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{{short description|Historical, antiquarian, archaeological and text publication society and registered charity}}
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| formation       = 1866
| type            = [[Historical society]]
| status          = Charity
| registration_id = 227786
| purpose         = Historical study and research
| headquarters    = United Kingdom
| leader_title    = Activities
| leader_name     = Research and publications, lectures and events
| leader_title2   = Collections
| leader_name2    = Library, archives
| leader_title3   = Patrons
| leader_name3    = Rt Rev. [[James Newcome]], [[Bishop of Carlisle]], Claire Hensman, [[Lord Lieutenant of Cumbria]]
| leader_title4   = President
| leader_name4    = Warren Allison
| website         = [http://www.cumbriapast.com/cgi-bin/ms/main.pl?action=home www.cumbriapast.com]
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The '''Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society''', founded in 1866, is a [[English local history|local historical]], [[antiquarian]], [[archaeology|archaeological]] and [[text publication society]] and [[registered charity]] covering the modern county of [[Cumbria]].
==Aims==
The society exists to "promote, encourage, foster" the combined studies of [[genealogy]], history, [[Tradition|custom]] and [[archaeology]], within the boundaries of the [[non-metropolitan county]] of [[Cumbria]] (which, as well as the two titular [[Historic counties of England|historic counties]] of [[Cumberland]] and [[Westmorland]], includes elements of historic [[Yorkshire]] and [[Lancashire]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cumbriapast.com/ms/pdf/Society_constitution_Apr_16.pdf |title= Revised Rules, 2008 and 2012 |publisher=Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society |accessdate=21 May 2016 }}</ref>
==History==
The society was established in [[Penrith, Cumbria]] on 11 September 1866, with "five business and professional men from both counties" as founder-members.<ref name=Gazette>{{cite news |first=Andrew |last=Thomas |url=http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/14259669.NOSTALGIA__Society_aimed_to_preserve_the_antiquities_of_two_counties/?ref=mac |title=Nostalgia: Society aimed to preserve the antiquities of two counties |newspaper=[[The Westmorland Gazette]] |date=7 February 2016 }}</ref> The then [[William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale|Earl of Lonsdale]] was appointed honorary president. One of the society's first official acts was to campaign for the protection of the [[Dunmail Raise]] [[cairn]], and to organise an [[archaeological dig]] on the [[Borrowdale|Low Borrow Bridge]] [[Roman fort]], near [[Tebay]]. Membership rose to 115 by 1866 (with around a quarter being clergymen), and "includ[ed] three ladies".<ref name=Gazette/> The society returned to the Low Borrow Bridge site, by then a [[scheduled monument]], in 2011 and discovered further evidence as to the size of the camp,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-14362255 |title=Archaeologists excavate Roman fort near Tebay |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=9 August 2011 }}</ref> while in 2015 it was a joint funder of work into a [[dendrochronological]] [[Dating methodologies in archaeology|dating]] on [[Kendal]]'s fourteenth-century [[The Castle Dairy|Castle dairy]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Carl |last=Fallowfield |url=http://www.cumbriacrack.com/2015/04/29/fascinating-finds-shed-light-on-history-of-ancient-dairy/ |title=Fascinating finds shed light on history of ancient dairy |website=Cumbria Crack |date=29 April 2015 |access-date=20 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604102121/http://www.cumbriacrack.com/2015/04/29/fascinating-finds-shed-light-on-history-of-ancient-dairy/ |archive-date=4 June 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Publications==
A publishing arm was created in 1877,<ref name=Gazette/> and by 2015 was responsible for publishing its [[peer-review]]ed journal ''The Transactions'' of the society, a triannual [[newsletter]], and various dedicated book series for specific areas of interest (for example, the Extra Series, and those for Records, Research, and Tracts).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cumbriapast.com/cgi-bin/ms/main.pl?action=editorial |title=Publications Committee |website=Cumbria Past |publisher=Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society |accessdate=21 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630095713/http://cumbriapast.com/cgi-bin/ms/main.pl?action=editorial |archive-date=30 June 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Select publications===
*Mullett, M.A., ''Patronage, Power and Politics in Appleby in the Era of Lady Anne Clifford 1649–1689'', 2015.
