Photographs of Barrow in Furness, a town with a rich industrial heritage sited between the stunning coastline of the Furness Peninsula and the Lake District National Park.
Rampside and Roa Island - Dalton in Furness - Askam and Roanhead
Furness Abbey, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria.
Furness Abbey was founded by Count Stephen of Boulogne c.1125 and became one of the richest Cistercian monasteries in England. The monks of Furness built a harbour on Walney Island to promote trade and a castle at Piel for protection.
Photo taken from a public road.
Mill Beck, the water source for the 12th century Furness Abbey at Barrow in Furness, Cumbria.
Furness Abbey at Barrow in Furness, Cumbria.
The Infirmary (in the foreground) was added in the 14th century. The Infirmary Chapel still has its vaulted ceiling intact.
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A view along the Nave to the West Tower from the The Crosssing between the North and South Trancepts of Furness Abbey, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria.
The ribbed vaulted ceiling of the Infirmary Chapel at Furness Abbey, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria.
The Millom poet, Norman Nicholson, described the ceiling as "ribbed and curving like a bat's wings".
This quaint little hut with chimney was the old ticket office for Furness Abbey at Barrow in Furness, Cumbria.
Bow Bridge, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria.
This narrow 15th century bridge spanning Mill Beck carried an old packhorse route to nearby Furness Abbey.
The coutyard of the 1886 Gothic Revival style Town Hall at Barrow in Furness, Cumbria.
The 1885 bronze statue of Lord Frederick Cavendish by Albert Bruce Joy beside the town hall, of Barrow in Furness, Cumbria.
The Henry Scneider statue of 1891, standing in Schneider Square, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria.
In 1859 Henry Schneider and Ramsden formed the Barrow Haematite Steel Company. This was the world’s largest Bessemer process steelworks.
Image digitally enlarged.
The 1872 statue of Sir James Ramsden by sculptor, Matthew Noble in Ramsden Square, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria.
The 1869 Church of St James with the 45.7 m (150 ft) spire at Barrow in Furness, Cumbria.
Devonshire Dock Hall, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria.
This huge building towering over a Victorian terrace provides an enclosed space in which to build submarines. At 51m in height it is the tallest building in Cumbria and was built in 1986 on land created by filling in part of Devonshire Dock with 2.4 million tons of sand.
Devonshire Dock, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria.
The dock was built in 1867 and Devonshire Dock Hall, the largest covered ship building hall in Europe, in 1986.
High Level Bridge, Buccleuch Dock and the entertainment ship, Princess Selendia at Barrow in Furness, Cumbria Photo taken in 2011.
Buccleuch dock was built in 1872.
"The Spirit of Barrow", a 2005 public sculpture by Christopher Kelly on Portland Walk, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria..
This bronze sculpture represents Barrow's shipyard workers from the 1920s to present day.
The Dock Museum, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria.
Opened in 1994, this unique museum built over part of a Victorian graving dock (dry dock) brings the fascinating industrial and social history of Barrow to life.
The Dock Museum, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria.
A unique and fascinating nautical museum built within a Victorian graving dock. Beyond the museum are the huge buidlings of the shipworks.
Fishing boats moored beside the quay at low tide, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria.
The Channelside Walk, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria.
The Channelside Walk follows the Walney Channel and over the reclaimed slagbanks from the former Iron Works. Black Combe rises in the distance.
A view over the Walney Channel towards Black Coombe from the Channelside walkway to The Slag Bank from Barrow in Furness, Cumbria.
A view over the Walney Channel towards Black Coombe from the Channelside walkway to The Slagbank at Barrow in Furness, Cumbria.
The Slagbank was created from waste products from the Ironworks (1859-1963). The gorse bushes lining the footpath. are resplendent in the springtime.
The Channelside memorial sculpture to Jimmy Freel, a WW11 Charioteer who was Barrow's most decorated war hero.