* Bishop Isaac Barrow founds the Bishop Barrow Trust to establish a university on the Isle of Man ( King William's College ).

The Bishop raised an endowment of £ 500 ( Irish currency ), half being funded by the Barrow Trustees, most of the balance being provided by the Bishop's Douglas relatives, the Murrey family.

* Isaac Barrow ( bishop ) ( 1613 – 1680 ), Bishop of Sodor and Man and of St Asaph ; Governor of the Isle of Man

Founded in 1668 with funds from the Bishop Barrow Trust, it opened in 1833 with 46 boys.

The establishment of the College was funded principally by the Bishop Barrow Trust, originally set up in 1668 to provide education in the Isle of Man.

The shield in the centre of the College's coat of arms is that of Bishop Isaac Barrow.

* Alf Bishop ( footballer born 1902 ), English footballer with Southampton and Barrow

Tommy Bishop ( born in St. Helens, Lancashire ) is an English rugby league footballer of the 1960s, and ' 70s, and coach of the 1970s and ' 80s, playing for Blackpool Borough, Barrow, and St. Helens in the English Rugby Football League Championship and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the New South Wales Rugby League competition in Australia.

The Bishop Barrow Trust was founded in 1668 by Dr. Isaac Barrow, Bishop of Sodor & Mann ( 1663-1669 ).

Bishop McTyeire was named chairman of the Board of Trust for life by Vanderbilt as a stipulation of his endowment.

August 9, 1997: The Star-Bulletin publishes the " Broken Trust " essay by five community leaders critical of Bishop Estate trustees.

Nature Reserves managed by the Trust include Bishop Middleham Quarry, Hawthorn Dene and Low Barns, and include a range of important habitats, such as magnesian limestone grasslands, upland hay meadows and coastal denes.

* Bishop: People Don't Trust De Castro

The Bishop, the Board of Management and the Christ College Trust entered an agreement whereby ownership and management of the College passed to the University of Tasmania.

Stepney Historical Trust presented the plaque at a ceremony attended by the Chief Rabbi, the Bishop of Stepney Richard Chartres, Professor Bill Fishman, Councillor Albert lilley and the Retired Boxers Federation.

In February 2009 the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust recognized Bishop Douglass ’ s consistent raising of results by awarding it Most Improved status.

It has since been refurbished and opened to visitors as of October 2000, and is owned by the Bishop Low Trust.

Bishop Middleham Quarry is managed as a Nature Reserve by the Durham Wildlife Trust.

The seven charities were: Oxfam, Christian Aid, War on Want, Catholic Fund for Overseas Development, Save the Children, Bishop Ambrose Reeves Trust and the International Defence and Aid Fund.

Local historical interest is concentrated on the 18th century Bishop of Derry's ruined palace, the Mussenden Temple on the clifftop, and the Black Glen set within the Downhill Estate, which is now owned by the National Trust.

* Essex Police Memorial Trust: Brian ' Bill ' Bishop

* The National Trust purchases White Barrow on Salisbury Plain, its first archaeological site.