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    CUMBRIA DIRECTORY

    Aug 24, 2021 2 minutes

    ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES

    BARROW ARCHIVE CENTRE AND LOCAL STUDIES LIBRARY

    a Ramsden Square, Barrow-in-Furness LA14 1LL

    t 01229 407377

    e barrow.archives@cumbria.gov.uk

    w tinyurl.com/cumb-gov-balsc

    Here you’ll find material for Westmorland, plus the portions of Cumbria that were formerly in Lancashire and Yorkshire. Important collections include the records of Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, Hodbarrow Mining

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