Barrow in the time of John Harrison
John Harrison Andrew King, the leading expert on John Harrison has visited Barrow many times. You may well remember his talks on John Harrison’s clocks and the making of the film Longitude. He is returning to Barrow on September 18th to talk about Barrow-upon-Humber in the...
Launch of Barrow Trail
Events The Better Barrow Community Project, in conjunction with North Lincs Council, have developed a leaflet about Barrow upon Humber. A short overview of Barrow is given along with a suggest walk around the village. The leaflet may be obtained from Barrow News on the...
John Harrison Display
John Harrison The Mayor of North Lincolnshire, Cllr Trevor Foster officially opened the new John Harrison display in Holy Trinity Church, Barrow on the 26th February. We were pleased to note John himself looking on with approval… Many thanks to all who have made this...
Ships, Clocks and Stars
John Harrison John Harrison makes the big time! A cleverly curated exhibition at the National Maritime Museum has Harrison and his clocks centre stage – where they should be. Once again, the coming together of science and aesthetics takes your breath away when you see them,...
Celebration!
Events The Act of Longitude which set up the problem and the prize which motivated John Harrison was passed in July 1714. There’s a major exhibition at the Maritime Museum as well as conferences and publications… Here in Barrow we held our own commemoration courtesy...