Ramsden Square is a square and roundabout located at the intersection of
Abbey Road
''Abbey Road'' is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 26 September 1969, by Apple Records. It is the last album the group recorded, although '' Let It Be'' (1970) was the last album completed before th ...
and
Duke Street in
Barrow-in-Furness
Barrow-in-Furness is a port town and civil parish (as just "Barrow") in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. Historic counties of England, Historically in the county of Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borou ...
,
Cumbria
Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders the Scottish council areas of Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders to the north, Northumberland and County Durham to the east, North Yorkshire to the south-east, Lancash ...
, England. It marks the boundary of the
Central and
Hindpool wards. Ramsden Square was first laid out in the 1840s to act as a focal point of
Sir James Ramsden's master plan for the new town of Barrow, separating its burgeoning industries and commercial core. The centerpiece of the square is a statue of Ramsden himself while it is framed by a number of historic buildings including
Barrow Central Library,
the
National Westminster Bank Building and formerly the
Barrow Jute Works.
See also
*
Schneider Square
*
St. George's Square
References
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Ramsden Square
Ramsden Square
Ramsden Square