Barnwell is home to what is thought to be the only vertical freestanding sundial in the USA, though counter-examples exist.

The sundial is a unique vertical monument placed in front of the courthouse of Barnwell County.

James Brown was born in Barnwell, South Carolina on May 3, 1933, to Susie ( née Behlings ) Brown ( August 8, 1916-February 26, 2004 ) and Joseph (" Joe ") Gardner ( March 29, 1911-July 10, 1993 ) ( who changed his surname to Brown after Mattie Brown who raised him ).

As a young child, Brown and his family lived in extreme poverty in nearby Elko, South Carolina, which at the time was an impoverished town in Barnwell County.

On the ensuing drive, Washington defensive back Darrell Green was called for a 38-yard pass interference penalty while trying to cover Raiders receiver Malcolm Barnwell, setting up running back Marcus Allen's 5-yard touchdown run 7 plays later to make the score 28-9.

Running as a Democrat, Thurmond was elected Governor of South Carolina in 1946, largely on the promise of making state government more transparent and accountable by weakening the power of a group of politicians from Barnwell, which Thurmond dubbed the Barnwell Ring, led by House Speaker Solomon Blatt.

The first true bourgeois tragedy was an English play, George Lillo's The London Merchant ; or, the History of George Barnwell, which was first performed in 1731.

Frank Barnwell was taken on as the design engineer for this project, and took over as Bristol's chief designer when Coandă left the company in October 1914.

Barnwell was to become one of the world's foremost aeronautical engineers.

At this time Leslie Frise, newly graduated from Bristol University's engineering department, was recruited by Barnwell.

In August 1938 Frank Barnwell was killed flying a light aircraft of his own design, and was succeeded as Chief Designer by Leslie Frise.

BSU's founding president was Middleton Barnwell, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Idaho.

The southwest portion bordering on the Savannah River, about half of Orangeburg District, was separated and organized as Barnwell District in 1800.

The Barnwell District was created in 1798 ( effective in 1800 ) from the southwestern portion of the Orangeburg District, along the Savannah River.

It was named after John Barnwell, a local figure in the Revolutionary War.

In 1919 most of the southern half of the county was taken to form most of the new Allendale County, thus bringing Barnwell county down to its present size.

The county was created from the eastern portion of Barnwell County after the South Carolina Constitution was adopted in 1895 with an article prescribing the process to establish new counties.

Allendale County was formed in 1919 from southwestern portions of Barnwell County, along the Savannah River.

In 1871, Aiken County was formed from pieces of Barnwell, Edgefield, Lexington, and Orangeburg counties.

New Ellenton was formed from the citizens of Ellenton a farming town chartered in 1880 situated on the Charleston and Western Carolina Railway in Barnwell County near the Aiken County line.

An early pioneer planter by the name of Zachary " Big Zack " Graham was asked by the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company to allow the new railroading company, which began in 1830, to use some of his vast acreage in the area, which was back then the Barnwell District ( which after the War Between the States became today's Bamberg County ) for the use of his railroad's tracks.

It was given its current name in 1798 when the County and its seat were named for Revolutionary War leader John Barnwell ( 1748 – 1800 ), who headed a militia in South Carolina.

Barnwell was hated by General W. T.

Barnwell Army Airfield w as built by the United States Army Air Forces and opened in May 1943.

It was given to Barnwell in 1858 by Joseph D. Allen, at the time a state senator from Barnwell.

In March, Kerr, Burchill, Donald, Barnwell and McGee were joined by the Barra-born keyboard player Michael MacNeil.

The South Carolina extremist Robert Barnwell Rhett hoped that the lower South would completely break with the Northern Democrats and attend a separate convention at Richmond, Virginia, but lower South delegates gave the national Democrats one last chance at unification by going to the convention at Baltimore, Maryland before the split became permanent.

The Barnwell and the Clive locations are operated by EnergySolutions, whereas the Richland location is operated by U. S. Ecology.

A study done by researchers Barnwell, Earleywine and Wilcox on a sample of undergraduates also suggests that cannabis use does not cause an amotivational syndrome.

They work in various field and lab roles on teams headed by professional archaeologists and graduate students, living at the expedition's campgrounds or in public accommodations at nearby Barnwell, S. C.

Barnwell Castle, founded by William the Conqueror, an interesting example of the defensive construction of the period, is still a fine ruin, which includes four of the round towers and an imposing gateway.

* Barnwell Leper Chapel by the Cambridge Preservation Society, with contact details for visiting the chapel.

Barnwell St Andrew Church of England Primary School was closed by the county council in 2005 in spite of protests.

The park is bounded on the north-west and south-west by a flood channel loop of the River Nene, known as ' the Backwater ', and on the east by the A605 Barnwell Road.

It is located by the village of Barnwell, near Oundle, Northamptonshire in England.

Barnwell is a city in Barnwell County, South Carolina, United States, located along U. S. Route 278.

Bethlehem Baptist Church was officially organized in 1868, having its origin in the antebellum Barnwell Baptist Church, which was built on this site in 1829.

The Barnwell Baptist Church had their services on this site until 1854 when the congregation built another church building on a different site in the town.

Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, uncle of American President Theodore Roosevelt, also built a proa at about the same time.

Barnwell Castle is in the northern part of the village and believed to have been built around 1266.

The estate also includes the ruined Barnwell Castle, built c. 1266 by Berenger le Moyne, who sold it to Ramsey Abbey in 1276.

After the civil war the Montagu family built a substantial manor house, Barnwell Manor, near the castle .< ref name = castleuk >