Barrow-in-Furness was transformed by the industrial expansion of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, leading to it becoming a centre for ship and submarine building. Located at the tip of a peninsula, known for its own micro-climate and a rich and varied natural environment, the townscape is surrounded by sea, and beyond that the Lakeland Hills, while the protective arms of Walney Island provide a natural channel and harbour. Nature sits alongside industry and heritage. The iron ore industry once scarred the landscape, but time and new growth have disguised the marks. Farming is still a crucial factor in Barrow and you do not have to stray far to discover old abbey granges still functioning yet diversifying. In this book, Gill Jepson provides a fascinating insight into Barrow's places, events and its famous sons and daughters. Among them are footballer Emlyn Hughes, rugby player Willie Horne, Isle of Man TT racer Eddie Crooks, portrait artist George Romney, and the chef and 'Hairy Biker' Dave Myers. Discover the stories behind buildings including the magnificent Victorian Town Hall, the terraced houses and tenements, and gems of medieval architecture including Furness Abbey, Piel Castle and Dalton Castle.
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- Cover
- Introduction
- Abbey House
- Abbey Mill Café
- Abbey Tavern
- Abbotswood
- Amphitheatre
- Alexander, Caroline
- Bow Bridge
- Barrow AFC Bluebirds
- Barrow Island
- Bewley Wife Steps
- Bob, Joe and June Birrell
- Black Castle (Cenotaph)
- Buccleuch, Duke of
- Bus Depot
- Cavendish, Frederick Lord
- Christmas Tree Festival
- Close, Dr William
- Cocken
- Cranes
- Crooks, Eddie
- Custodian’s Ticket Booth
- Dalton Carnegie Library
- Dalton Pele Tower
- Devonshire Buildings
- Dock Museum
- Docks
- Doherty, Neil
- Duke of Devonshire, 7th
- Duke of Edinburgh Hotel
- Egerton Buildings
- Fisher Family
- Fisher, William: Diary
- Furness Abbey
- Furness Railway Company
- Gall, James
- Gaythorpe, Harper
- ‘Gaza Strip’
- Gleaston
- Goadsbarrow
- Gradwell, William
- Greengate
- Hairy Biker Dave Myers
- Hawcoat Village
- Health Centre, Alfred Barrow
- Hindenburg
- Horne, Willie
- How Tun Woods
- Hughes, Emlyn
- Hotel Imperial, Cornwallis Street
- Invincible
- Ireleth-in-Furness
- Iron and Steel
- Isles of Barrow
- Italian Families and Ice-cream Parlours
- Jeffersons
- Jubilee Bridge
- Kendall, William
- Keswick to Barrow Walk
- Last, Nella (Housewife 49)
- Leach, Alice
- Leece
- Legionella Outbreak
- Mawson, Thomas, Designer of Barrow Park
- Medieval Fair
- Michaelson, T. Y. P.
- Morecambe Bay
- Mystery Plays
- Newbarns
- North Scale
- Offcomers
- Ormsgill
- Paley, Sharpe and Austin
- Parades
- Pepi, Countess and Reno
- Piel Castle
- Public Library and Archives
- Pugin
- Queen’s Arms at Biggar
- Rabbit Hill
- Rampside, The Concle
- Rampside Church
- Ramsden, Sir James
- Roa Island Lifeboat Station
- Roa Island
- Roanhead and Sandscale Haws
- Romney, George
- Roose
- Round House
- Rowling, J. K.
- Roy’s Ices
- Rugby
- Salthouse
- Sandstone
- Satsuma Bowl
- Schneider, H. W.
- Stanway, Georgia
- St George’s Church
- Stone Trough
- Sowerby Woods
- (Nan) Tait Centre
- Terraced Houses
- Thomas the Tank Engine
- Town Hall
- Urswick (Close Enough)
- Vickerstown
- Victoria Hall
- Walney Island Nature Reserves
- Wadham, Edward
- West, Fr Thomas
- Xmas Lights
- X-pats
- Yarl River
- Yarlside and Holbeck
- Zoo
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
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