Cumbria Industrial History Society - Publications

Master Of Them All : Iron Making in Cumbria (2007). Proceedings of a joint conference of the Society and the Historical Metallurgy Society. 135 pages. Contents : Iron ore in Cumbria ; Archaeological investigation at Cunsey Forge ; The bloomsmithies of South Westmorland and North Lancashire ; Wilson House, Lindale - John Wilkinson's peat fuelled blast furnace ; Hodbarrow mine ; Millom - the end game ; Backbarrow Furnace and its history. Copies available from the editor as below.

The Cumbrian Industrialist : A series of occasional papers
Copies should be available for reference at Kendal, Carlisle and Penrith libraries, and at the county record offices.
All except volume one can be purchased from the editor at gbrooksvet@tiscali.co.uk at £5.00 per volume including p&p.
Volume one is out of print, but the editor can offer a photocopying service.

Summary of Contents

Volume Six (2006) : Charles Parker : An Eighteenth-Century Cumbrian Industrialist ; Warehouses in Ulverston : A brief survey ; The Carlisle Cotton Industry : An outlier of Lancashire Textiles? ; Gasworks in Cumbria : The early years.

Volume Five (2005) : Whose responsibility? Industrial accidents in 18th century Cumberland ; Blacklead mine in Borrowdale ; A survey of industrial archaeological remains in upper Geltsdale ; The early iron industry in Furness : a revolution in the 18th century.

Volume Four (2002) : How to burn lime? ; Heavy transport in Cumbria before 1800 : Methods, problems and costs ; Field drainage techniques and their development in Cumbria.

Volume Three (2000) : Bucks of Carlisle - A garment factory and weaving establishment. A study in survival 1918-1939 : W.W.Hodgson and the Outgate Pop Factory ; Harbour-scouring schemes in West Cumbria 1680-1760 ; Cumbrian brick and tile works : North Cumbria.

Volume Two (1999) : Attempts to smelt metal with coal near Whitehaven before 1700 : Early union activity, industrial injuries and the Poor Law. The case of Joseph Raven ; Lime burning on Kendal Fell ; Two engineering firms in a small county town : A case study of what engineers did and how they fared.

Volume One (1998) : Matthew Murray's Pumping Engine for Isabella Pit, Workington, 1803-1813 ; Reake Wood Tile Kiln ; First Definitive List of Cumbrian Sites of Iron Mines and Smelt Sites, January 1997 ; William Brownrigg, M.D., F.R.S., Physician and Natural Philosopher

The Bulletin : distributed in April, August and December
Contents include news items, book reviews, reports on meetings and short articles, some of which also appear on this website.
Copies should be available for reference at Kendal, Carlisle and Penrith libraries, and at the county record offices.

Main articles from 2000 to date

December 2007 : A plot of land known as the mine floor (at Baycliff) ; Archaeology in the Lake District Conference 2007
August 2007 : Settlements in the Furness orefield ; Hartside meeting report

August 2006 : Descriptions of manufacturing businesses, premises, processes and products in the Carlisle Journal, 1824 & 1825
April 2006 : Descriptions of manufacturing businesses, premises, processes and products in the Carlisle Journal, 1823 ; The Croft Pit Brake rail system ; Cumbrian minor vein mineral sites

December 2005 : Report on visit to South Tyne valley head ; Descriptions of manufacturing businesses, premises, processes and products in the Carlisle Journal, 1822 ; A very brief history of the periodic table and nuclear energy ; A history of Whitehaven works (Marchon)
August 2005 : Westmorland marble ; The devil's porridge - the manufacture of cordite at HMFactory Gretna during World War 1 ; Cumbrian copper sites ; Descriptions of manufacturing businesses, premises, processes and products in the Carlisle Journal, 1821; Gasworks in Cumbria - draft list ; Spring Conference (Explosives) report ; Visit to Force Crag Mine.
April 2005 : Field outing to Scaur Head Quarries, Wensleydale ; Gayle Mill, near Hawes ; Freight between Ulverston & Liverpool 14th August 1823 ; Descriptions of manufacturing businesses, premises, processes and products in the Carlisle Journal, 1819-20.

December 2004 : Biggar Gas Works Museum ; Descriptions of manufacturing businesses, premises, processes and products in the Carlisle Journal, 1816-18 ; The charcoal/coke blast furnaces of Cumbria
August 2004 : Descriptions of manufacturing businesses, premises, processes and products in the Carlisle Journal, 1814-15
April 2004 : Cumberland shipping ; Wetheral corn mill ; Descriptions of manufacturing businesses, premises, processes and products in the Carlisle Journal, 1812-13

December 2003 ; Descriptions of manufacturing businesses, premises, processes and products in the Carlisle Journal, 1810-11 ; A visit to lead smelting mills in Swaledale
August 2003 : Descriptions of manufacturing businesses, premises, processes and products in the Carlisle Journal, 1807-09
April 2003 ; Quarrying industry sites in Cumbria ; Descriptions of manufacturing businesses, premises, processes and products in the Carlisle Journal, 1803-6

December 2002 : The Hartsop visit (mines and mills) ; Descriptions of manufacturing businesses, premises, processes and products in the Carlisle Journal, 1801-2
August 2002 : Warwick Bridge corn mill ; Historic notes on mining in Gunnerside Gill ; Early transport in Cumbria
April 2002 : The Thexton family of papermakers ; Who built the Catherine Street Mill (Whitehaven)?

December 2001 : Mines of the Lake District (to add to the previous list) 
August 2001 : Mines in Lakeland (a list)
April 2001 : Roughtengill mines ; Hoggett Gill smelter

December 2000 : Water and sewage industries - Cumbria sites (MMP Step 3 report) ; The Backbarrow Ultramarine Works Company
August 2000 : Iron and steel industries - Cumbria sites (MMP Step 3 report) ; Lead, zinc and copper mines of Braithwaite and Coledale ; Visit to Backbarrow ; Visit to Wrengill.
April 2000 : Water power (conference)

A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Cumbria, compiled by the CIHS was published by the Association for Industrial Archaeology in 1993, but is now out of print.