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The Hindpool Estate appears on an 1843 Ordnance Survey map of what was then the village of Barrow within the parish of Dalton-in-Furness.Hindpool was at the forefront of Barrow's growth during the late 19th and early 20th century with numerous industries located within the area, most notably the Iron and Steelworks.
The four-storey Italianate style building stands on the corner of Abbey Road and Hindpool Road. The Custom House was granted Grade II listed building status in 1976 when it was a social club. [ 1 ] It has since been converted to contain a number of restaurants and leisure facilities, including LazerZone
The Jute Works itself was designed by architects Paley and Austin and occupied over 12-acres with a 580 feet (177 m) facade on Hindpool Road and 360 feet (110 m) along Abbey Road. [1] [3] The mill was served by its own railway station on a branch of the Furness Railway which connected it to the town's docks, steelworks and cornmill. [3]
Having been constructed between 1937 and 1938 on the site of the demolished Jute Works it is the newest listed structure in the town, [1] despite this it was drastically altered in 2004 when the entire interior was demolished to accommodate new retail units leaving only the Abbey Road and Hindpool Road facades.
Previously the town was policed by Barrow-in-Furness Borough Police. Barrow previously had one full-time police station in Market Street in the Central ward. A new multi-million pound building was built on James Freel Close on Channelside in Hindpool and is the town's only police station, with extra jail cells and improved facilities. Several ...
Hindpool Retail Park is the only one of the four retail parks to have increased its number of units since opening. Next and the former Brantano were built in 2005 on the site of a former women's institute that straddled the retail park, while a smaller building was constructed within the park itself in 2015 to house Costa Coffee and Subway .
Abbey Road's name derives from Furness Abbey, a former Cistercian monastery along the route of the road. Beginning at Market Street, in the centre of Dalton-in-Furness, the road runs 3.7 miles (6.0 km) south and terminates at Hindpool Road, close to the centre of Barrow where the A590 and A5087 merge. Abbey Road predates Barrow itself although ...
Target dossier of Barrow-in-Furness, German Luftwaffe July 1941 Damage caused by bombing during 1941 on Newland Street looking towards Hindpool Road. Barrow Town Hall narrowly avoided major damage during the 1941 spell of bombings. Barrow was one of the most successful shipbuilding centres in Europe, the main reason it became a target.