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Barrow-in-Furness is a port town and civil parish (as just "Barrow") in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire , it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1867 and merged with Dalton-in-Furness Urban District in 1974 to form the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness .
English: Map of the former Borough of Barrow-in-Furness, in Cumbria, England, in 2021. The borough was abolished on 1 April 2023. The borough was abolished on 1 April 2023. Geographic limits:
Map of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, UK with electoral wards shown. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 170% Geographic limits:
This image is a derivative work of the following images: File:Cumbria UK district map (blank).svg licensed with Cc-by-sa-3.0 . 2010-08-22T08:05:20Z Nilfanion 1140x1345 (1260695 Bytes) +inset, water colour tweak
The Furness Peninsula, also known as Low Furness, is an area of villages, agricultural land and low-lying moorland, with the industrial town of Barrow-in-Furness at its head. The peninsula is bordered by the estuaries of the River Duddon to the west and the River Leven in Morecambe Bay to the east.
Central Barrow refers both to the town centre of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England and to the former electoral ward that roughly covers the eastern part of that town centre. In 2001 5,584 ( ranking 5th out of 13 ) lived in the Central ward . [ 1 ]
Vickerstown is an area of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, covered by the wards of Walney North and Walney South. It is an example of a model village built for workers by a company needing to expand, having been constructed in the early 20th century by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering .
Barrow Island is an area and former electoral ward of Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. Originally separate from the British mainland, land reclamation in the 1860s saw the northern fringes of the island connected to Central Barrow .