Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Barrow-in-Furness> ?p ?o }
- Barrow-in-Furness abstract "Barrow-in-Furness (/ˈbæroʊ ɪn ˈfɜːrnəs/; commonly known as Barrow; Barra in the local dialect) is a town and seaport in the county of Cumbria, England. Historically part of Lancashire it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1867 and merged with adjacent districts in 1974 to form the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness. Situated at the tip of the Furness peninsula close to the Lake District it is bordered by Morecambe Bay, the Duddon Estuary and the Irish Sea. In 2011 Barrow's population stood at around 57,000, while 69,000 lived in the wider borough making it the second largest urban area in Cumbria after Carlisle. Natives of Barrow as well as the local dialect are known as Barrovian.In the Middle Ages, Barrow was a small hamlet with Furness Abbey, on the outskirts of the modern-day town, controlling the local economy before its dissolution in 1537. The iron prospector Henry Schneider arrived in Furness in 1839 and, with other investors, opened the Furness Railway in 1846 to transport iron ore and slate from local mines to the coast. Further hematite deposits were discovered, of sufficient size to develop factories for smelting and exporting steel. By the late 19th century, the Barrow Hematite Steel Company-owned steelworks was the world's largest.Barrow's location and the availability of steel allowed the town to develop into a significant producer of naval vessels, a shift that was accelerated during World War I and the local yard's specialisation in submarines. The original iron- and steel-making enterprises closed down after World War II, leaving Vickers shipyard as Barrow's main industry and employer. Several Royal Navy flagships, the vast majority of its nuclear submarines as well as numerous ocean liners and oil tankers were manufactured at the facility.The end of the Cold War and subsequent decrease in military spending saw high unemployment in the town through lack of contracts; despite this, the BAE Systems shipyard remains operational as the UK's largest by workforce and has major future expansion plans associated with the Successor-class submarine programme. Today Barrow is a hub for energy generation and handling. Several wind farms located off the coast of the town form one of the highest concentrations of turbines in the world.".
- Barrow-in-Furness areaCode "01229".
- Barrow-in-Furness country Cumbria.
- Barrow-in-Furness country United_Kingdom.
- Barrow-in-Furness distanceToLondon "357274.368".
- Barrow-in-Furness district Borough_of_Barrow-in-Furness.
- Barrow-in-Furness gridReference "SD198690".
- Barrow-in-Furness populationTotal "56745".
- Barrow-in-Furness postalCode "LA13, LA14".
- Barrow-in-Furness region North_West_England.
- Barrow-in-Furness thumbnail Barrow_montage2.jpg?width=300.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageID "353068".
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageLength "139477".
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageOutDegree "730".
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageRevisionID "707802555".
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink 107.3_Abbey_FM.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink 2002_Barrow-in-Furness_legionellosis_outbreak.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink 2004_Morecambe_Bay_cockling_disaster.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink A-level.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink A590_road.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink A595_road.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Abbey_House,_Barrow-in-Furness.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Abbey_Road,_Barrow-in-Furness.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Abbots_Wood,_Cumbria.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Ade_Gardner.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Aim_(musician).
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Aircraft_carrier.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Airship.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Airship_hangar.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Albion-class_landing_platform_dock.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Alfred_McAlpine.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink American_football.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Anglesey.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Ardrossan.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Aristocracy_(class).
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Art_Deco.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Ashkenazi_Jews.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Asian_people.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Askam_and_Ireleth.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Associated_British_Ports.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink BAE_Systems.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink BAE_Systems_Land_&_Armaments.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink BAE_Systems_Marine.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink BAE_Systems_Maritime_–_Naval_Ships.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink BAE_Systems_Maritime_–_Submarines.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink BBC_Radio_Cumbria.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Bachelors_degree.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Barrovian.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Barrow-in-Furness_Borough_Council_election,_2011.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Barrow-in-Furness_Central_Fire_Station.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Barrow-in-Furness_Main_Public_Library.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Barrow-in-Furness_Sixth_Form_College.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Barrow-in-Furness_Strand_railway_station.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Barrow-in-Furness_Town_Hall.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Barrow-in-Furness_Tramways_Company.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Barrow-in-Furness_railway_station.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Walney_Island_Airport.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Barrow_&_District_League.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Barrow_A.F.C..
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Barrow_Blitz.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Barrow_Bombers.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Barrow_Hematite_Steel_Company.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Barrow_Island,_Barrow-in-Furness.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Barrow_Jute_Works.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Barrow_Offshore_Wind_Farm.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Barrow_Park.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Barrow_Raiders.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Barrow_and_Furness_(UK_Parliament_constituency).
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Bascule_bridge.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Battlement.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Belfast.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Biggar,_Cumbria.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Binge_drinking.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Birkenhead.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Black_British.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Blackpool.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Blast_furnace.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Blue-collar_worker.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Blue_Peter.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Bolton.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Bookmaker.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Borough_of_Barrow-in-Furness.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Bournville.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Bowling.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Bowness-on-Windermere.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink British_Academy_Television_Awards_2007.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink British_American_Football_Association.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink British_Arabs.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink British_Army.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink British_Chinese.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink British_Indian.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink British_Nuclear_Fuels_Ltd.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Buccleuch_Dock.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Buddhism.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Byzantine_architecture.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink CN_Group.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Cammell_Laird.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Career_of_Evil.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Carlisle,_Cumbria.
- Barrow-in-Furness wikiPageWikiLink Carlisle_RLFC.