Barrow Collection

Waylands Smithy K040655
WAYLANDs SMITHY, Oxfordshire. The line of sarsen stones flanking the entrance chamber of the long barrow

Holker Street Stadium - Barrow AFC
Holker Street, also known as the Progression Solicitors Stadium for sponsorship purposes, is a sports stadium located in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England

Uffington White Horse, Oxfordshire, UK
The Uffington White Horse is a highly stylised prehistoric hill figure, 110 m long, formed from deep trenches filled with crushed white chalk

Waylands Smithy CC97_02141
WAYLANDS SMITHY, Ashbury, Oxfordshire. The neolithic chambered long barrow, taken from the west, with a lady and gentleman sitting on the stones by the entrance

Walney Bridge - 1909
Walney Bridge which connects Barrow-in-Furness to Walney Island

Whites Castle and River Barrow, Athy, Co Kildare
Whites Castle and River Barrow, Athy, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland by J. Hinde

BONNIE AND CLYDE, 1933. American criminal Bonnie Parker (1911-1934) playing at holding up her partner, Clyde Barrow (1909-1934). Photographed in 1933

West Kennet Long Barrow K910277
WEST KENNET LONG BARROW, Wiltshire. Stones at the entrance

Horse drawn vehicles and barrows in Borough High Street, London, 1904
Horse drawn vehicles, barrows and shop fronts, 309-317 Borough High Street, London, 1904. Men and boys wait with barrows and horse-drawn carts

Market Place, Romford, London, England. Date: circa 1904

Barrow-in-Furness - Coppernob
Barrow-in-Furness Railway Station. From 1907-1941 the famous Furness Railway steam locomotive " Coppernob" was preserved in a special glass case outside the station

West Kennet Long Barrow N072012
WEST KENNET LONG BARROW, Avebury, Wiltshire. Aerial view

Stonehenge and The Avenue N070631
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Oblique aerial view including Stonehenge and The Avenue

Bronze Age barrow types J050104
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Reconstruction drawing by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team) showing Bronze Age barrow types

Winterbourne Stoke Barrows N930001
WINTERBOURNE STOKE BARROWS, Wiltshire. Aerial view of the Winterbourne Stoke cemetery showing Bronze Age round barrows with the Neolithic Long Barrow top right, next to the roundabout

Duke of Edinburgh presenting trophy at Rugby League final
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh presenting the trophy to the captain of Barrow after they had defeated Workington Town in the 1955 rugby league cup final. Date: 1953

Devonshire Dock - Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria Date: circa 1910s

Penny-Ice Man / Crane
The ice cream man sells penny licks to the children gathered around his cart

Cat Stealing Herrings
A naughty cat stealing fresh Margate herrings off a barrow!

Champion Basket Carrier
A champion basket carrier steals the show at Covent Garden Market, London

Gokstad Ship, 1880
A Norwegian Viking ship excavated at Gokstad

Ladle Hill hillfort 33408_008
Unfinished Early Iron Age univallate hillfort earthwork situated on Ladle Hill, Hampshire, 2017

Turf Cutting, Co. Fermanagh - a view of six men working at a turf face in a bog, one is using a turf barrow. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Fermanagh). Date: circa early 1900s

Brickmaker (engraving)
2801950 Brickmaker (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Brickmaker)

Richard Cadbury of Cadburys chocolate company
Richard Barrow Cadbury (1835-1899), second son of John Cadbury, founder of Cadburys chocolate company. circa 1890s

Bigger Bank, Walney Island, Cumbria
Bigger Bank, Walney Island, near Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. Showing the Pavilion Date: 1903

Messrs Vickers Iron Foundry - Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. Date: circa 1910s

Normanton Down N120066
STONEHENGE AREA, Wiltshire. Aerial view of Normanton Down Barrow Cemetery / Bush Barrow

Belas Knapp Long Barrow N071890
BELAS KNAPP LONG BARROW, Gloucestershire. Aerial view

West Kennet Long Barrow from the air K040320
WEST KENNET LONG BARROW, Avebury, Wiltshire. Aerial view of the site looking West. Part of the Avebury World Heritage Site

Stonehenge from the air K040312
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Aerial view of the site showing roads looking east

Japanese pre-dreadnought battleship Mikasa - built in the UK
The Mikasa - a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1890s, and was the only ship of her class

Alfriston - Gebruary 1948
View of the old part of Alfriston showing the Market Square with the Market Inn: Ye Olde Smugglers Inne advertising Star Brewery Beers and Wines, H Wilsons Shop

