Barnbow, the Glossary
Barnbow was a small settlement situated near the city of Leeds in the township and parish of Barwick in Elmet.[1]
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31 relations: Ammunition, Armley, Arsenal F.C., Barwick-in-Elmet, Castleford, Centurion (tank), Cordite, Cross Gates, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Filling factories in the United Kingdom, Five Sisters window, Garforth, Harrogate, Herbert Chapman, Huddersfield Town A.F.C., Joseph Watson, 1st Baron Manton, Leeds, Leeds City F.C., Leeds Forge Company, Leeds Playhouse, Munitionette, Old English, Old Norse, Personal name, Pontefract, ROF Leeds, Wakefield, World War I, York, York Minster, Yorkshire Evening Post.
- 1916 disasters in the United Kingdom
- 1916 industrial disasters
- Explosions in England
- Filling factories
- History of Leeds
- Royal Ordnance Factories in England
Ammunition
Ammunition is the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon or weapon system.
Armley
Armley is a district in the west of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
Arsenal F.C.
The Arsenal Football Club, commonly known as simply Arsenal, is a professional football club based in Holloway, North London, England.
Barwick-in-Elmet
Barwick-in-Elmet (pronounced Barrick-in-Elmet) is a village in West Yorkshire, east of Leeds city centre.
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Castleford
Castleford is a town within the City of Wakefield district, West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 45,106 at a 2021 population estimate. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to the north of the town centre the River Calder joins the River Aire and the Aire and Calder Navigation. It is located north east of Wakefield, north of Pontefract and south east of Leeds.
Centurion (tank)
The Centurion was the primary British Army main battle tank of the post-World War II period.
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Cordite
Cordite is a family of smokeless propellants developed and produced in Britain since 1889 to replace black powder as a military firearm propellant.
Cross Gates
Cross Gates (often spelled Crossgates) is a suburb in east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig
Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, (19 June 1861 – 29 January 1928) was a senior officer of the British Army.
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Filling factories in the United Kingdom
A filling factory was a manufacturing plant that specialised in filling various munitions, such as bombs, shells, cartridges, pyrotechnics, and screening smokes. Barnbow and filling factories in the United Kingdom are filling factories.
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Five Sisters window
York Minster's Five Sisters window contains the largest expanse of 13th century grisaille glass in the world.
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Garforth
Garforth is a town in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
Harrogate
Harrogate is a spa town in the district and county of North Yorkshire, England.
Herbert Chapman
Herbert Chapman (19 January 1878 – 6 January 1934) was an English football player and manager.
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Huddersfield Town A.F.C.
Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England.
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Joseph Watson, 1st Baron Manton
Joseph Watson, 1st Baron Manton (10 February 1873 – 13 March 1922) was an English industrialist from Leeds, Yorkshire.
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Leeds
Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England.
Leeds City F.C.
Leeds City Football Club was the leading professional club in Leeds, England, before the First World War.
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Leeds Forge Company
The Leeds Forge Company manufactured corrugated furnaces for marine steam engine boilers and pressed steel railway rolling stock.
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Leeds Playhouse
Leeds Playhouse is a theatre in the city centre of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
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Munitionette
Munitionettes were British women employed in munitions factories during the time of the First World War. Barnbow and Munitionette are United Kingdom in World War I.
Old English
Old English (Englisċ or Ænglisc), or Anglo-Saxon, was the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.
Old Norse
Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages.
Personal name
A personal name, full name or prosoponym (from Ancient Greek prósōpon – person, and onoma –name) is the set of names by which an individual person or animal is known, and that can be recited as a word-group, with the understanding that, taken together, they all relate to that one individual.
Pontefract
Pontefract is a historic market town in the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district in West Yorkshire, England.
ROF Leeds
Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF) Leeds, first opened as a munitions factory in December 1915 and opened as an ROF in January 1936, was one of a number of Royal Ordnance Factories created at the start of the Second World War. Barnbow and ROF Leeds are history of Leeds and Royal Ordnance Factories in England.
Wakefield
Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder.
World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
York
York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss.
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York Minster
York Minster, formally the "Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York", is an Anglican cathedral in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England.
