inc. with Whitehaven News]
-McMechan’s Wigton Advertiser [1857] see Wigton Advertiser
-Mid Cumberland & North Westmorland Herald [1891 - 1925] see Cumberland & Westmorland Herald
-Millom Advertiser [i] [First published JAN 1875]
British Library, Colindale no. 53: 1 JAN 1876 - 28 MAR 1885 [ceased] Microfilm, 1877, 1879
Cumbria Record Office, Barrow 12 JUL 1884
-Millom Advertiser [ii] [1980] see Advertiser (Barrow)
-Millom Gazette [First published 1889. Suspended AUG - DEC 1927]
British Library, Colindale nos. 403-2180: 1 JUL 1898 - 28 APR 1933 [ceased. missing 1911] Microfilm, 1892 - 1898, 1909, 1911 - 1912
Barrow Library Microfilm, 1892 - 1933
Cumbria Record Office, Barrow 21 MAR, 11 APR 1896, 8 JUN 1900, 18 FEB 1910, 20 JUN 1919 [also parts of former library holdings 1892 - 1933 probably in store at Houghton]
Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library Microfilm June 1892 – April 1933 (BL film)
-Millom News [Local edition of Barrow News. Publication suspended between no. 4239: 27 JUN and no. 4240: 7 NOV 1986, during this period replaced by South Cumbria Star]
British Library, Colindale no. 1: 27 SEP 1884 - DEC 1987 [ceased, replaced by News: Barrow &c.] [missing 1897, 1911] Microfilm, 1888, 1889, 1892, 1986 - 1987
North-West Evening Mail office, Barrow 1885 - JUN 1886, 1887 - 1890, 1893, 1897 - JUN 1898, 1899, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1917, 1920 - 1923, 1925 - JUN 1986, 7 NOV 1986 - DEC 1987 [ceased, incomplete]
Cumbria Record Office, Barrow odd copies only, 1888 - 1895, 1950
-Monthly Messenger (Kirkby Stephen) [Monthly, “:a journal of local, historical and general reading”, 12 - 14 pp. of which one page was local news]
Carlisle Library no. 1: FEB 1890 - OCT 1892 [one bound volume] Microfilm; February – March 1890, continued as Kirkby Stephen Monthly Messenger June, July, November and December 1890; continued as Kirkby Stephen and Appleby Monthly Messenger January, March, May – August and October – December 1891, January – March and May and October 1892 (BL film 2001) Penrith Library; Microfilm as at Carlisle Kendal Library; Microfilm as at Carlisle
-Monthly Miners’ Gazette and Public Advertiser (Whitehaven)
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-15: OCT 1918 - DEC 1919 cont. as Whitehaven Miners’ Monthly Gazette nos. 16-57: 1920 - JUN 1923 [ceased]
-Newcastle Courant Carlisle Library 1711 – 1800 Microfilm
Kendal Library 1711 – 1800 Microfilm
Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library 1711 – 1800 Microfilm
-News: Barrow, Dalton, Grange, Millom, Walney [1988 - ] see Barrow News &c.
-News & Star (Carlisle) [Daily. Published by Cumbrian Newspapers. First published as an evening edition of Cumberland News in 1910. From 1967 appears in two editions, Carlisle / East Cumbria , and West Cumbria. The East edition not published on Fridays, replaced by the Cumberland News on that day. From 1991, West Cumbria edition as West Cumbrian News & Star, see that title]
British Library, Colindale as Cumberland News (Evening Edition) 12 AUG 1914 - 4 DEC 1920 cont. as Cumberland Evening News 6 DEC 1920 - 16 APR 1940 cont. as Evening News 17 APR 1940 - 4 DEC 1941 cont. as Cumberland Evening News 6 DEC 1941 - 3 JUN 1967 cont. as Cumberland Evening News & Star 5 JUN 1967 - 19 FEB 1972 cont. as Evening News and Star 21 FEB 1972 - 21 MAY 1994 cont. as News & Star 23 MAY 1994 - to date Microfilm, (Carlisle Edition) 1967 - 1978
Cumberland Evening News, Workington [West Cumbria] edition nos. 14583-15233: 1970 - 16 FEB 1972
Cumberland Evening News Sports Special [football season only] nos. 9819-10412: 9 SEP 1950 - DEC 1952
Carlisle Library Microfilm, 1910 - to date [Carlisle / East Cumbria edition from 1967]
Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle 1940, 1949, 1951 - 1972
Cumbrian Newspapers, Head Office, Carlisle 6 JUN 1910 - to date [missing JUL 1959 (strike). Some duplicates for 1972, 1973, 1975. Both editions bound from FEB 1986] Microfilm, JUN 1910 - DEC 1913, AUG 1914 - DEC 1915, 1916 - 1978
Cumbrian Newspapers, West Cumberland Times & Star Office, Workington Cumberland Evening News, Workington [West Cumbria] edition 1979 - 1991 [then becomes West Cumbrian News & Star]
Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library 1988 - 1991
-North Cumberland Reformer (Carlisle)
