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  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  Barrow	Lancashire	Barrow (Lancashire). See BARROW IN FURNESS.	Bartholomew
  Barrow in Furness	Lancashire	Barrow in Furness , parliamentary and municipal Borough, township, and manufacturing and seaport town. Dalton par., N. Lancashire, at the extremity	Bartholomew
  BARROW, or Barrow-in-Furness	Lancashire	BARROW , or Barrow-in-Furness, a seaport town and two chapelries in Dalton-in-Furness parish, Lancashire. The town stands	Imperial
  CARLISLE	Cumberland	CARLISLE , a city and a district in Cumberland; and a diocese in Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire The city stands on	Imperial
  Dalton-in-Furness	Lancashire	Barrow-in-Furness. Dalton-in-Furness has extensive ironworks, and a considerable trade in malting. A canal of 3½ m. communicates	Bartholomew
  DALTON-IN-FURNESS	Lancashire	Furness, to guard the northern approach to the abbey. The church stands near the tower, and was rebuilt in 1825. Markets are held on Saturdays; and fairs on 6 June and 23 Oct. A hunt, called the "Dalton Rout" in the "Tatler, " was established here in 1703; but has gone into disuse. Romney, the painter, was a native. Pop., 2, 812. Houses, 538. The parish includes also the townships of Hawcoat and Yarlside, the chapelries of Ireleth and Rampside, the hamlet of Biggar, and the islands of Peel, Barrow	Imperial
  FURNESS	Lancashire	Furness railway was originally a line from Barrow and Peel Pier to Dalton and Kirkby mines, mainly for the conveyance	Imperial
  Glasgow	Lanarkshire Renfrewshire	Glasgow, the commercial and manufacturing capital of Scotland, and, in point of wealth, population, and importance, the second city of	Groome
  LANCASHIRE	Lancashire	Furness, with a branch to Barrow, and with continuation toward Whitehaven. Other lines also connect some of these; still others	Imperial
  Lancashire, or Lancaster	Lancashire	Furness. Lancashire is intersected by an intricate network of canals and railways. Its immense cotton mfrs. have a world-wide fame, while other textile fabrics are largely produced. Its mfrs. of machinery of all descriptions are also extensive. Lancashire comprises 6 hundreds, 453 pars., the parl. And mun. bors. of Barrow	Bartholomew
  LONDON	London London	LONDON , the metropolis of England. The centre of it is London city or London proper; the centre of that is	Imperial
  Maryport	Cumberland	Barrow-in-Furness. (For shipping statistics, see Appendix.) Shipbuilding is carried on to a small extent, and the other industries	Bartholomew
  Piel	Lancashire	Furness par., N. Lancashire, at 8. extremity of Furness Peninsula, 5 miles SE. of Barrow in Furness, and connected with	Bartholomew
  Roose	Lancashire	Dalton in Furness par., N. Lancashire, 7½ miles SW. of Ulverston, and in E. vicinity of Barrow in Furness; P.O.	Bartholomew
  ROOSE	Lancashire	Dalton-in-Furness parish, Lancashire; on the Barrow railway, 3 miles S of Dalton. It has a station on the railway .	Imperial
  Ulverston	Lancashire	Furness dist., N. Lancashire, near the influx of the Leven to Morecambe Bay, 8½ miles NE. of Barrow in Furness	Bartholomew
  ULVERSTON	Lancashire	Furness railway, near the influx of the river Leven to Morecambe bay, 5 miles NE of Dalton-in-Furness; belonged to the Saxon magnate Ulph or Ulpha; was given, by King Stephen, to Furness abbey; superseded Dalton, after the dissolution of monasteries, as practically the capital of Furness; is now a seat of petty sessions and county courts, and a polling place; publishes two weekly newspapers; carries on brewing, iron-founding, the manufacture of linens, checks, ginghams, and wood-hoops, and a considerable coasting trade; presents a modern, well built, cleanly appearance, with streets branching from a market place	Imperial
  WALNEY	Lancashire	Furness parish, Lancashire. The island is separated from Lower Furness by a narrow strait; adjoins, in its central part, the harbour and town of Barrow	Imperial
  Walney, Isle of	Lancashire	Furness par., N. Lancashire, adjacent to Barrow in Furness, pop. 529; P.O.; is separated from Lower Furness by a narrow	Bartholomew

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