Barrow
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Barrow most often refers to:
- a cartCartA cart is a vehicle designed for transport, using two wheels and normally pulled by one or a pair of draught animals. A handcart is pulled or pushed by one or more people...
or flat rectangular tray with handles at each end- wheelbarrowWheelbarrowA wheelbarrow is a small hand-propelled vehicle, usually with just one wheel, designed to be pushed and guided by a single person using two handles to the rear, or by a sail to push the ancient wheelbarrow by wind. The term "wheelbarrow" is made of two words: "wheel" and "barrow." "Barrow" is a...
- wheelbarrow
Other
- a tumulusTumulusA tumulus is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds, Hügelgrab or kurgans, and can be found throughout much of the world. A tumulus composed largely or entirely of stones is usually referred to as a cairn...
, a large mound of earth or stone placed over a burial site - a castrated male domestic pigDomestic pigThe domestic pig is a domesticated animal that traces its ancestry to the wild boar, and is considered a subspecies of the wild boar or a distinct species in its own right. It is likely the wild boar was domesticated as early as 13,000 BC in the Tigris River basin...
- Barrow-wightBarrow-wightBarrow-wights are wraith-like creatures in J. R. R. Tolkien's world of Middle-earth, based on the Old Norse Draugr. Barrow refers to the burial mounds they inhabited and wight is a Middle English word for "living being" or "creature", especially "human being"...
, a wraith-like creature in J. R. R. Tolkien's world of Middle-earth - Mary Barrow, a schooner beached in 1908 at Porthminster
- Barrow (Viney)Barrow (Viney)Barrow, a public sculpture by an American artist Jill Viney, is located on the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus, which is near downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. The sculpture is just north of the Herron School of Art on New York Street. This sculpture is made from a double...
, a public artwork on the campus of Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis - Sgt. Barrows, the character who took the place of Soap MacTavish in the mobile phoneMobile phoneA mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
version of Call of Duty 4: Modern WarfareCall of Duty 4: Modern WarfareCall of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is a 2007 first-person shooter video game, developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii. A handheld game was made for the Nintendo DS. The game was released in North America, Australia, and...
Australia
- Barrow Creek, Northern TerritoryBarrow Creek, Northern TerritoryBarrow Creek is a very small town, current population of 11, in the southern Northern Territory of Australia. It is located on the Stuart Highway, about 280 km north of Alice Springs, about half way from there to Tennant Creek. The main feature of the town is the roadhouse/hotel...
, a town in the Northern Territory - Barrow Island (Western Australia)Barrow Island (Western Australia)Barrow Island is a island located northwest off the coast of Western Australia. The island is the second largest in Western Australia after Dirk Hartog Island.-Discovery and early history:...
, an island off the coast of Western Australia - Barrow Island (Queensland), part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in Ninian Bay, Queensland
Ireland
- Barrow HarbourBarrow HarbourBarrow Harbour is a tidal inlet off Tralee Bay, County Kerry, Ireland. Once, it was the major port for the region, servicing the monastic settlement of Ardfert and the general area of Tralee...
, a tidal inlet off Tralee Bay, County Kerry - River BarrowRiver BarrowThe Barrow is a river in Ireland. It is one of The Three Sisters; the other two being the River Suir and the River Nore. The Barrow is the longest and most prominent of the three rivers...
, a river, one of the Three Sisters
United Kingdom
- Barrow-in-FurnessBarrow-in-FurnessBarrow-in-Furness is an industrial town and seaport which forms about half the territory of the wider Borough of Barrow-in-Furness in the county of Cumbria, England. It lies north of Liverpool, northwest of Manchester and southwest from the county town of Carlisle...
, England, United Kingdom, an industrial town and port which is the largest place known as Barrow- Barrow-in-Furness (borough)Barrow-in-Furness (borough)Barrow-in-Furness is a local government district with borough status in Cumbria, England. It is named after its main town, Barrow-in-Furness. Other settlements include Dalton-in-Furness, Roose and Askam-in-Furness. It is the smallest borough in the county, but is the most densely populated, with...
, the wider district within South Cumbria - Barrow Island, Barrow-in-Furness, an island in Barrow-in-Furness, one of the Islands of Furness
- Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency)Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency)Barrow and Furness is a parliamentary constituency in Cumbria, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
, a parliamentary constitutency covering Barrow-in-Furness and its immediate hinterland - Port of BarrowPort of BarrowThe Port of Barrow refers to the enclosed dock system within the town of Barrow-in-Furness, England. Morecambe Bay is to the east of the port and the Irish Sea surrounds it to the south and west...
