CUMBRIAN NEWS FROM THE 1770s

THE CUMBERLAND CHRONICLE
OR
WHITEHAVEN INTELLIGENCER

These abstracts and transcripts of local-interest items in the Cumberland Chronicle are taken from a microfilm supplied by the US Library of Congress, from its superb run of the long-defunct newspaper (available to view at Whitehaven Record Office, and probably at major libraries in Cumbria). Most of the paper's content was international news, but there was a local news section, and most adverts were local. Transcripts have been shortened where possible, gaps indicated by ...

1776:
November and December

1777:
January and February

March and April

May and June

July and August

September and October

November and December

1778:
January and February

March and April

May and June

July and August

September and October

November and December

1779:
January and February

March and April

May to mid-July