FLEETWOOD  , a seaport and watering-

place in the Blackpool parliamentary division of Lancashire, England, at the mouth of the Wyre; 230 M . N.W. by N. from London, the terminus of a joint branch of the London & North-Western and Lancashire & Yorkshire railways . Pop . (1891) 9274; (19o1) 12,082 . It dates its rise from 1836, and takes its name from Sir Peter Hesketh Fleetwood, by whom it was laid out . The seaward views, especially northward over Morecambe Bay, are fine, but the neighbouring country is flat and of little interest . The two railways jointly are the harbour authority . The dock is provided with railways and machinery for facilitating traffic, including a large grain elevator . The shipping traffic is chiefly in the coasting and Irish trade . Passenger steamers serve Belfast and Londonderry regularly, and the Isle of Man and other ports during the season . The fisheries are important, and there are salt-works in the neighbourhood . There is a pleasant promenade, with other appointments of a watering-place .

There are also

barracks with a military hospital and a rifle range . Rossall school, to the S.W., is one of the principal public schools in the north of England . Rossall Hall was the seat of Sir Peter Fleetwood, but was converted to the uses of the school' on its foundation in 1844 . The school is primarily divided into classical and modern sides, with a special department for preparation for army, navy or professional examinations . A number of entrance scholarships and leaving scholarships tenable at the universities are offered annually . The number of boys is about 350 .