- Barrow A.F.C.Barrow A.F.C.Barrow A.F.C. are an English football club founded in 1901 based in the town of Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria. Following promotion at the end of the 2007–08 season, they currently play in the Conference National. The club spent over fifty years in the Football League between 1921 and 1972, and have...
, an association football team based in Barrow-in-Furness - Barrow RaidersBarrow RaidersBarrow Raiders are an English professional rugby league team from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, who are coached by Dave Clark. Formed in 1875 as Barrow Football Club, the club is the oldest of the current professional sports teams in Cumbria....
, a rugby league team based in Barrow-in-Furness
- Barrow-in-Furness (borough)
- Barrow, CheshireBarrow, CheshireBarrow is a civil parish containing the villages of Great Barrow, Little Barrow and Stamford Bridge. It is situated about east-north-east of Chester, north-west of Tarporley, and south of Frodsham.-See also:*St Bartholomew's Church, Barrow...
- Barrow upon SoarBarrow upon SoarBarrow upon Soar is a large village in northern Leicestershire, in the Soar Valley between Leicester and Loughborough. It has a population of around 5,000 and is part of the Charnwood local government district....
, Leicestershire - Barrow upon HumberBarrow upon HumberBarrow upon Humber is a village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. Many of the buildings in the centre of the village are of 18th and 19th century origin. There are several buildings of note including Down Hall, Barrow Hall, Forester's Hall and West Cote Farm. There are two public...
, Lincolnshire - Barrow upon TrentBarrow upon TrentBarrow upon Trent is a village and civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. The village is south of Derby, and between the River Trent and the Trent and Mersey Canal . According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 546...
, Derbyshire - Barrow, SuffolkBarrow, Suffolk-External links:Hidden East Anglia:Landscape Legends of Norfolk & Suffolk http://www.hiddenea.com/suffolkb.htm...
- Barrow, ShropshireBarrow, ShropshireBarrow is a hamlet and civil parish in Shropshire, England, some 5 miles south of Telford between Ironbridge and Much Wenlock.Although Barrow itself consists of a church and just a few dwellings, the parish extends from Broseley to the eastern edge of Much Wenlock; it also includes the hamlet of...
- Barrow, RutlandBarrow, RutlandBarrow is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is located about five miles north-east of Oakham.-External links:*...
- Barrow, a hamlet in Charlton MusgroveCharlton MusgroveCharlton Musgrove is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated north east of Wincanton in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 375...
, Somerset, England - Barrow, GloucestershireBarrow, GloucestershireBarrow is a village in Gloucestershire, England.RAF Boddington, a couple of hundred yards east of Barrow village centre, is claimed to be closed by the Ministry of Defence has been subject to continuing secret military upgrades....
- Barrow, LancashireBarrow, LancashireBarrow is a village in the Ribble Valley district in Lancashire, England, situated between Whalley and Clitheroe and bypassed by the A59. It has a Primary school, a Chinese Chip Shop, a Business park, a McDonald's, a Co-operative Food and a park...
- Barrow (Lake District)Barrow (Lake District)Barrow is small fell in the English Lake District in the county of Cumbria which reaches a height of 455 metres . It is situated in the quiet and picturesque Newlands Valley just 4 kilometres south west of the town of Keswick. Although modest in height, Barrow commands a fine all round...
, a fell in the county of Cumbria
United States
- Barrow, AlaskaBarrow, AlaskaBarrow is the largest city of the North Slope Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is one of the northernmost cities in the world and is the northernmost city in the United States of America, with nearby Point Barrow being the nation's northernmost point. Barrow's population was 4,212 at the...
, a city in North Slope Borough- Point BarrowPoint BarrowPoint Barrow or Nuvuk is a headland on the Arctic coast in the U.S. state of Alaska, northeast of Barrow. It is the northernmost point of all the territory of the United States, at...
, a headland 9 miles northeast of the town of Barrow, the northernmost point of the United States
- Point Barrow
- Barrow, IllinoisBarrow, IllinoisBarrow is an unincorporated community located in Greene County, Illinois, USA outside Roodhouse just off Rt. 106.- History :In March 2006, Barrow was the victim of a class F1 tornado. -External links:*...
, an unincorporated community in Greene County - Barrow County, GeorgiaBarrow County, GeorgiaBarrow County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2000, the population was 46,144. The 2007 Census Estimate placed the population at 67,139...
