Getting to Carlisle Record Office 

BY CAR: 
Disabled Visitors:  Parking is only available at The Castle for disabled Record Office visitors.  Please proceed with caution into the car park and notify the attendant that you are visiting the Record Office.

All Other Visitors:  Parking is now NOT available at The Castle for Record Office visitors. There are several car parks in the city which are a short distance from the Record Office.  The location of these car parks is shown on  Carlisle Record Office location map (PDF).  

BY BUS: Buses to Carlisle stop in the city centre from which the walk will take about 15 minutes.

BY TRAIN: Carlisle has its own railway station where trains on the West Coast Main Line and the Newcastle-Carlisle and Barrow-Whitehaven lines stop. Again, the walk to the Record Office will take about 15 minutes.

Sources available at this Record Office include:  Original documents from the twelfth century to the present day, relating to the part of the historic county of Cumberland which is north of the River Derwent. The areas around Carlisle, Keswick, Penrith and Maryport are amongst those for which material is available.

We hold the archives of:  Church of England Parishes ** Nonconformist Churches ** Local Authorities Diocese of Carlisle, Dean & Chapter of Carlisle Cathedral ,Schools, Businesses and Industries , Families and Landed Estates Civil Parishes, Solicitors, Societies, Official records

Other material includes:
I.G.I. for the Northern Counties ** Census returns 1841-1901 for Cumberland** 1881 census transcript and index to Cumberland, Westmorland and the Isle of Man **Newspapers (such as Carlisle Journal and Cumberland Pacquet) **Ordnance Survey maps Probate records, 1564-1941**Trade Directories

** Many of these records are available on microfilm or fiche

The office also offers:

Assistance and parking for disabled visitors, hearing loop, refreshment area (hot drinks machine, snacks and cold drinks available), toilets, photocopying facilities, publications for sale, and research service.