Albert Square, Manchester, 1910 (oil on jute)
MAN89199 Albert Square, Manchester, 1910 (oil on jute) by Valette, Adolphe (1876-1942); 152x114 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK; (add.info.: by Adolphe Valette); © Manchester Art Gallery

Railway Station - Depot, Barrow Hill, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Britain. Date: 1965

Launch of the Vickers Airship R80 at Barrow, Walney Isla?
Launch of the Vickers Airship R80 at Barrow, Walney Island, UK with a Man Standing on Top of the Roof

Furness Abbey, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
View of the ruins of Furness Abbey (Cistercian), Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. Date: 1882

Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, SW London - showing part of Horace Walpoles villa in Gothic Revival style. circa 1800

New bridge over the River Barrow, New Ross, County Wexford, Republic of Ireland

Soho, London - 52-53 Broadwick Street W1 - man pulling a barrow. 1973

High tide at Southport, Merseyside - Ice Cream seller
High tide at Southport, Merseyside. An ice cream seller in the foreground doesn t appear to be doing the swiftest business, possible due to the temperature

An Irish peasant girl sits astride a wooden barrow bearing a small load of Peat sods in the farmyard Date: 1907

Airship R9 returning to landing party at the conclusion of flight. Naval Air Station, Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness. 27 November 1916. Date: 1916

Garden tools used by the Royal children. 3 Swiss Cottage, Osborne

Musical Terms Up To Date - Running Down the Scales An altercation between a market barrow boy and a irate smart lady shopper regarding the setting (and accuracy)

Punch & Judy Show before the National Portrait Gallery
Children (mostly working boys) watching a Punch & Judy Show before the National Portrait Gallery, London. There is a statue of the famous actor Sir Henry Irving in the background. Date: circa 1910s

Racing Greyhound pups in a barrow
A wheelbarrow filled with racing greyhound pups at the G.R.A. Staffordshire breeding ground, prior to transfer to the kennels at Northaw, Middlesex

Dolmen of Bagneux
The Dolmen of Bagneux, near Saumur. A massive megalith of neolithic origin, comprising of eight upright slabs in two rows, covered by three immense horizontal slabs

Views of Golden Lane, London 1872
Views of Golden Lane, near Smithfield Market, in London, 1872

Dunbrody Emigrant Ship, New Ross, Co Wexford, Ireland

Traffic At Holborn
A mix of horse drawn and motorised traffic at the junction between Holborn and Kingsway, London. The new Underground station is on the corner. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Children in a London slum (b / w photo)
XJF142415 Children in a London slum (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Seaside Weather Forecasts - Strong smelling Fish
Seaside Weather Forecasts - Very Fresh - Strong Wind Blowing Some rather strong-smelling Fish causes a group of beachgoers to be blown-away by the asault of the pungent aroma encountered!

Market Reports Illustrated - Unexpected fruit supply cleared
Market Reports Illustrated - Fruit, an unexpected supply was rapidly cleared! A fallen basket of apples is swiftly cleared up by lucky pedestrians! Date: circa 1905

Dog and Dogs Meat Man
The dog s-meat man is confronted by a demanding client ! Date: 1835

Bakers Man with Dogs

Victoria Park Hotel c.1930s. app_22790_157
Victoria Park Hotel and environs, Barrow-in-Furness, c.1930s. Aerial view, photographed by Arthur William Hobart. Air Pictures Portleven Collection

Iron Ore Mines app_22790_151
Hodbarrow Iron Ore Mines, Millom, c.1930s. Aerial view, photographed by Arthur William Hobart. Air Pictures Portleven Collection

Annie Lowther Pit app_22790_150
The new Annie Lowther Pit and environs at Hodbarrow Iron Ore Mines, Millom, c.1930s. Aerial view, photographed by Arthur William Hobart. Air Pictures Portleven Collection

Annie Lowther Pit app_22790_149
The new Annie Lowther Pit and environs at Hodbarrow Iron Ore Mines, Millom, c.1930s. Aerial view, photographed by Arthur William Hobart. Air Pictures Portleven Collection

Electricity Works app_22790_158
Barrow Corporation Electricity Works and environs, Barrow-in-Furness, c.1930s. Aerial view, photographed by Arthur William Hobart. Air Pictures Portleven Collection

Young girl with her baby sister in a small wheelbarrow - A Merry Christmas card. Date: circa 1908

A portable ice-cream barrow had been turned into a soup tureen in the fast approaching winter months.The association in Hammersmith, London supplied hot soup and bread for a penny a head. Date: 1905

A costermonger sells cabbages from his cart in London. Date: 1888

The Expulsion, mid-19th century. Creator: Charles Corneille Auguste de Groux
The Expulsion, mid-19th century. Family being evicted