, a Metro AtlantaMetro AtlantaThe Atlanta metropolitan area or metro Atlanta, officially designated by the US Census Bureau as the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta Metropolitan Statistical Area, is the most populous metro area in the U.S. state of Georgia and the ninth-largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States...
county located near Athens, GeorgiaAthens, GeorgiaAthens-Clarke County is a consolidated city–county in U.S. state of Georgia, in the northeastern part of the state, comprising the former City of Athens proper and Clarke County. The University of Georgia is located in this college town and is responsible for the initial growth of the city... - Barrow Neurological InstituteBarrow Neurological InstituteThe Barrow Neurological Institute is a neurological disease treatment and research institution founded in 1961. The main campus is located at 310 W. Thomas Road, Phoenix, Arizona.- Introduction :...
, a famous Neurosurgical center in Phoenix, ArizonaPhoenix, ArizonaPhoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
People
- Bernard BarrowBernard BarrowBernard E. "Bernie" Barrow was an American actor and collegiate drama professor. He was best known as an actor for his role as "Johnny Ryan", a publican and the patriarch of an Irish-American family on the television soap opera, Ryan's Hope, on which he appeared from 1975 until the show's demise...
, former American actor - Clyde Barrow, former American gangster, part of the Bonnie and Clyde crime duo
- Dean BarrowDean BarrowDean Oliver Barrow is Prime Minister of Belize and leader of the United Democratic Party. An attorney by trade, he served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1998 and was then Leader of the Opposition until the UDP won the February 2008 election...
, Belizean politician - Ed BarrowEd BarrowEdward Grant Barrow was an American manager and executive in Major League Baseball, primarily with the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox...
, former baseball executive - Errol BarrowErrol BarrowErrol Walton Barrow, PC, QC was a Caribbean statesman and the first Prime Minister of Barbados. Born into a family of political and civic activists in the parish of Saint Lucy and educated at Harrison College, his sister Dame Nita Barrow also became a social activist, humanitarian leader and later...
, former Barbados politician - Henry BarroweHenry BarroweHenry Barrowe was an English Puritan and Separatist, executed for his views.-Life:He was born about 1550, in Norfolk, of a family related by marriage to Nicholas Bacon, and probably to John Aylmer, Bishop of London. He matriculated at Clare Hall, Cambridge, in November 1566, and graduated B.A. in...
, 16th Century English Puritan and separatist - Isaac BarrowIsaac BarrowIsaac Barrow was an English Christian theologian, and mathematician who is generally given credit for his early role in the development of infinitesimal calculus; in particular, for the discovery of the fundamental theorem of calculus. His work centered on the properties of the tangent; Barrow was...
, 17th Century English divine, scholar and mathematician - Isaac Barrow (bishop)Isaac Barrow (bishop)Isaac Barrow was an English clergyman and Bishop, consecutively, of Sodor and Man and St Asaph, and also served as Governor of the Isle of Man...
, Bishop of Sodor and Man and of St Asaph; Governor of the Isle of Man - Sir John Barrow, 1st BaronetSir John Barrow, 1st BaronetSir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, FRS, FRGS was an English statesman.-Career:He was born the son of Roger Barrow in the village of Dragley Beck, in the parish of Ulverston then in Lancashire, now in Cumbria...
, 19th Century English statesman - John Barrow (Georgia), American politician
- John D. BarrowJohn D. Barrow-External links:****** The Forum-Publications available on the Internet:************...
, English theoretical physicist - Joseph Louis Barrow, former heavyweight boxing champion, better known simply as Joe LouisJoe LouisJoseph Louis Barrow , better known as Joe Louis, was the world heavyweight boxing champion from 1937 to 1949. He is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweights of all time...
- Middleton P. BarrowMiddleton P. BarrowMiddleton Pope Barrow was a United States Senator from Georgia. Born near Antioch, Georgia in Oglethorpe County, he attended a private academy and graduated from the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia with a Bachelor of Arts in 1859 and from the School of Law in 1860...
, Senator from Georgia - Nita Barrow, former Barbados nurse and humanitarian activist
- Reginald Haynes Barrow (1893-19?), American historian, author 'The Romans' and other books from Antic period
- Robert H. BarrowRobert H. BarrowRobert Hilliard Barrow was an American general, who was the 27th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps from 1979 to 1983. Barrow served for 41 years, including overseas command duty in three wars...
, American general, 27th Commandant of the US Marine Corps - Steve BarrowSteve BarrowSteve Barrow is a British reggae historian, writer and producer.In 1993 he co-founded Blood and Fire, a UK based record label specialized in reissuing older Jamaican music...
, reggae historian - Thomas BarrowThomas BarrowThomas Barrow was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1981.Born in Ryhope, England, Barrow was educated in England and in Nova Scotia...
, former Canadian politician - Tony BarrowTony BarrowTony Barrow is an English press officer who worked with The Beatles between 1962 and 1968. He coined the phrase "The Fab Four", first using it in an early press release.-Life:...
, English public relations man for The Beatles