Descendants of Workington's Curwen family paid a special visit to the town from America.

Henry Darcy Curwen, 45, brought his wife Krista Ivy, 46, and daughters Chloe, 11, and Anya, 10, from Southern California to visit Workington Hall and the Helena Thompson Museum.

The family decided to fly 5,000 miles to West Cumbria to find out more about the Curwen family and to get a taste of the life they lived.

More than three hundred years ago, the Curwens lived in Workington Hall and their legacy is still entwined with the town.

Henry and his family are related to John Christian Curwen (1756-1828), who was Lord of the Manor of Workington.

He was the cousin of Fletcher Christian, who engineered the mutiny on the Bounty.

John married his first cousin Isabella in 1782.

In 1780s and 1790s extended the hall to give it its final form and built a model farm on his land at Schoose, studied farming methods and became an MP.

Henry and Krista came on a brief visit four years ago, but the family will stay for longer this time.

Henry said: "It's very exciting and fun. I grew up in California where something that is 100 years old is old, but here something that's 100 years old is new.

"It's great to get that sense of history. We get to see the bigger picture and it expands our idea of where we came from.

"It's important to tell the next generation how important it is and where the family came from. It's part of something bigger than themselves."

Henry's great-grandfather, also called Henry Darcy, lived in Workington before emigrating to the United States.

The history of the Curwen family is documented in the Helena Thompson Museum.