British Library, Colindale nos. 7 - 304: 11 APR 1890 - 28 DEC 1895 cont. as Northern News: inc. Haltwhistle & Alston News & North Cumberland Reformer nos. 305-565: 4 JAN 1896 - 29 DEC 1900 [ceased] Microfilm, APR - DEC 1890, 1892, 1898
Carlisle Library nos. 1-5: 28 FEB - 29 MAR 1890 [one small volume, very fragile] 11 APR - DEC 1890, [county should hold 1891, not found], 1892 - 1897
-North Lonsdale Advertiser (Ulverston) [Published by Roseanne Hart Jefferson, formerly Bigg, Steam Printing Office, The Gill, Ulverston]
Cumbria Record Office, Barrow nos. 2057-2473: 7 JAN 1888 - 1891, 1893 - 1895 [unique holding]
-North Lonsdale Express (Ulverston)
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-44: 13 MAR - 18 DEC 1886 [ceased]
Barrow Library 13 MAR - 18 DEC 1886 [not filmed]
-North Lonsdale Herald and Dalton Advertiser (Ulverston)
British Library, Colindale nos. 84 - 1535: 1 OCT 1895 - 19 NOV 1910 [missing JAN 1898 - JAN 1899] Microfilm, FEB - DEC 1899
Cumbria Record Office, Barrow 24 JUN, 5 AUG 1899
Barrow Library Microfilm, October 1895 - November 1910 BL film (1999)
-North Lonsdale Mirror [1885 - 1886] see Ulverston Mirror
-North West Evening Mail (Barrow) [Daily. ]
British Library, Colindale as North Western Daily Mail nos.311-13355: JAN 1899 - DEC 1940 [missing 1911, JAN, JUN - DEC 1912] cont. as North Western Evening Mail no. 13356: JAN 1941 - 28 MAR 1987 cont. as North West Evening Mail 30 MAR 1987 - to date Microfilm, 1911, FEB - JUN 1912, 1913 - 1920, 1986 - 1993 - [ongoing]
Barrow Library no.1: JAN 1898 - to date [early issues poor] Microfilm, 1898 - to date
North-West Evening Mail office, Barrow 1898, 1899, APR - 1900 - JUN 1905, APR - JUN 1908, JUL - SEP 1911, JUL - DEC 1915, JAN - MAR, JUL - DEC 1917, 1919 - JUN 1943, 1944, 1945, JUL 1946 - JUN 1952, 1954, 1955, JUL 1956 - JUN 1986, 1987 - to date variant editions bound include:- Final: 1966 - to date [not continuously published] Early Final: 1966 - JUN 1986, JAN - MAR 1987 local editions bound: Cumberland: MAY 1924 - 1941 [ceased] Whitehaven & Cumberland: 1966 - 1985 West Cumbria: APR - JUN, OCT 1986 - MAR 1987
Cumbria Record Office, Barrow odd copies only: 1898, 1907, 1916, 1920, 1932, 1941, 1949, 1957 - 1959 North Western Evening Mail: Emergency Bulletin (Strike editions) 30 JUN - 5 AUG 1959
Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library North Western Evening Mail: Emergency Bulletin (Strike editions) nos. 16, 21: 9, 15 JUL 1959
-North West Gazette (Barrow)
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-7: 24 NOV 1971 - 19 JAN 1972 [ceased]
North West Observer see Wigton and District Observer
-North Western Daily Mail (Barrow) [1889 - 1940] see North West Evening Mail
-North Western Evening Mail (Barrow) [1941 - 1987] see North West Evening Mail
-North Western Gay Shopper (Barrow) [Published by Owen Bayliss, Alan Diamond & Sammy Morgan]
British Library, Colindale no.1: OCT 1970 - 17 NOV 1971 [ceased]
-North-Western Mailmart (Barrow)
British Library, Colindale nos.1-41: 5 SEP 1985 - 26 JUN 1986 Microfilm, JAN -JUN 1986
-Northern Beacon (Barrow) [Published by Barrow Labour Press Committee]
British Library, Colindale nos. 1,22: 27 MAR, 21 AUG 1919
Barrow Library nos. 1-23: 27 MAR - 28 AUG 1919 Microfilm, 27 MAR - 28 AUG 1919 (Cumbria County microfilm project)
Cumbria Record Office, Barrow nos. 1-14, 16-22: MAR - AUG 1919
-Northern Counties Gazette &c. (Whitehaven) [First published JUL 1875]
British Library, Colindale nos.69-578: 2 DEC 1876 - 4 SEP 1886 [ceased] Microfilm, DEC 1876 - SEP 1886
Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library Microfilm, AUG 1876 - 1886 (Cumbria County microfilm project) [originals now in Carlisle Record Office store, Houghton, no public access] 02.12.1876 – 04.09.1886 Microfilm – Newsplan 2000 project
-Northern Miscellany (Carlisle) [1845 - 1848] see Whitridge’s Northern Miscellany
-Northern News &c. (Carlisle) [1896 - 1900] see North Cumberland Reformer
-Northern Observer (Carlisle) [1845 - 1848] [Weekly literary / features magazine. Not a newspaper]
Carlisle Library 1823, 1824
-Observer of Penrith [1963 - 1968] see Penrith Observer
-Patriot &c. (Carlisle) [1815 - 1816] see Carlisle Patriot
-Penrith and District Times [Formerly Cumberland & Westmorland Advertiser, 1854 - 1898]
British Library, Colindale new series: nos. 1-19: 24 MAY - 27 SEP 1898 cont. as Penrith Times & Cumberland & Westmorland Advertiser nos. 20-142: 4 OCT 1898 - 12 MAR 1901
-Penrith Beacon Advertiser, & Monthly Record of Local Events &c.
