Furness area of historic Lancashire

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The Furness area of historic Lancashire is a coastal and largely rural peninsula in northwest England, known for its industrial heritage, maritime history, and proximity to the Lake District.

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Furness area of historic Lancashire canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region
historic area
peninsula
borderedBy Duddon Estuary
Irish Sea
Morecambe Bay
containsIsland Walney Island
containsTown Barrow-in-Furness
Dalton-in-Furness
Ulverston
containsVillage Askam-in-Furness
Great Urswick
Lindal-in-Furness
linked to: Furness

Little Urswick
country England
geographicalCharacter coastal
largely rural
hasPart Askam-in-Furness
Barrow-in-Furness
Broughton-in-Furness
Dalton-in-Furness
Great Urswick
High Furness
Lindal-in-Furness
linked to: Furness

Little Urswick
Low Furness
Pennington
Roose
Ulverston
Walney Island
historicalCountyAffiliation Lancashire
historicalEconomicActivity iron ore extraction
maritime trade
shipbuilding industry
steel production
knownFor coastal scenery
industrial heritage
iron ore mining
maritime history
rural landscape
shipbuilding
steelmaking
locatedIn North West England
historic county of Lancashire
locatedNear Lake District
locatedOn Irish Sea
modernAdministrativeArea Cumberland unitary authority
Westmorland and Furness unitary authority
partOf historic Lancashire

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Westmorland and Furness hasNameOrigin Furness area of historic Lancashire