A drinking glass known as the Luck of Edenhall is one of is one of the most exceptional objects in the V&A's glass collection.
On 24 November 1542, an English army defeated the Scots on Solway Moss. But the exact location of the battle has been disputed.
A Jacobite Army passed through Cumbria in 1715 - and the local militia ran away rather than fight them!
Wigton's market cross burnt down during celebrations of Nelson's victory at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21st October 1805.
Seathwaite was once the world’s leading supplier of ‘black lead’, plumbago or ‘wad’ Before the c.16th it was just used for marking sheep.
Mary Noble of Bampton was the first woman in the country to be elected to a county council (Westmorland).
In December 1771, Solway Moss burst, and flowed over the surrounding area, destroying houses and livestock. The land has never recovered.