British Library, Colindale nos. 4-10: 21 NOV 1854 - 15 MAY 1855 Microfilm, NOV 1854 - MAY 1855
-Penrith Herald &c. [1860 - 1861, 1869 - 1891] see Cumberland & Westmorland Herald
-Penrith Observer
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-5066: 31 DEC 1860 - 31 DEC 1962 [missing 1897, 1898] cont. as Observer of Penrith nos. 5067-5389: JAN 1963 - 3 SEP 1968 [ceased, inc. with Cumberland & Westmorland Herald] Microfilm, DEC 1860 - 1896, 1899 - SEP 1968
Carlisle Library Centenary issues: 3,8 JAN 1961 [list also shows 1909 - 1915, not found]
Cumberland & Westmorland Herald office, Penrith 1902 [loose, poor condition, possibly incomplete]
Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle 1861 - 1879, 1881 - 1884, 1886 - 1889, 1891 - 1899, MAR, APR 1902 1903 - 1965 [duplicates 1910 - 1915] Microfilm, 1861 - 1906
Cumbrian Newspapers, Head Office, Carlisle JAN 1949 - SEP 1968 [duplicates 1950 - 1960, 1962, 1965 - 1968]
Penrith Library Microfilm, DEC 1860 - 1896, 1899 - SEP 1968 [BLNL holding]
-Penrith Recorder [Monthly. Published 1880 - MAR 1899]
British Library, Colindale new series, nos. 32-43, 56-91: JAN - DEC 1894, JAN 1896 - DEC 1898
-Penrith Times &c. [1898 - 1901] see Penrith and District Times
-Protestant Ensign (Kirkby Stephen) [“Monthly journal of religious literature” - not a newspaper]
British Library, Colindale FEB, MAR, MAY, JUN 1877
-Rainbow: and Workington Monthly Advertiser
Carlisle Library [library list shows nos. 1-9: 14 JAN - SEP 1843, unique holding, not found]
-Royal Sailor: and Maryport Monthly Advertiser [Began 1842, possibly published until 1844]
Carlisle Library nos. 1,2,3,9: MAR - NOV 1842 [loose] [Library list also shows bound vol. No.1: MAR 1842 - APR 1843, not found]
-St. Bees Chronicle [before 1891] [Listed in Barnes & Hobbes. No known holdings. Inc. with Whitehaven Advertiser (in 1901?)]
-Sedbergh Advertiser & Observer [Before 1974 Sedbergh was in Yorkshire. North Yorks. libraries may also hold files, see Yorks. & Humberside NEWSPLAN]
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-43: JAN 1957 - JUL 1963
-Silloth Gazette [1860 - ?] [No known holdings]
-Skiddaw Spring and Lake District Herald [Monthly magazine, not a newspaper. Title not in Colindale catalogue]
Carlisle Library vol.1: 1859
-Solway Pilot &c. (Workington)
British Library, Colindale nos. 4-482: 2 JUL 1870 - 15 MAR 1879 cont. as Workington Free Press, & Solway Pilot nos. 483-1174: 22 MAR 1879 - 22 APR 1893 [ceased] Microfilm, 1873, 1877, 1879, 1889 Workington Library Microfilm 1870-April 1893 (BL film)
-Soulby’s Ulverston Advertiser & General Intelligencer [First published OCT 1847. Monthly to JAN 1848, then fortnightly to AUG 1848, then weekly. No volume for 1910 appears to have survived]
British Library, Colindale nos.1 [not first issue] - 2734: 10 AUG 1848 - DEC 1900 [missing JAN - 17 FEB 1859, 1896, 1897] cont. as Soulby’s Ulverston Advertiser & North Lonsdale Advertiser nos. 2735-3406: JAN 1901 - DEC 1913 [missing 1910, 1911] Microfilm, 1848 - 1909, 1912, MAR - JUL 1914 [?]
Barrow Library 17 AUG 1848 - JUL 1851, AUG 1852 - 14 JUN 1855, 1901 [not filmed, some in poor condition] Microfilm, 1848 - 1914
North-West Evening Mail office, Barrow 1867 - 1872, 1874 - 1882, 1884, 1885, 1890 - 1894, 1896, 1897, 1900, 1901, 1905 - 1909
Carlisle Library 26 JUL 1849
Cumbria Record Office, Barrow odd copies only, 1876 - 1906
Cumbrian Newspapers, Head Office, Carlisle Microfilm, 1896, 1897
Dalton Library (ex-Dalton Castle) 1879 - 1908 [no public access]
-South Cumbria Star (Barrow) [Free. Published by Barrow News & Mail. Mixed advertising / editorial. Temporary replacement for the Barrow News and its local editions]
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-15: 3 JUL - 9 OCT 1986 [ceased] Microfilm, JUL - OCT 1986
Barrow Library nos. 1-15: 3 JUL - 9 OCT 1986
North-West Evening Mail office, Barrow nos. 1-15: 3 JUL - 9 OCT 1986 [incomplete]
-South Lakes News (Barrow) [Local edition of Barrow News, from which numbering taken]
British Library, Colindale no.4240 [first issue]: 7 NOV 1986 - 4 FEB 1988 [ceased] Microfilm, NOV 1986 - DEC 1987
Barrow Library no.4240 [first issue]: 7 NOV - 24 DEC 1986 Microfilm, 7 NOV - 24 DEC 1986 (Cumbria County microfilm project)
North-West Evening Mail office, Barrow 7 NOV 1986 - DEC 1987 [incomplete]
-South Westmorland Corrector (Kendal) [fl.1910] [Cumbria County Library list shows microfilm for 13 JAN 1910 only, not found]
-South Westmorland Elector (Kendal) [fl.1909 - 1910] [Cumbria County Library list shows microfilm for 29 DEC 1909, 5 JAN 1910 only, not found]
-Star Buys (Barrow) [Free. 100% advertising, published by North-West Evening Mail. Started by Barrow News & Mail as Lancaster & District Star, name changed 1993]
North-West Evening Mail office, Barrow begins as Lancaster & District Star no. 1: 13 FEB 1988 -1993 cont. as Star Buys 1993 - to date
-Star of Eden: Village Newspaper for Aglionby &c. [Properly a church magazine, not a newspaper]
Carlisle Library no.1: JAN 1980 -
-Sunlight: St. Marks’ Monthly Gazette (Barrow) [Published 1888 - 1893. Held at BLNL but possibly church magazine, not a newspaper?]
