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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Cumberland => Topic started by: bevbee on Tuesday 27 June 23 15:24 BST (UK)
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Hello everyone,
Looking for a bit of advice please?
I have an address in Workington and want to find out who lived there in the early 1970s.
Can anyone point me in the right direction please?
Thank you.
B.
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British Library has UK electoral registers but looking at this link seems to indicate they have not yet been digitised
https://www.bl.uk/collection-guides/uk-electoral-registers
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Alternatively, if it is more convenient, Cumbria Record Office holds the ERs for Workington 1918-1973 +1978 in their Carlisle Archive. As with the BL holdings, these won't have been digitized, but it may be easier to get an archivist to do a single look up there than would be the case with the BL.
Archive Centre Carlisle
Reference Q/RP/2
Title Registers of Electors; Parliamentary Elections
Description 1. Eastern Division 1833-1875. 2. Western Division 1832-1875; Western/Egremont Division 1899-1915. 3. Cockermouth Division 1899-1914. 4. North Cumberland/Northern/Eskdale Division 1885-1915. 5. Mid/Penrith Division 1899-1914 6. Northern Parliamentary Division 1918-1948. 7. Penrith & Cockermouth Parliamentary Division 1918-1948. 8. Penrith & The Border Constituency 1949-1973, 1978(pt). 9. Whitehaven Parliamentary Division/Constituency 1918-1974. 10. Workington Parliamentary Division/Constituency 1918-1973, 1978
Date 1834-2002
Extent 360 items
Related material Carlisle - see ca/c15/1- Electoral Registers for the Carlisle District from 1974 are in Carlisle Library.
Contact details
Carlisle - Cumbria Archive Centre
Lady Gillford's House
Petteril Bank Road
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA1 3AJ
Tel: 01228 227284
Email: carlisle.archives@cumberland.gov.uk
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Thank you. 👍