*Zant, J., ''Penrith: the Historic Core'', 2015.
*Brennand, M. & Stringer, K.J. (Eds), ''The Making of Carlisle: from Romans to Railways'', 2011.
*Cherry, P., ''Studies in Northern Prehistory '', 2007.
*Austin, P.S., ''Bewcastle and Old Penrith '', 1991.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cumbriapast.com/cgi-bin/ms/main.pl?action=publications&pub_id=85&archive= |title=Publications available |website=Cumbria Past |publisher=Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society |accessdate=21 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630080411/http://cumbriapast.com/cgi-bin/ms/main.pl?action=publications&pub_id=85&archive= |archive-date=30 June 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Presidents==
The following have served as president of the society:<ref>Winstanley, David & Whyte 2016, {{page needed|date=August 2024}}</ref>
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* [[William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale|William Lowther]], 1866–1872
* [[Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale|Henry Lowther]], 1872–1876
* [[St George Lowther, 4th Earl of Lonsdale|St George Lowther]], 1876–1882
* Canon James Simpson, 1882–1886
* [[Richard Saul Ferguson]], 1886–1900
* [[Henry Ware (bishop of Barrow-in-Furness)|Henry Ware]], 1900–1909
* Thomas Hesketh Hodgson, 1909–1915
* [[Francis J. Haverfield|Francis John Haverfield]], 1915–1919
* [[William Gershom Collingwood]], 1920–1932
* [[Robin George Collingwood]], 1932–1938
* Walter Travers McIntire, 1938–1944
* Lt.-Col. Oliver Henry North, 1945–1947
* Frank Gerald Simpson, 1947–1948
* [[Katherine Hodgson (archaeologist)|Katherine (Kate) Hodgson]], 1948–1951
* Joseph Edward Spence, 1951–1954
* Canon Charles Murray Lowther Bouch, 1954–1957
* [[Eric Barff Birley]], 1957–1960
* Christopher Roy Hudleston, 1960–1963
* [[Clare Fell|Clare Isobel Fell]], 1963–1966
* [[Roger Fulford]], 1966–1968
* John Charlton, 1968–1971
* Revd John Compton Dickinson, 1971–1974
* [[Paul Wilson, Baron Wilson of High Wray|Paul Wilson]], 1974–1978
* [[Dorothy Charlesworth]], 1978–1981
* Joseph (Fred) Hughes, 1981–1984
* [[Rosemary Jean Cramp]], 1984–1987
* James (Jim) Cherry, 1987–1990
* [[Ronald Brunskill]], 1990–1993
* Ruth Barbara Harbottle, 1993–1996
* John Macnair Todd, 1996–1999
* [[Geoffrey Martin (historian)|Geoffrey Haward Martin]], 1999–2002
* Angus James Logie Winchester, 2002–2005
* [[David Shotter]], 2005–2008
* Richard Newman, 2008–2011
* [[David Breeze]], 2011–2014
* Rachel Margaret Newman, 2014–2017
* [[Rosemary Jean Cramp]], 2017–2020
* Rob David, 2020–2023
* Warren Allison, 2023–present
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==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book |first1=Michael |last1=Winstanley |first2=Rob |last2=David |first3=Ian D. |last3=Whyte |author-link3=Ian D. Whyte |title=Revealing Cumbria's Past: 150 Years of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society |location=Kendal |publisher=Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society |series=Extra ser. |volume=45 |year=2016 |isbn=9781873-124734 }}
==External links==
*{{official|url=http://cumbriapast.com/cgi-bin/ms/main.pl?action=home}}
*{{cite web |url=http://5hm1h4aktue2uejbs1hsqt31.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/cumbwestantiqsociety.pdf |title=Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society publications |publisher=Royal Historical Society |accessdate=9 December 2016 |archive-date=20 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220184718/http://5hm1h4aktue2uejbs1hsqt31.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/cumbwestantiqsociety.pdf |url-status=dead }}
*{{cite web |url=http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/cumberland/ |title=Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Transactions |publisher=Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society |accessdate=24 March 2017}}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.biab.ac.uk/series/183 |title=Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society |publisher=British and Irish Archaeological Bibliography |accessdate=9 December 2016 }}
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