Yorkshire Evening Post
The Yorkshire Evening Post is a daily evening publication (delivered to newsagents every morning) published by Yorkshire Post Newspapers in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
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See also
1916 disasters in the United Kingdom
- Barnbow
- Faversham explosives industry
- Garrick Theatre fire
- HMS E24
- Low Moor Explosion
- SS Connemara
- Scotia (barque)
1916 industrial disasters
Explosions in England
- 1974 London pillar box bombings
- 1988 Poole explosion
- 2001 Humber Refinery explosion
- 2012 Oldham explosion
- Abbeystead disaster
- Allerton Bywater colliery explosion
- Ashton-under-Lyne munitions explosion
- Avonmouth explosion
- Barnbow
- Bosley
- Buncefield fire
- Catterick Bridge explosion
- Didcot power stations
- Faversham explosives industry
- Flixborough disaster
- Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead
- HMS Sidon (P259)
- Haig Colliery
- Hickson & Welch
- List of suffragette bombings
- Loscoe
- Low Moor Explosion
- National Shell Filling Factory, Chilwell
- Oaks explosion
- Peckfield Colliery disaster
- RAF Fauld explosion
- Ronan Point
- Sheffield Outrages
- Steam Horse locomotive
- Talbot Arms pub bombing
- Tipton Catastrophe
Filling factories
- Barnbow
- Chittening
- Filling factories in the United Kingdom
- J. Lyons and Co.
- List of Royal Ordnance Factories
- National Filling Factory, Banbury
- National Filling Factory, Georgetown
- National Shell Filling Factory, Chilwell
- ROF Aycliffe
- ROF Bridgend
- ROF Chorley
- ROF Elstow
- ROF Glascoed
- ROF Kirkby
- ROF Radway Green
- ROF Risley
- ROF Rotherwas
- ROF Thorp Arch
- Royal Arsenal
- Royal Ordnance Factory
- Ruddington Depot
History of Leeds
- 1923 Leeds Central by-election
- 1975 Chapeltown riot
- 1981 Chapeltown riots
- 1987 Chapeltown riot
- Abbey Light Railway
- Aberford Dykes
- Ann Husler
- Armley Hippo
- Armley asbestos disaster
- Barnbow
- Battle of Leeds
- Battle of Seacroft Moor
- County Borough of Leeds
- Godfrey Bingley
- History of Hunslet
- History of Kirkstall
- History of Leeds
- History of Seacroft
- History of Wetherby
- History of the Jews in Leeds
- Hunslet Rural District
- John Harrison (Leeds)
- Kelly & Birchall
- Leeds (European Parliament constituency)
- Leeds (UK Parliament constituency)
- Leeds Anti-Slavery Association
- Leeds Blitz
- Leeds City Police
- Leeds Civic Trust
- Leeds Convention
- Leeds Revolutionary Feminist Group
- Leeds Royal Park
- Leeds Rural District
- Leeds Zoological and Botanical Gardens
- List of Leeds Civic Trust plaques
- List of council high-rise apartment buildings in the City of Leeds
- List of mills in Leeds
- List of riots in Leeds
- Mann's Patent Steam Cart and Wagon Company
- Municipal Borough of Morley
- Municipal Borough of Pudsey
- ROF Leeds
- Reclaim the Night
- Skyrack
- Sugarman Gang
- Thoresby Society
- Victoria University (United Kingdom)
- Waddingtons
- West Yorkshire Hoard
Royal Ordnance Factories in England
- Barnbow
- J. Lyons and Co.
- National Filling Factory, Banbury
- National Shell Filling Factory, Chilwell
- ROF Aycliffe
- ROF Blackburn
- ROF Bridgwater
- ROF Chorley
- ROF Elstow
- ROF Fazakerley
- ROF Kirkby
- ROF Leeds
- ROF Maltby
- ROF Nottingham
- ROF Patricroft
- ROF Radway Green
- ROF Ranskill
- ROF Risley
- ROF Rotherwas
- ROF Swynnerton
- ROF Thorp Arch
- Royal Arsenal
- Royal Naval Cordite Factory, Holton Heath
- Royal Small Arms Factory
- Ruddington Depot
- Simonswood Supply Depot
- Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnbow
Also known as Bambow, Barnbow disaster, York Munitions Workers Memorial.