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William Fisher of Barrow Village Agriculture Food Drink Lighting Clothes Mining Travel The Packman and Mail Entertainment Disease and cures Going to the Dentist Crime Education Religion The Dalton Hiring Fair Extract from W E Roberts

Voices A conversation with my father Memories of the mill My story teenager ww2 The war as I remember Six Essays

7th Duke A Barrow Boyhood Dr John Settle Herdwick Holy Wells Witnesses from the Past

Furness People Croslands Convent Working Men's Club Abbey Tales Poems

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Furness Abbey’s Poisoned Chalice The Great Raid of 1322 Lambert Simnel’s Landing on Piel Island Smuggling The destruction of the Village of Sellergarth Ghost Stories Furness Abbey Legends