Who We Are

The Regional Heritage Centre was established in 2014. It encompasses the Centre for North-West Regional Studies, which was founded in 1973, and the Victoria County History for Cumbria.

Our aim is to foster engagement between Lancaster University and the regional community in the field of cultural heritage. We have an Advisory Board comprised of representatives of heritage bodies around the North West, as well as a Steering Group which takes its membership from the School of Global Affairs and elsewhere in the University.

Advisory Board

(a) external membership:

• Claire Bradshaw, Morecambe Bay Partnership
• Christine Craghill (Cumbria Local History Federation)
• Dr Alan Crosby (Chair)
• Carolyn Dalton, Lancaster City Museums
• Phil Duckworth, Winstanley Sixth Form College
• Jessica Elleray, Oxford Archaeology Lancaster
• Anthony Hughes, Kendal Archives Service
• Vicky Mathews, Duchy of Lancaster

(b) internal membership:

• Dr Sarah Rose, Regional Heritage Centre
• Katie Waring, Lancaster Library Archives & Special Collections