Timeline of Barrow-in-Furness

The following is a timeline of the history of Barrow-in-Furness, England, United Kingdom.

Prior to 19th century

1086 - The Doomesday Book records settlements in Hietun, Rosse and Hougenai (now Hawcoat, Roose and Walney)
1123 - Furness Abbey is established
1190 - Barrow Island from which Barrow takes its name is first recorded as being named Barrai
1327 - The current Piel Castle is completed
1537 - Furness Abbey is destroyed in the English Reformation

19th century

Walney Lighthouse superseded the port and new town of Barrow upon completion in 1804

Statue of Henry Schneider, a founder of the new town of Barrow

The Barrow Jute Works opened in 1870 and employed upwards of 2,000 women

Barrow Town Hall was completed in 1887

1801 - Population of village of Barrow stood at 1,958 during 1801 UK Census
1804 - Walney Lighthouse is completed
1839 - Henry Schneider arrives to exploit local iron ore
1846
- Furness Railway is opened
- Roa Island causeway is completed
1850 - Expansive haematite deposits are discovered in the area
1852 - Jane Roper is the first ship to be built in Barrow
1858 - St. Mary of Furness Roman Catholic Church is built
1859 - Schneider Hannay & Co is founded
1860 - Barrow Co-operative Society is established
1861 - St. George's Church is built
1863 - Construction begins on Barrow's dock system
1865
- A magnitude 3.0 earthquake causes extensive damage to the Rampside area
- Schneider Hannay & Co becomes the Barrow Hematite Steel Company
1867
- Barrow is granted municipal borough status
- Sir James Ramsden becomes first mayor of Barrow
- Devonshire Dock opens
- Cases' Brewery opens
1869 - St. James' Church is built
1870 - Barrow Jute Works are completed
1871
- The Barrow Shipbuilding Company is established
- Barrow Corn Mills are built
1872 - Furness Golf Club is founded
1873 - Duke of Devonshire is the first steamship to be built in Barrow
1875
- Barrow Football Club, the forerunner of Barrow Raiders is established
- Devonshire Buildings are built
1876 - Barrow's steelworks become the world's largest
1881
- The autonomous Barrow-in-Furness Borough Police force is established
- SS City of Rome is launched, briefly the world's largest liner
1882 - Barrow Central railway station is opened
1884 - Michaelson Road Bridge is opened
1885
- The Barrow and Furness parliament constituency is established
- Barrow-in-Furness Tramways Company commences operation
1886 - Ottoman submarine Abdül Hamid is launched in Barrow and becomes the first submarine to fire a live torpedo underwater
1887
- Barrow Town Hall is completed
- North Lonsdale Hospital is opened
1897 - The Barrow Shipbuilding Company becomes Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering after being purchased by Vickers Limited
1898 - The North-Western Daily Mail first begins publishing

20th century

The Mayfly airship disaster in Cavendish Dock

The launch of HMS Dreadnought in 1960; the UK's first nuclear powered submarine

INS Viraat of the Indian Navy was launched as the Royal Navy's HMS Hermes in 1953

Devonshire Dock Hall was completed in 1986 and included the world's largest shiplift

1900 - Japanese battleship Mikasa is launched
1901
- Population of Barrow stood at 67,354 during 1901 UK Census
- Barrow A.F.C. is established
- The Vickerstown estate is completed
1902 - Abbey Road Synagogue is built
1903 - The Barrow Technical School is established
1908 - Jubilee Bridge is opened
1909
- Brazilian battleship São Paulo and HMS Vanguard are launched
1911 - The Mayfly airship disaster
1912
- Barrow Central Fire Station is opened
- Japanese battleship Kongō is launched
1914
- The outbreak of World War I in which 616 Barrovian men die
- Abbey House is built
- Explosion occurs on Tanker SS Vedra which runs aground off Walney killing 36
1919 - Barrow Park Cenotaph is built
1922
- Barrow Main Public Library is opened
- Sporadic marches and violence occur over shipyard overtime disputes
1929 - Buccleuch Street Electricity Plant opens
1931 - RMS Strathaird is launched
1932 - Barrow-in-Furness Tramways Company ceases operation
1938 - The John Whinnerah Institute is established
1939
- Outbreak of World War II in which 268 Barrovian men die
- HMS Illustrious is launched
1940
- HMS Indomitable is launched by Winston Churchill
- HMS Upholder the most successful British submarine of the war is launched
- Luftwaffe aerial bombardment of Barrow during World War II begins
1941
- Barrow/Walney Island Airport is opened as a Royal Air Force base
- The majority of the Barrow Blitz takes place killing 83 civilians
1943 - HMS Colossus is launched
1944 - The role of Bishop of Barrow-in-Furness is placed in abeyance
1945
- HMAS Melbourne is launched
- RMS Empress of Russia is gutted by fire in Buccleuch Dock
1947 - Barrow Hematite Steel Company Limited becomes Barrow Ironworks Limited
1951 - Barrow's population peaks at 76,619 during the 1951 UK Census
1953 - HMS Hermes the largest naval vessel built in Barrow is launched
1954 - The coal-fired Roosecote Power Station opens
1955 - First and to date only time Barrow have won rugby league's Challenge Cup
1959 - SS Oriana is launched
1960 - Queen Elizabeth II launches HMS Dreadnought the UK's first nuclear powered submarine
1963 - Iron ore deposits run out and ironworks cease operation
1965 - Queen Elizabeth II launches oil tanker British Admiral, the first UK vessel to exceed 100,000 tonnes
1971 - HMS Swiftsure is launched
1974
- The Borough of Barrow-in-Furness is formed
- Barrow is annexed from Lancashire to become part of the modern county of Cumbria
1977 - HMS Invincible is launched
1980 - Barrow's last remaining steelworks close down
1981 - HMS Trafalgar is launched
1984 - Furness General Hospital is opened
1985 - Rampside Gas Terminal first collects gas from the Irish Sea
1986 - Devonshire Dock Hall is completed
1990 - Barrow A.F.C. win the FA Trophy
1992
- Commercial operations cease at Barrow/Walney Island Airport
- HMS Vanguard is launched
- Dalton bypass opens
1994 - South Lakes Wild Animal Park opens
1995 - GEC buys Barrow's shipyard
1997 - Dock Museum opens
1998
- Portland Walk Shopping Centre opens
- Queen Elizabeth II names HMS Ocean after being fitted out in Barrow
1999 - GEC is merged with BAE Systems and the shipyard becomes part of BAE Systems Marine

21st century

Barrow Offshore Wind Farm, the first of many such facilities to be built off the town's coast

2000 - RFA Wave Knight is launched
2001
- Population of Barrow stood at 71,979 during 2001 UK Census
- HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark are launched
2002 - A major outbreak of legionellosis occurs
2006
- Local council becomes first public body charged with manslaughter
- Barrow Offshore Wind Farm is completed
2007 - HMS Astute is launched
2010
- Construction of 'The Waterfront' begins
- Barrow A.F.C. win the FA Trophy
2011 - Furness General Hospital scandal comes to light
2016 - UK Government approves construction of the Dreadnought-class submarines in Barrow

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