The Westmorland 1841 Census, now also comes as smaller set covering just a
few piece numbers on each CD, so why buy the full county set, if you don't need
it. This set contains the places covered by HO107/1156-1158, and it contains
images of the census books digitised from the microfilm.
The publishers are very proud of the superb quality of the scanned images.
They've have worked from really excellent films copied from the first generation
films at the PRO/TNA, and have then used the very best possible film scanner
currently available to digitise the images at a high resolution.
Note that the CDs contain images of the actual pages of the census
enumerators' books. This is real original primary research data, (not
transcriptions in text format). What you see is the original hand written
documents. That does involve you reading the pages rather than typing in a name
and expecting the computer to find it. However, you will very quickly become
used to the handwriting styles of the different enumerators, and it is easy to
click through the pages at even low magnification to spot the people you are
looking for.
Places on CD 3 (HO107/1161-1162):
Askham, Bampton, Bampton Grange, Barbon, Barton, Beckfoot, Bewley Castle,
Birbeck-Fells (part), Bolton, Bomby, Brackenber, Brougham, Burton-in-Kendal
(part), Butterwick, Casterton, Clawthorpe, Cliburn, Clifton, Cowbrow, Crosby-Ravensworth,
Deans-Biggin, Deepdale, Dillicar, Firbank, Great Strickland, Hackthorpe,
Hardendale, Hegdale, Helton, High Barton, High Winder, Holme, Hornby,
Hutton-Roof, Keastwick, Keld, Kendal or Kirkby-Kendal (part), Killington, King's
Meaburn, Kirkby-Lonsdale, Knipe, Little Stickland, Low-Biggin, Low Winder,
Lowther, Lupton, Mansergh, Mardale, Martindale, Mauld's Meaburn, Melkinsthorpe,
Middleton, Moorhouses, Morland, Newbiggin, Newby, Patterdale with Hartsop,
Pooley, Raceit, Reagill, Rosegill, Shap, Sleagill, Sockbridge & Tirrel, Tailbert,
Tearnside, Thornship, Thorpe, Trimby, Toathman, Wet-Sleddale, Whale, Wickerslack,
Woodside, Yanwath & Eamont-Bridge.
This CD has been bookmarked for easy navigation, and pages can be browsed,
enlarged and printed out if required. Please note, this CD is NOT searchable.