Lorraine Barrow at the wheel of a De Dietrich, Paris to Madrid Race, 1903

Scene in The Strand, London - fruit seller with barrow, horse omnibuses and view toward St Mary Le Strand Church. Date: circa 1907

Chinese porter carrying goods in a wheelbarrow, 18th century. The wheelbarrow has a sail at the front to catch the wind. Porteur avec sa brouette a voile

Gingerbread seller in front of the Pantheon, London, 1805. In bowler hat, coat and waistcoat, selling flat cakes of hot spiced gingerbread from a barrow

Greenpea seller in front of Newgate Prison, London, 1805. Vegetable seller with barrow of Green Hastens peas. In front of the window to the Keeper's house, Newgate Prison, Ludgate Hill

Methods of transport in China, Qing dynasty, 1800s

Le Boulevard Aiguillon - Antibes, South of France Date: circa 1910

The battleship H.M.S. Dominion, christened by the Duchess of Argyll at Vickers, Sons and Maxim's at Barrow. Date: 25th August 1903

Men, women and children wearing costume of the 1815 Napoleonic period at the Lichfield Pageant, Staffordshire, England: Coffin Barrow and Townswomen. Date: early 1800s (re-enactment)

Barrow and well in front of a hut. Zapoteca Civilization
DGA536831 Barrow and well in front of a hut. Zapoteca Civilization.; (add.info.: Barrow and well in front of a hut. Zapoteca Civilization)

BAE Systems building, Michaelson Road, Barrow-in-Furness
A woman walks beneath the big windows of BAE Systems building, Michaelson Road, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. She casts a shadow on the wall Date: 2012

Hundingsbane Returns to Valhalla
Hundingsbane is a hero in norse mythology. One day, he is on his longship and visited by a Valkyrie named Sigrun. Hundingsbane falls in love

Priddy Nine Barrows 33078_027
Priddy Nine Barrows Cemetery, Somerset, 2016

Haisthorpe Moor 34032_019
Haisthorpe Moor, East Riding of Yorkshire, 2018. Iron Age square barrow cemetery crop mark

Haisthorpe Moor 34032_007
Haisthorpe Moor, East Riding of Yorkshire, 2018. Iron Age square barrow cemetery crop mark

Pocklington excavations 28696_014
Barmby Lane, Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire. Soilmarks of a square barrow cemetery revealed during excavation prior to housing development, April 2015. SE8048

Zu Besuch in Lloret de Mar
Zwei Frauen sitzen auf einem Gitterkarren, der von einem weißen Maultier mit Scheuklappen gezogen wird, im HIntergrund erhebt sich die Kapelle Ermita de les Alegries hinter Mittelmeerzypressen

Mitropa
Mitarbeiter der Mitropa beim Verladen von Wäschesäcken, Deutschland 1930er Jahre. Mitropa staff members loading sacks of laundry, Germany 1930s

Zigarettenfabrik Kyriazi Hamburg
Ein Mitarbeiter holt mit der Sackkarre Tabak Feinschnitt an einem Häcksler der Zigarettenfabrik Kyriazi in Hamburg, Deutschland 1930er Jahre

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"Exploring the Rich History of Barrow: From Ancient Burial Mounds to Modern Football" Nestled in Oxfordshire, UK, the Uffington White Horse overlooks the picturesque town of Barrow, a place steeped in history. Holker Street Stadium stands proudly as the home ground AFC, a symbol of community spirit and passion for football. Waylands Smithy K040655 takes us back to ancient times, where this Neolithic long barrow offers intriguing insights into our ancestors' rituals. Delving deeper into prehistoric Britain, Bronze Age barrows J050104 reveal different burial customs and cultural practices. Market Place in Romford showcases how Barrow's influence extends beyond its borders, connecting London with this vibrant town in England. The iconic Walney Bridge built-in 1909 serves as a gateway to Barrow-in-Furness—a town known for its industrial heritage and stunning coastal views. Coppernob is an endearing nickname given to Barrow-in-Furness due to its historical association with copper mining and production. Discovering another glimpse into ancient life at Waylands Smithy CC97_02141 unravels more mysteries surrounding these enigmatic structures. West Kennet Long Barrow K910277 invites visitors on an archaeological journey through time—an awe-inspiring testament to human ingenuity from thousands of years ago. Devonshire Dock in Cumbria showcases how modern-day industry has shaped the landscape of present-day Barrow-in-Furness while honoring its maritime roots. Standing tall amidst rolling hillsides, West Kennet Long Barrow N072012 captivates with its mystical aura—whispering tales from forgotten eras.