British Library, Colindale no.1: JAN 1888 - DEC 1889 Microfilm, JAN 1888 - DEC 1889
-Throstle (Wigton) [1891] see Throstle’s Chirrup
Throstle’s Chirrup (Wigton)
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-3: 20 MAR - 3 APR 1891 cont. as Throstle nos. 4-7: 10 APR - 1 MAY 1891 cont. as Wigton Mercury nos. 8-30: 8 MAY - 10 OCT 1891 cont. as Wigton Mercury and Aspatria Advertiser nos. 31-35: 17 OCT - 14 NOV 1891 [ceased]
-Tradesman’s Advertiser (Whitehaven)
Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library no.48: 15 AUG 1883 [only known example of title]
-Ulverston and Furness Star
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-5: 16 MAY - 13 JUN 1863
-Ulverston and Furness Times
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-5: 12 MAR - 9 APR 1864 [ceased]
-Ulverston, Dalton & Furness Reminder [c.1927 - 1939] [One or more papers published under this title in Barrow / Ulverston, ceased due to wartime print shortage. No surviving holdings known]
-Ulverston Guardian [Local edition of Barrow Guardian, first published 1910]
British Library, Colindale nos. 121-1918: 4 JAN 1913 - 28 JUN 1947 [ceased, inc. with Ulverston News] Microfilm, 1912
-Ulverston Herald
Cumbria Record Office, Barrow no. 80: 3 AUG 1899 [unique example of title]
-Ulverston Journal and North Lonsdale Advertiser
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-16: 15 JAN - 4 JUN 1853 [ceased]
Barrow Library 2, 23 APR 1853
-Ulverston Mirror and Furness Reflector
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-1131: 14 APR 1860 - 3 OCT 1885 [missing 1869] cont. as North Lonsdale Mirror nos. 1132-1170: 10 OCT 1885 - 13 FEB 1886 [ ceased, inc. with Ulverston News] Microfilm, 1861, 1862, 1864, 1869, 1877, 1879
Barrow Library Microfilm, April 1860 -October 1885 (BL film1999)
-Ulverston News [Local edition of Barrow News, first published JUL 1883, the only remaining local edition from JAN 1988 - 22 NOV 1990 when both Barrow News and Ulverston News ceased]
British Library, Colindale nos. 9-7161: 1 SEP 1883 - 28 JUN 1947 [missing 1897, 1898, 1911, 1912] cont. as Ulverston News & Ulverston Guardian 5 JUL 1947 - 10 FEB 1967 cont. as Ulverston News 17 FEB 1967 - 22 NOV 1990 [ceased] Microfilm, 1889, JUL - DEC 1896, 1986 - 1990 [1987 film as change pages of South Lakes News only]
Barrow Library 1889 - 1893, 1895 - 1897, 1900 - 1902, 1953 - 1971 [not filmed, some in poor condition]
North-West Evening Mail office, Barrow 1884 - 1888, JUL 1889 - 1891, 1901, 1909, [ duplicates for 1887, 1888, 1891], 1917, 1920, 1921, 1923 - JUN 1986 [not published JUL - OCT 1986], 7 NOV 1986 - 22 NOV 1990
Cumbria Record Office, Barrow 1888, 1889 [bound vols.], plus odd copies from 1889, 1898, 1921, 1927, 1932, 1935, 1947 - 1950
-Ulverston Sun and North Lonsdale Courier
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-30: 11 APR - 31 OCT 1874
-Vickerstown Chronicle [First published 10 OCT 1902]
British Library, Colindale nos. 7-41: 2 JAN 1903 - 22 APR 1904 [ceased NOV 1904]
Barrow Library OCT 1902 - NOV 1904 [poor condition, not filmed] Microfilm 10th October 1902 – 18th November 1904 (BL film)
-Vulcan (Barrow) [Published at three different periods. “An independent review. Satire, politics, criticism”, later “a local newspaper”. Published by Joseph Richardson in opposition to Sir James Ramsden]
British Library, Colindale nos. 74-112: 20 JUN 1874 - 6 FEB 1875 nos.: 164 - 581: 9 OCT 1875 - 27 DEC 1881 Microfilm, JUN - EC 1874, 1877, 1879
Barrow Library Series 1: JUN 1871 - MAR 1875; Series 2: JAN 1877 - DEC 1881; Series 3: OCT 1883 - AUG 1886 [none filmed] Microfilm 09.10.1875 – 1881 (BL film)
-Walney News [Short-lived local edition of Barrow News. No change except for title]
British Library, Colindale 4 DEC 1987 - [ceased DEC 1987]
Barrow Library [first issue] 6 NOV 1987 - DEC 1987 [ceased]
North-West Evening Mail office, Barrow [first issue] 6 NOV 1987 - DEC 1987 [ceased]
-West Cumberland Advertiser [1980 - 1982] see Advertiser (Barrow)
-West Cumberland Echo [Barnes & Hobbes list as a title incorporated with the Whitehaven Advertiser. Possibly the Workington Observer and West Cumberland Echo (1887 - 1888), see that title]
-West Cumberland Gazette [Free, weekly. 10% plus, news. Ceased by 1974. ]
Carlisle Library Formerly held 11 SEP 1971 - 6 JAN 1973, [incomplete] - no longer held
-West Cumberland Guardian and Whitehaven Herald
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-107: 4 APR 1878 - 17 APR 1880 [ceased, inc. with Whitehaven Free Press]
Carlisle Library 2 JAN - 12 JUN 1879 [probably incomplete] Whitehaven Library Microfilm 04.04.1878 – 17.04.1880 (BL film)
-West Cumberland Journal (Whitehaven) [Published at 55 King St. Conventional paid local paper, 28 pages, 4 in full colour]
Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library nos.1-43: 3 NOV 1967 - 23 AUG 1968 [ceased, inc. with West Cumberland Times & Star] [Not bound. Complete and unique file of title]
