MORECAMBE  , a municipal See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough, watering-See also:

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

place and seaport in the See also:

• LANCASTER
• LANCASTER, HOUSE OF
• LANCASTER, JOHN OF GAUNT
• LANCASTER, JOSEPH (1778-1838)
• LANCASTER, SIR JAMES (f1. 1591—1618)
• LANCASTER, THOMAS, EARL OF (c. 1277-1322)

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
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, on Morecambe See also:

• BAY

Bay, 236 M . N.W. by N. from See also:

• LONDON

London by the London & See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North-Western railway; served also by the Midland railway . Pop . (19o1), 11,798 . A See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• PROMENADE

promenade extends along the See also:

• SHORE

shore; there are a See also:

• QUAY
• QUAY, MATTHEW STANLEY (1833-1904)

quay and a See also:

• PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

pier, a See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden, and all the appointments of a seaside resort . The Midland railway is the 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 authority . The See also:

• TOWN

town was incorporated in 1902, and the See also:

• CORPORATION (from Lat. corporare, to form into a body, corpus, corporis)

corporation consists of a See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor, 6 aldermen and 16 councillors . The former alternative name was Poulton-le-Sands . See also:

• AREA

Area, 18ot acres .