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Protected by the enclosing reef of Walney Island, Barrow flourished as a major shipbuilding centre in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

The rural nature of this scene is emphasised by the cart just visible inside the barn, and the boy with his barrow about to cross the road.

Michael Palladino used to go round the town with his ice-cream barrow and charged a penny for a wafer and just a halfpenny for a cup.

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

Running north to south with closely built houses of all ages, the High Street of this quaintly composed village is set in a large parish rich in vernacular architecture, ancient burial barrows

This is still a distinct village, with lanes winding uphill, although the wall on the right has now been replaced by a 1970s close, Titan Barrow, the name perpetuating a house of 1748 by Wood the Elder

Built in 1899 for the General Steam Navigation Co, the paddler was purchased by the Furness Railway in 1907 and entered service on the Barrow- Fleetwood run in April 1908.

On the downlands close by are a considerable number of prehistoric barrows - burial grounds of some of the earliest inhabitants.

It was built to bring iron ore to the deep-water harbour here before Barrow Docks were built. The yachts are on the site of the terminus.

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

The High Level Bridge spans part of the dock area; it links Barrow Island, which was a separate island, with the mainland.

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

The young man holding the wheelbarrow worked for a local grocer and used the barrow for delivering goods, or, as can be seen here, for giving a local youngster a jaunt.

Barrow-in-Furness street lighting was provided by gas light in the 19th century, and many of these gas lights continued in use into the middle of the 20th century.

Here, trams are passing at the Barrow Island end of High Level Bridge on Michaelson Avenue. The upper decks are open to the elements.

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.

The road off to the left leads to the very ancient village of Woodnesborough ('Woden's barrow'), said to be where the Scandinavian god Woden was buried.

The church tower presides over the east end of Fore Street, where two prams and a barrow are the only wheeled traffic on a sunny day.

Piel is one of three islands off the coast at Barrow, and is crowned by the ruined remains of 14th-century Piel Castle, which boasts the largest medieval keep in the north-west of England.

Nearby is one of the smallest Neolithic long barrows in Sussex. In the picture the Stores has a sign offering 'Morning coffee and light refreshments, Teas'. There is still a very good tea garden here.

Templand is the farm to the upper right in this view, which was taken from Wart Barrow. Lane End is the crossroads in the centre of the picture.

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.

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.

Two cars are on the road to the right, part of the main road to Barrow-in-Furness.