Workington Library Microfilm, nos.1-43: 3 NOV 1967 - 23 AUG 1968 [Originals at Whitehaven Library] (Cumbria County microfilm project. Negative at BLNL)
-West Cumberland Labour Gazette (Egremont) [Editorial office - Miners’ Hall, Cleator Moor. Printed in Millom. Published by Whitehaven Divisional Labour Party, Egremont]
Barrow Library 1921 - 1922
Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle nos.1-58: 29 NOV 1921 - 2 JAN 1923 [not bound]
Whitehaven Library 18 APR 1922
-West Cumberland Mail and Maryport Advertiser [1891 - 1892] see Adair’s Maryport Advertiser
-West Cumberland News (Whitehaven) [Formed by amalgamation of Workington News with Maryport News and Whitehaven Free Press]
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-3584: 7 SEP 1918 - 7 OCT 1967 [ceased, amalg. with West Cumberland Times and the Cumberland Star to form the West Cumberland Times and Star]
Cumbrian Newspapers, West Cumberland Times & Star office, Maryport no.1: 7 SEP 1918 - OCT 1967 [1936 and 1951 at Workington office]
Cumbrian Newspapers, Whitehaven News office no.18: JAN 1919 - 1921, 1923 - 1925, 1927 - 1931, 1933 - OCT 1967 [some early volumes poor / damaged]
Egremont Estate Office, Cockermouth [c/o Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle] 1938 [incomplete]
Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library 1953 - OCT 1967 [in store at Library, awaiting transfer], Newsletter [Strike editions], nos. 2,3,5,6: 4 JUL - 1 AUG 1959
Workington Library Microfilm, 1919 - 1931 (incomplete), 1932-1967
-West Cumberland Post (Whitehaven) [i]
British Library, Colindale 5 JAN - 29 JUN 1882
-West Cumberland Post (Whitehaven) [ii] [1898] see Cumberland Pacquet
-West Cumberland Sun (Workington)
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-10: 7 OCT - 9 DEC 1893 [ceased] Microfilm, OCT - DEC 1893
-West Cumberland Times (Cockermouth) [Weekly, but twice weekly from 1887 to c.1925]
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-8855: 21 MAR 1874 - 7 OCT 1967 [missing 1898] [then amalgamated with Cumberland Star and West Cumberland News to form the West Cumberland Times and Star] Microfilm, 18786 - 1877, 1888 - 1890, 1897, 1900 - 1901, 1907 - 1939, 1952, 1959
Carlisle Library no.1: MAR 1874 - MAR 1875 [incomplete], 1887, 1888, 1890 - 1897, 1899- 1906, 1919 - 1938 [some vols. in poor condition]
Cockermouth Library 1907 - 1912, 1914 - 1917, 1919, 1923, 1937, 1938, 1941 - 1944
Cumbria Record Office, Barrow 16 FEB 1924
Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle 21 MAR 1874 - 10 MAR 1877, 25 SEP 1875 - 3 MAR 1877
Cumbrian Newspapers, West Cumberland Times & Star office, Cockermouth Volumes bound MAR/MAR for 1878 -1894, 1896 - 1908, 1909 - 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914 - 1915, 1916 - 1917, 1918 - 1920, 1931 - 1947, MAR 1948 - OCT 1967
Cumbrian Newspapers, West Cumberland Times & Star office, Workington no.1: MAR 1874 - 1930, [duplicates MAY 1884 - APR 1885], APR 1947 - MAR 1948, MAR 1954 - OCT 1967
Egremont Estate Office, Cockermouth [c/o Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle] MAR 1876 - 1954 [duplicates 1877, 1878, 1888, 1889, 1919, 1938]
Keswick Library 1874, 1875, 1877, 1879, 1885, 1888, 1890 - 1893 [formerly in store, now possibly at Cumbria County Archives store, Houghton]
Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library Volumes bound MAR/MAR for 1874 - 1875, 1876 - 1877, 1878 - 1879, 1880 - 1883, 1884 - 1887, 1896 - 1897, 1901 - 1917, 1921 - 1935, 1927 - 1931, 1933 - 1937, 1941 - 1943, 1946 - 1954 [some in poor condition. Duplicate for 1910 - 1911], Strike edition: 18 JUL 1959 [All this holding in store (1998) awaiting transfer from Library]
Workington Library Microfilm, MAR 1874 - 1966
-West Cumberland Times and Star (Workington) [ Published by Cumbrian Newspapers. Formed in OCT 1967 by amalgamation of the Cumberland Star with the West Cumberland News and the Cumberland Times]
British Library, Colindale no.1: 14 OCT 1967 - to date Microfilm, 1982, 1986 - 1997 - [ongoing]
Cumbrian Newspapers, West Cumberland Times & Star office, Cockermouth OCT 1967 - MAR 1974
Cumbrian Newspapers, West Cumberland Times & Star office, Workington OCT 1967 - 1974, SEP 1975 - OCT 1976, 1975 - 1977, 1979 - 1981 [loose], JAN - JUN 1982, AUG 1982 - to date
Workington Library Microfilm, OCT 1967 - to date 1984-85 BL FILM (1999)
-West Cumbrian Evening News & Star (Carlisle) [1991 - 1994] see West Cumbrian News & Star
-West Cumbrian Gazette [1987 - ] see Cumbrian Gazette
-West Cumbrian News & Star (Carlisle /Workington) [Continues the West Cumberland (Workington) edition of the Evening News & Star / News & Star, see also that title]
British Library, Colindale as West Cumbrian Evening News & Star 2 JAN 1991 - 21 MAY 1994 cont. as West Cumbrian News & Star 23 MAY 1994 - to date Microfilm, 1991 - 1996 - [ongoing]
Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library 2 JAN 1991 - to date
-Westmorland Advertiser and Kendal Chronicle
