Furness (disambiguation)

Furness is a peninsula in the southern part of Cumbria, in north-west England.

Furness may also refer to:

• Furness Abbey, a former monastery in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
• Furness Building Society, a British building society
• Furness Church, a church in County Kildare, Ireland
• Furness College, Barrow-in-Furness, A college of further education situated in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
• Furness College, Lancaster, A constituent college of Lancaster University, named after the Furness area
• Furness Fells, a multitude of hills and mountains in Furness
• Furness line, a railway in North West England
• Furness Railway, a former railway company operating in Furness
• Furness Vale, a village in High Peak, Derbyshire, England
• Silurus furness, a species of fish
• Viscount Furness, a former title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
• Westmorland and Furness, a unitary authority in Cumbria

People with the surname Furness:

• Betty Furness (1916–1994), American actress, consumer advocate and current affairs commentator
• Bruce Furness (21st century), former mayor of Fargo, North Dakota
• Caroline Furness (1869–1936), American astronomer
• Christopher Furness, 1st Baron Furness (1852–1912), British businessman and Liberal politician
• Christopher Furness (VC) (1912–1940), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Deborra-Lee Furness (born 1955), Australian actress, director and producer
• Don Furness (Australian rules footballer) (born 1930), former Australian rules footballer
• Don Furness (rugby union) (1921–1993), former rugby union player
• Ed Furness (1911–2005), Canadian comic book artist
• Frank Furness (1839–1912), American architect
• George Furness (1820–1900), British construction engineer
• Harold Furness (1887–1975), American cricketer
• Horace Howard Furness (1833–1912), American Shakespearean scholar
• Rachel Furness (born 1988), Northern Irish association footballer
• Richard Furness (1791–1857), British poet
• Steve Furness (1950–2000), American football defensive tackle
• Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness (1904–1970), American socialite
• Vera Furness (1921–2002), English chemist and industrial manager
• William Anthony Furness, 2nd Viscount Furness (1929–1995), Viscount in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
• William Henry Furness (1802–1896), American abolitionist and Unitarian minister
• William Henry Furness III (1866-1920) American physician, ethnographer and author
• Annis Lee Wister (née Furness, 1830–1908), American translator
• Caroline Furness Jayne (née Furness, 1873–1909), American ethnologist

See also

• Furnace (disambiguation)
• Furnes (disambiguation)