Ormsgill is an area and

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Hindpool Hindpool is an area and Wards of the United Kingdom, electoral ward of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. It is bordered by Barrow Island, Barrow-in-Furness, Barrow Island, Central Barrow, Ormsgill, Parkside, Barrow-in-Furness, Parkside and the ...

, Parkside,

Hawcoat Hawcoat is an area and electoral ward of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it is one of Barrow's most northerly wards and is bordered by Roose, Newbarns, Parkside, Ormsgill and the town of Dalton-in-Furness to ...

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and Walney Channel. The population of the ward in 2001 stood at 5,961 (2,883 male and 3,078 female),increasing to 6,033 at the 2011 Census. Almost three quarters of Ormsgill is greenspace, with the majority of residents living in the densely populated south-east corridor.Ormsgill: Key Figures for Physical Environment
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plant and numerous other industrial estates which provide a base for companies including Blyth, BT,

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. The ward itself will be combined with Parkside ward in April 2023 following formation of the new

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Local Authority. Ormsgill is one of the longest settled areas of what is now Barrow. It is home to the town's oldest continuously inhabited building; Ormsgill Farm House dated 1605. The building is Grade II* listed. Other sites of interest in the ward include High Cocken, former residence of George Romney, and

Thorncliffe Cemetery and Crematorium Thorncliffe Cemetery and Crematorium (also known as 'Barrow Cemetery/Crematorium') is a 66-acre graveyard located on Devonshire Road in the Ormsgill ward of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. The cemetery opened in 1872 and a crematorium was a ...

, the largest graveyard in the borough.

2001 demographics

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