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Dronfield parish once consisted of the townships of Dronfield, Dore, Coal Aston, Holmesfield, Unstone, Little Barlow and Totley.

In this picture, Anton Mill, some distance down-river beside Barlows Lane, can be compared with the Town Mill.

Nearby is Angel Yard; Barlow Road broke through here some years later.

The 'Belmont' (centre left) is the butty to the 'Stanton' (next to it), belonging originally to Barlows.

Across the road James Barlow, 'family grocer and provision merchant,' had the biggest food shop in the town; from the open doorway an appetising smell of ground coffee drifted into the street.

When Samuel died, he left £2.5 million, and the bank passed to his son Sir William Cunliffe Brooks, who lived at Barlow Hall, Chorlton, and was MP for Altrincham.

Barrow-in-Furness sprang from a tiny hamlet in the 19th century to become the world's largest producer of iron and steel, and a major force in the world of shipbuilding.

Here we see the statue of Sir James Ramsden, the first mayor of Barrow-in-Furness.

The public opening was on 30 June 1908, and the mayoress of Barrow, Mrs T F Butler, performed the ceremony.

Following the First World War, many changes took place once again around Britain, and in Barrow and Furness in particular.

Templand is the farm to the upper right in this view, which was taken from Wart Barrow.

Carlisle and Sons' delivery van waits at the level crossing near Silecroft Station on the west coast route between Barrow and Workington, which opened to traffic in 1848.

To the left is Wart Barrow Lane, whilst the road to the right is Green Lane, which leads towards Boarbank Hall.

It is possible that bodies were left here on funerary platforms - in the watchful presence of priests - to decompose, before a skeletal burial was carried out later in one of the many long barrows that

It belongs to the Neolithic period, and is a fine example of a long barrow.

It belongs to the Neolithic period, and is a fine example of a long barrow.

There is a fine Neolithic long barrow on Telegraph Hill, which is 534 feet high.

Other street names were taken from ships that had been built at Vickers shipyard in Barrow.

It was also possible to sail to Douglas from Barrow, Silloth, Whitehaven and Glasgow.

Long Row leads westwards uphill into Chapel Bar, now truncated by the Maid Marian Way roundabout junction with Derby Road.

Displays of various kinds decorate the entrance hall; these may include photos of Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, who made numerous visits to Barrow to launch ships from