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HEYSHAM , a seaport in the See also:

Lancaster See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

LANCASHIRE

Lancashire, See also:

England, on the See also:

south See also:

SHORE

shore of See also:

MORECAMBE

Morecambe See also:

BAY

Bay, served by the Midland railway. Pop. (1901) 3381. Under See also:

POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers obtained from See also:

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament in 1896, the Midland Railway See also:

COMPANY

Company constructed, and opened in 1904, a See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, enclosed by breakwaters, for the development of See also:

TRAFFIC

traffic with See also:

BELFAST

Belfast and other Irish ports, a daily passenger-service of the first class being established to Belfast. The ,harbour has a See also:

DEPTH

depth at See also:

low See also:

TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

tide of 17 ft., and extensive See also:

ACCOMMODATION (Lat. accommodare, to make fit, from ad, to, cum, with, and modus, measure)

accommodation for live-stock and goods of all kinds is provided. Heysham is in some favour as a watering-See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place. The See also:

church of St See also:

Peter is mainly See also:

Norman, and has fragments of even earlier date. Ruins of a very See also:

ancient See also:

ORATORY (Lat. oratorio, sc. ors; from orare, to speak or pray)

oratory stand near it. This was dedicated to St See also:

Patrick, and is traditionally said to have been erected as a place of See also:

prayer for those at See also:

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