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Barrow-in-Furness

British  

noun

  1. an industrial town in NW England, in S Cumbria. Pop: 47 194 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Myers, from Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, died in 2024 at the age of 66 from cancer.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

Myers met Dave, who was from Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, while he was filming in Romania for the first Hairy Bikers series.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

The Dock Museum in Barrow-in-Furness has announced it will rebrand to the Dave Museum for the show in June in honour of the chef and presenter who died of cancer last year.

From BBC • May 11, 2025

A "significant fire" has broken out at the BAE Systems nuclear submarine shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, police have said.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2024

Circular tank silos have not been extensively adopted in Great Britain, but a typical silo tank installation exists at the Walmsley & Smith flour mills which stand beside the Devonshire dock at Barrow-in-Furness.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various

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