Barrow in Furness
BARROW, or Barrow-in-Furness, a seaport town and two chapelries in Dalton-in-Furness
parish, Lancashire. The town stands at the terminus of a branch of the Furness railway,
opposite Walney Island, 8 miles SW of Ulverston; was only a village, with a pop. of
325, so late as 1847; rose to a pop. of about 2,000 in 1847, and to a pop. of more
than 12,000 in 1868; owed its rise mainly to rapid development of mineral wealth in
its vicinity; began, in 1867, to acquire a grand artificial harbour, with docks and
wharves, estimated to cost about £300,000; imports large quantities of timber
and coal; has a long range of blast furnaces, extensive foundries, and steel-works,
large timber-yards, ship-building yards, and saw-mills: draws from neighbouring mines
about 400,000 tons of iron ore a year; produces about 4,000 tons of pig-iron weekly;
converts about one-fifth of that quantity into steel by the Bessemer process; exports,
in addition to its iron produce, about 3,000 tons of copper ore and about 20,000 tons
of slate a year; is built on a regular plan, chiefly with streets crossing at right
angles; and has a head post office, a fine new r. station with telegraph, a spacious
town hall and market house built in 1865, an assembly-room, a temperance hall, a
subscription newsroom and library, a mechanics' institute, a police office, a
custom-house, a church in the geometric style built in 1859, another church built in
1867, an Independent chapel in the early English style, a Wesleyan chapel of 1863, a
Welsh chapel of 1864, a Roman Catholic chapel of 1866, and a national school.
The chapelries are St. George and St. James, and were constituted, the former in 1863,
the latter in 1867. The livings are p. curacies in the diocese of Carlisle. Value of
St. G., £149.* of St. J., £150. Patron of St. G., the Duke of
Devonshire; of St. J., Trustees.
John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Local studies information is held at
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There have only ever been three burial grounds within the Borough of Barrow, namely the Municipal
Cemetery on Devonshire Road, opened in 1873 [previously most burials had to go
to Dalton] and for persons on the fringes of the borough the churchyards of
St. Michael's, Rampside, and St. Mary the Virgin, Walney Island.
Details about the census records, and indexes for Barrow in Furness.
St Mary's Roman
Catholic church.
- Abbey Rd, Baptist, Barrow in Furness
- Abbey Rd, Baptist, Barrow in Furness
- Dalkeith St, Baptist, Barrow in Furness
- Roose Rd, Bible Christian, Barrow in Furness
- School Street, Catholic Apostolic, Barrow in Furness
- School Street, Catholic Apostolic, Barrow in Furness
- Allison St, Christian Fellowship, Barrow in Furness
- St Aidan, Middle Hill, Church of England, Barrow in Furness
- St Francis of Assisi, Schneider Road, Church of England, Barrow in Furness
- St George, Church St, Church of England, Barrow in Furness
- St James, Hindpool, Church of England, Barrow in Furness
- St John, Island Rd, Barrow Island, Church of England, Barrow in Furness
- St Luke, Roose Rd, Church of England, Barrow in Furness
- St Mark, Buccleuch St, Church of England, Barrow in Furness
- St Matthew, Harrogate St, Church of England, Barrow in Furness
- St Paul, Hawcoat Lane, Church of England, Newbarns
- St Perran, Rampside Road, Church of England, Roose
- Emmanuel, Dalton Rd, Community Church, Barrow in Furness
- Hindpool Road, Congregational, Barrow in Furness
- Emmanuel, Abbey Road/Ainslie St, Congregational, Barrow in Furness
- Abbey Road/Ainslie St, Jewish, Barrow in Furness
- Crellin St, Jewish, Barrow in Furness
- School St, Jewish, Barrow in Furness
- Abbey Rd, Latter Day Saints, Barrow in Furness
- Beacon Hill (Christ Church), HolyOake Ave, Methodist, Barrow in Furness
- Rampside Road, Methodist, Roose
- Christ Church, Abbey Rd, Methodist New Connexion, Barrow in Furness
- Trinity, School St, Presbyterian, Barrow in Furness
- Marsh St, Primitive Methodist, Barrow in Furness
- Bethel, Hartington St, Primitive Methodist, Barrow in Furness
- Ebenezer, Forshaw St, Primitive Methodist, Barrow in Furness
- Sacred Heart, Lumley Street, Roman Catholic, Barrow in Furness
- St Mary of Furness, Duke St, Roman Catholic, Barrow in Furness
- St Patrick, Michaelson Road, Barrow Island, Roman Catholic, Barrow in Furness
- Abbey Road, SalvationArmy, Barrow in Furness
- Storey Square/Allison St, United Methodist Free Church, Barrow in Furness
- Ramsden St, United Reformed, Barrow in Furness
- Paradise St, Welsh Presbyterian, Barrow in Furness
- Abbey Road, Wesleyan Methodist, Barrow in Furness
- Cliffe Lane, Hawcoat, Wesleyan Methodist, Barrow in Furness
- Greengate St, Wesleyan Methodist, Barrow in Furness
- Hindpool Road, Wesleyan Methodist, Barrow in Furness
- King's Hall, Hartington St, Wesleyan Methodist, Barrow in Furness
- Stonedyke Methodist Chapel, Leece Lane, Wesleyan Methodist, Roose
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In 1835 Barrow comprised just two wooden jetties, ten or a dozen cottages and two
public houses [Baines' History of Lancashire], but by 1882 had a population of 47,000.
Before it's rapid growth it was just part of the parish of
Dalton in Furness.
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The Workhouse site
has an interesting description of
Barrow
workhouse.
For probate purposes prior to 1858, Barrow in Furness
was in the Archdeaconry of Richmond, in the Diocese of Chester.
The original Lancashire wills for the Archdeaconry of Richmond are held at the
Lancashire Record Office.
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