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A History of the County of Lancaster
… Isle of Walney as a breakwater to protect the harbour of Barrow from the storms of the Irish Sea. This long island … 78 ft.; it serves as a pleasure resort for the people of Barrow, the beach facilitating sea-bathing. The James Dunn … south-east end, is a lighthouse, built in 1790. Opposite Barrow is Vickerstown, a model town constructed by the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the former chain rises to 803 ft. above the sea at Latter Barrow to the north and to 745 ft. at Great Greenhows to the … for the harbour, at the head of which the town of Barrow has sprung into existence within the last sixty years; … Haume), 'Soler,' Newton, Fermerbouth, Cocken, Sandscale, Barrow, Roose, Crivelton, Salthouse, Rampside, Walney and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… locks. There is a ring of six bells by James Harrison of Barrow, Lincolnshire, 1765. 31 The plate consists of a … 'The third place I take in the swing. James Harrison, of Barrow in Lincolnshire, Bell Founder, 1765.' (4) 'Pray mind … of Glenalla, Donegal, 1872, first vicar of St. Luke's, Barrow, 1878. Rentals and Surv. portf. 9, no. 73. These …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of their estates legally liable to sequestration 4: John Barrow of Weeton, 4 a year; Sir Cuthbert Clifton of Westby, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… M.A. 279 George Toulson d. A. Wildbore 6 Sept. 1660 Hugh Barrow, M.A. 280 The king d. A. Wildbore 10 Dec. 1672 Edmund Garforth, M.A. 281 George Toulson d. H. Barrow 19 June 1682 Seth Bushell, D.D. 282 " d. E. Garforth … being ignored; Pat. 12 Chas. II, pt. ii, no. 133. Hugh Barrow was educated at Brasenose Coll., Oxf.; M.A. 1642; …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… ft. above sea level. In the valley a reservoir for the Barrow Waterworks was formed in 1879. There is another … and no doubt belonging to the church, is now in the Barrow-in-Furness Museum. 41 There are two bells, one of … church. Hubal the mason wrought' (p. 378). See also Proc. Barrow Nat. Field Club, xvii, 214. Trans. Cumb. and Westmld. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Cross, 60; Nicholas Fazakerley, 50; Dr. Roper, 40; Robert Barrow 17 2 s. 4 d.; a company of comedians, 12 9 s. This … The interest is distributed by the vicar of Farnworth. At Barrow Green in Widnes was Knight's house, the rents of which …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in the charities for the poor founded by the Rev. Thomas Barrow Pooley of Thornton in 1847 16 and by Edward Yeats of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… half-century the opening of the railway and the rise of Barrow have prevented further growth, though the town retains … 1558. He translated Eusebius and Philo into Latin. 7 John Barrow, born in a cottage at Dragley Beck in 1764, and … record of charity,' given at great length, and to Sir John Barrow, bart. (d. 1848). There is a ring of six bells by …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… members. One of the principal roads leads north-west from Barrow towards Ulverston, passing to the east of the village; … inner ones now are'; ibid. 195. See Furness Lore (Trans. Barrow Naturalists' Field Club, iii, 1900), 1057. 'A …