British Library, Colindale 20 FEB - DEC 1813, 30 AUG 1828, 3 JAN 1829 - 26 APR 1834 [ceased, inc. with Kendal Mercury &c. ] Microfilm, no.1: 29 JUN 1811 - 1826, 1831, 1834 - OCT 1836 [Copy of Kendal Library film]
Carlisle Library MAR 1820 - DEC 1824 [bound vol., very incomplete], 4 NOV, 9 DEC 1820, 13 JAN 1821 - DEC 1823
Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle 7 FEB 1818 - 25 SEP 1819
Cumbria Record Office, Kendal no. 1: 29 JUL 1811 - 1827, 1830 - 1834 [disbound, ex-Kendal Library, missing 1828, 1829], 1819 - 1823 [another set]
Kendal Library Microfilm, 1811 - 1826, 1829 - 1831, JAN - APR 1834 (originals at Record Office), 1818 - 1819
Westmorland Gazette office, Kendal 1816 - 1819 [some duplicates bound with Westmorland Gazette] new series, no.1: 1 JAN 1820 - 1829 [some bound with Westmorland Gazette, dupl. 1820]
-Westmorland Gazette & Kendal Advertiser [Independent. First published by Kendal Tory Committee 1818. Thomas de Quincey was editor from JUL 1818 to NOV 1819. For local Furness edition see also Furness Gazette]
British Library, Colindale no.1 &c.: 23, 30 MAY, 13 JUN - 4 JUL, 28 NOV, 5 DEC 1818, 10, 17 APR, 12 JUN - 25 SEP, 9 - 23 OCT, 20 NOV 1819, 1829 - to date [missing OCT - DEC 1898] Microfilm, [incl. copy of Kendal Library film] 1818 - 1820, 1828 - OCT 1836, 1840, 1871, 1877, 1879, 1889, 1890, 1898, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1980 - 1997 - [ongoing]
Barrow Library 15 NOV 1845
Carlisle Library 11, 18 MAR 1820 [bound with Westmorland Advertiser] 8 MAY 1936 [Strike Issue]
Cumbria Record Office, Barrow odd copies only, 1879, 1882, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1946, 1950
Cumbria Record Office, Kendal 1818 - 1997 [missing 1831, 1853, 1872. Disbound, ex-Kendal Library]
Kendal Library Microfilm, 1818 - to date [probably missing 1853 confirmed as there, 1872 poor quality film] [Note - some film from 1834 to 1864 carries incorrect titles, dates] 23.05 1818 – 1826, 1829-1830 re-filmed by BL from Westmorland Gazette copies (2000)
Westmorland Gazette office, Kendal no.1: 23 MAY 1818 - to date
-Westmorland Journal (Kendal)
British Library, Colindale 6 JAN - 19 MAY 1875 cont. as Westmorland Journal & Kendal Guardian 8 AUG 1878 - 4 FEB 1880 Microfilm, 1879
Kendal Library Microfilm, January - May 1875, August 1878-February 1880 BL film (1999)
-Westmorland Mercury & Times [1913 - 1917] see Kendal Mercury
-Whitehaven Advertiser [Published 1885 - 1928. No volume for 1897 appears to survive]
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-43: 16 JAN - 7 NOV 1885 cont. as Whitehaven Advertiser & Cleator Moor & Egremont Observer no. 44: 14 NOV 1885 - 31 MAR 1828 [ceased. missing 1895, 1897]
Carlisle Library 1915 - 1922 [bound vols. in poor condition]
North-West Evening Mail office, Barrow 1908
Millom Library 1916 - 1919 [formerly in store, now possibly at Cumbria County Archives store, Houghton]
Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library Microfilm, 1891 - 1895, 1905 - 1907, 1909 - NOV 1919, 1920, 1921 [originals now in County Archives store, Houghton, no public access]
-Whitehaven Budget and Cumberland County Chronicle
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-40: 10 APR - 24 DEC 1872
North-West Evening Mail office, Barrow APR - DEC 1872
-Whitehaven Free Press and Farmers Chronicle [subtitle : incorporating West Cumberland Guardian and Whitehaven Herald]
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-2054: 28 MAR 1879 - 31 AUG 1918 [ceased, inc. into West Cumberland News] [missing 1897, JAN - MAR, NOV 1911, 1912] Microfilm, 1879, 1880, 1889, APR - OCT 1911
Carlisle Library 10 JUL - 4 SEP 1880, JAN - OCT 1881, JAN - AUG 1882 [incomplete]
Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library odd copies only [31] from 1879 - 1910
-Whitehaven Gazette [i] and Cumberland Advertiser [Rival to Tory Cumberland Pacquet. Ceased JAN 1826 when incorporated with the Cumberland Pacquet]
British Library, Colindale Microfilm, nos. 1-89: 19 APR 1819 - 25 DEC 1820
Armitt Library, Ambleside 5 MAY 1823
Carlisle Library no.1: 19 APR 1819 - 4 APR 1825
Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle Microfilm, nos. 1-89: 19 APR 1819 - 25 DEC 1820
Egremont Estate Office, Cockermouth [c/o Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle] nos. 83-329: 13 NOV 1820 - 1 AUG 1925 [some poor condition]
Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library Microfilm, nos. 3-352: 3 MAY 1819 - 10 JAN 1826 [originals now in County Archives store, Houghton, no public access]
-Whitehaven Gazette [ii] [“formerly Northern Counties Gazette est. 1878” which ceased in 1886. Re-founded under this title as a Conservative paper for Whitehaven in 1896]
Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library Microfilm no. 1: 9 JUL 1896 - JUL 1897, JAN - AUG 1898 [originals now in County Archives store, Houghton, no public access]
-Whitehaven Guardian
