Furness Past and Present, Its History and Antiquities, J Richardson 1880

Joseph Richardson, of Barrow-in-Furness, set out in 1870 with the intention of producing an updated version of West's Antiquities of Furness, which he believed was 'very incomplete'.  Ten years in the making, the result was a copiously-illustrated, two volume work, which not only covered the antiquities of the Furness peninsular, but also brought the history up-to-date with his accounts of the growth of Barrow, and the industries of the district, plus pen-portraits of the movers-and-shakers of the later nineteenth century, such as the railway pioneer John Brogden, MP, who lived at Lightburn House, Ulverston.

The work has around one hundred illustrations, both black-and-white and in colour, the latter mainly lithographs (note the words "Drawn on stone by..." on many of the illustrations), generally taken from photographs. A dozen examples are included here, including antiquities, landscapes, gentlemen's residences, and a view of a street in Barrow.

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