British Library, Colindale no.1: 4 FEB 1875 - 28 MAR 1878 [then amalg. with Whitehaven Herald and cont. as West Cumberland Guardian & Whitehaven Herald Microfilm, FEB 1875 - MAR 1878
Carlisle Library 12 OCT - 9 NOV 1876, 3 - 17 MAY 1877, 3 - 17 JAN, 28 MAR 1878 [loose copies]
Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle Microfilm, 4 FEB 1875 - 28 MAR 1878
Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library Handbill advertising first issue Microfilm, no.1: FEB 1875 - OCT 1877 [originals now in County Archives store, Houghton, no public access]
-Whitehaven Herald, and Cumberland Advertiser
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-2432: 30 AUG 1831 - 29 MAR 1878 [then amalg. with Whitehaven Guardian and cont. as West Cumberland Guardian & Whitehaven Herald] Microfilm, 1855, 1859, 1876
Carlisle Library 19 JUN 1832, 7 FEB - DEC 1874, 1875 [very incomplete], 15 JAN - DEC 1876, 20 JAN - 24 MAR 1877
Cumbria Record Office, Barrow 6 DEC 1866
Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle no.1: 30 AUG 1831 - 23 SEP 1834, 20 JAN, 10 MAR 1835, 1835, 1838 - 1847, 1849, 1852, 1853, 1856 - 1858 [fragile, possibly incomplete]
Egremont Estate Office, Cockermouth [c/o Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle] 1854 - 1855
Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library Microfilm, no.1: 1831 - 1844, MAR - DEC 1846, APR 1847 - 1853, 1855, 1856, MAR 1857 - 1859, 1861 - OCT 1862, 1863 - 1874 [originals now in County Archives store, Houghton, no public access]
-Whitehaven Intelligencer [1776 - 1777] see Cumberland Chronicle
-Whitehaven Journal [Quarterly. Civic Hall Magazine. Not a newspaper]
Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library nos. 1,2: JAN, MAY 1971
-Whitehaven Messenger, and General Advertiser
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-129: 19 JUL 1855 - 31 DEC 1857 cont. as Whitehaven Messenger, and West Cumberland Advertiser nos. 130-203: JAN 1858 - 4 JUN 1859 [ceased, succeeded by Whitehaven Times] Microfilm, JUL 1855 - JUN 1859
Carlisle Library 27 DEC 1855
Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library Microfilm, JUL 1855 - JUN 1859 (BLNL holding)
-Whitehaven Miners’ Monthly Gazette [1920 - 1923] see Miners’ Monthly Gazette
-Whitehaven Newcleus [sic] [Satirical spoof on Whitehaven News and the nuclear industry. One only]
Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library OCT 1959
-Whitehaven News [Published by Cumbrian Newspapers Ltd. Established JUL 1852. Monthly / irregular to 1856. For history see J R Williams, Whitehaven News 1852 - 1952, Whitehaven, 1952]
British Library, Colindale no.22: 8 MAR 1856 - to date Microfilm, 8 - 15 MAR, 4 SEP - DEC 1856, 1857, 1860, 1868 - 1871, 1877, 1888, 1889, 1893, 1893, 1897, 1912, 1977 - 1997 - [ongoing]
Carlisle Library 2 SEP 1852, 6 JAN, 2 JUN, 29 JUL, 1 SEP 1853, 1877
Cumbria Record Office, Barrow odd copies only from 1881 - 1906
Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle 1873 - 1956 [duplicates for 1876, 1877, 1881]
Cumbrian Newspapers, Whitehaven News office 13 JAN - DEC 1881, 1910, 1919, 1922, 1927 - to date [ 1930, 1946 poor, duplicates for 1967 - 1984]
Egremont Estate Office, Cockermouth [c/o Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle] 1852 - ? [not bound, possibly unique file of first issues], 1882 - 1891, 1894 - 1935, 1938, [1938 not bound, duplicates for 1897 - 1899, 1918]
Millom Library 1857 - 1867, 1870 - 1875, 1878 - 1931, 1933 - 1939, 1941 - 1976 [formerly in store, now possibly destroyed or at Cumbria County Archives store, Houghton]
Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library Odd copies 1862 - 1888, Newsletter (Strike edition) nos. 2,3,5-7: 2 JUL - 6 AUG 1959. 1977 - 1981 [disbound, in store], 1980 - to date [loose] Microfilm, 1856 - to date [ missing 1868, 1869, 1871] Microfilm single issues for 1852/53 as at Carlisle Library then 1856 – 1949 Newsplan 2000 film Workington Library 1886, 1901, 1903, 1906 - 1910, 1912, 1913, 1915 [former holding, not now held]
-Whitehaven Shopper [fl. 1969 - 1971] [No surviving holdings known, presumably a free advertising sheet]
-Whitehaven Times and Workington & Cockermouth Advertiser [succeeded Whitehaven Messenger]
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-30: 16 JUN 1859 - 12 JAN 1860 cont. as Whitehaven Times and West Cumberland Advertiser nos. 31-376: 19 JAN 1860 - 30 MAY 1867 [ceased] Microfilm, JUN 1859 - 1863, 1865 - MAY 1867
Carlisle Library 19 DEC 1861
Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library Microfilm, JUN 1859 - 1863, 1865 - MAY 1867 (BLNL holding)
-Whitehaven Weekly Courant [ 1736 - ?] [No known holdings. Started by Thomas Cotton after his move from Kendal. Cotton died in 1743]
-Whitehaven Weekly Mail [Formerly published by Barrow News & Mail at Whitehaven. Not held by BLNL]
North-West Evening Mail office, Barrow no.1: 6 DEC 1923 - DEC 1924, JAN - APR 1927 [ceased] [possibly also 1925, 1926? See Barnes & Hobbes]
Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library no.1: 6 DEC 1923
-Whitridge’s Northern Miscellany, General Advertiser & Railway Guide (Carlisle) [Monthly. Carries advertising and railway times but otherwise a literary / features magazine, not a newspaper]
Carlisle Library SEP 1845 - DEC 1848
-Wigton Advertiser &c. [Began monthly in JAN 1857, then fortnightly from JAN 1859, weekly from JUL 1859. For title changes see Cumbrian Newspapers’ holdings]
British Library, Colindale as Wigton Advertiser: & Journal of News nos. 25-4314: 3 JAN 1859 - 18 MAY 1940 [ceased] [missing 1872, 1879, 1899, JUL - DEC 1912] Microfilm, 1857-1874, 1876 - MAY 1940
Carlisle Library Microfilm, 1857 - 1940
Wigton Library Microfilm, 1857 - 1940 BL film (1998)
Cumbrian Newspapers, Head Office, Carlisle begins as McMechan’s Wigton Advertiser: Railway Timetable & Monthly Miscellany nos. 1-6: JAN - JUN 1857 cont. as Wigton Advertiser nos. 7-12: JUL - DEC 1857 cont. as Wigton Advertiser: & Monthly Journal of News nos. 13-24: JAN - DEC 1858 cont. as Wigton Advertiser: & Journal of News nos. 25-4314: JAN 1859 - MAY 1940 [ceased] Microfilm, 1857, 1858, 1872
Egremont Estate Office, Cockermouth [c/o Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle] 1885 - 1914, 1916 - 1929, 1931 - 1935 [duplicates for 1889, 1913]
Wigton and District Observer Became North West Observer 27.04.2001; Ceased July 2003
Carlisle Library Microfilm, 16th July 1999 – June 2002 (BL film )
-Wigton Mercury &c. [1891] see Throstle’s Chirrup
-Windermere Herald [1880 - 1887] [Listed in Barnes & Hobbes as published 27 MAR 1880 - 24 JAN 1887, then inc. with Lakes Herald. No known holdings]
-Workers’ Bulletin (Barrow) [Daily. Strike paper published by Communist Party, Barrow Local]
Cumbria Record Office, Barrow 10 - 12 MAY 1926
-Workington Borough Advertiser & Seaton, Clifton, Distington & Harrington Observer
British Library, Colindale Microfilm, 25 JUN - 17 DEC 1904 [film of Whitehaven holding]
Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library Microfilm, nos, 2, 4-8, 11 - 17: 25 JUN - 17 DEC 1904
-Workington Free Press & Solway Pilot [1879 - 1893] see Solway Pilot
-Workington Gazette
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-36: 8 JUL 1857 - 10 MAR 1858 [ceased] Microfilm, JUL - DEC 1857
-Workington Guardian and Cockermouth Division Advertiser [No file for 1897 survives]
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-370: 5 SEP 1891 - 30 DEC 1899 [missing 1897]
Workington Library Microfilm, 1892 - 1895 (Cumbria County microfilm project)
-Workington Mail and West Cumberland Independent
British Library, Colindale Microfilm, 6 MAY 1903 - 27 APR 1904 [film of Whitehaven holdings]
Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library 6 MAY 1903 - 27 APR 1904 Microfilm, 6 MAY 1903 - 27 APR 1904
-Workington News and West Cumberland Advertiser
British Library, Colindale 25 AUG 1883 - 31 AUG 1918 [1883 imperfect. ceased, inc. with West Cumberland News] Microfilm, 1889, 1893, 1909, 1912
Workington Library Microfilm, 1902 (Cumbria County microfilm project)
-Workington Observer and West Cumberland Echo
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-34: 13 AUG 1887 - 31 MAR 1888 [inc. with Whitehaven Advertiser]
-Workington Reporter and Harrington, Seaton, Clifton & Broughton News
British Library, Colindale nos. 3-92: 21 JAN - 8 APR (suspended), 22 JUL 1865 - 26 JAN 1867 [ceased]
-Workington Standard & Cockermouth, Workington & West Cumberland District Advertiser
British Library, Colindale nos. 3-23: 17 DEC 1881 - 29 APR 1882 [ceased]
-Workington Star &c.
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-2502: 29 JUN 1888 - 23 SEP 1955 [missing 1911] cont. as Cumberland Star nos. 3503-3928: 30 SEP 1955 - 6 OCT 1967 [then amalg. with the West Cumberland Times and West Cumberland News to form the West Cumberland Times and Star] Microfilm, 1889, 1896, 1897
Carlisle Library 5 SEP 1902, 4 FEB 1910, 3, 10 MAR 1911
Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle 1913, 1914, 1916 - 1931, odd copies from 1942
Cumbrian Newspapers, West Cumberland Times & Star Office, Workington JUL 1891 - DEC 1894, 1901, 1902, 1907 - 1912 [poor condition, fragile], OCT - DEC 1955, 1957
Keswick Library 1905 - 1967 [formerly in store, now possibly at Cumbria County Archives store, Houghton]
Workington Library Microfilm, 14 OCT 1904 - SEP 1967[originals at Keswick, plus some of publisher’s] (Cumbria County microfilm project) June 1888 – 1949 Microfilm – Newsplan 2000 project
-Workington Sun
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-37: 6 NOV 1901 - 16 JUL 1902 [ceased]
-Workington Times and General Weekly Advertiser for West Cumberland
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-80: 4 APR 1857 - 9 OCT 1858 [ceased, inc. with Whitehaven News]
-Workington Weekly Mail
British Library, Colindale nos. 1-34: 29 MAY 1886 - 15 JAN 1887 [ceased, inc. with Maryport Advertiser]
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