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Fleetwood
Fleetwood shown within Lancashire
Population	28,000
OS grid reference	SD333479
District	Wyre
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	FLEETWOOD
Postcode district	FY7
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Lancaster and Wyre
European Parliament	North West England
List of places: UK • England • Lancashire

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Fleetwood is a town within the Wyre district of Lancashire, England, lying at the northwest corner of the Fylde. It has a population of around 28,000 people, and forms part of the Greater Blackpool conurbation. This article is about the district of Wyre in England. ... Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130... The Fylde is a coastal plain in western Lancashire, England. ... Greater Blackpool is an informal name for the urban area surrounding Blackpool in Lancashire, England. ...

Location and Geography

Fleetwood is located on the Fylde peninsula, eight miles north of Blackpool, on the western side of the mouth of the River Wyre. The town itself is a peninsula, almost two miles wide, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea, to the north by Morecambe Bay, and to the east by the River Wyre. Access to the town is thus restricted, and for many years there were only two roads into and out of the town. A large sandbank, the North Wharf, extends some two and a quarter miles north into Morecambe Bay, and is exposed at low tide. The river channel forms the eastern boundary of the bank, and, together with the larger Bernard Wharf on the other side of the river, this makes navigation of the river difficult. Conversely, the port is highly sheltered from the prevailing westerly winds. It has been suggested that South Shore, Blackpool be merged into this article or section. ... Map sources for the Wyre estuary at grid reference SD340479 This article is about the River Wyre in Lancashire. ... Relief map of the Irish Sea. ... Morecambe Bay at low tide from Hest Bank, looking towards Grange-over-Sands. ...

Like the remainder of the Fylde, the land is extremely flat, the highest point being The Mount, a sea-front pleasure park built on a large sand-dune in the northern part of the town. Parts of the town, especially to the north and west, are barely above sea level at high tide, and a large retaining sea-wall runs along much of the western edge of the town. Nevertheless, the town was flooded in 1927, and again in 1977. The latter flood, although much smaller, affected more properties as there had been considerable development in the 1960s in the lower-lying parts of the town. The soil is broadly sandy, but there is considerable marsh-land to the south and east, by the river. The town itself encompasses an area of just under four square miles. For considerations of sea level change, in particular rise associated with possible global warming, see sea level rise. ... Freshwater marsh in Florida In geography, a marsh is a type of wetland, featuring grasses, rushes, reeds, typhas, sedges, cat tails, and other herbaceous plants (possibly with low-growing woody plants) in a context of shallow water. ...

History

Ptolemy's Geographia in the second century AD records a tribe known as the Setantii living in what is believed to be present-day West Lancashire, and a seaport called PORTVS SETANTIORVM ('the port of the Setantii') abutting 'Moricambe Aestuarium' (presumably Morecambe Bay). This, together with evidence of a Roman road running from Ribchester to Kirkham (12 miles South-east of Fleetwood) and then making a sharp turn to the North-West, suggests that Fleetwood may well have been the location of this Roman port. No direct evidence has been found however. A medieval artists rendition of Claudius Ptolemaeus Claudius Ptolemaeus (Greek: ; ca. ... The Geographia is Ptolemys main work besides the Almagest. ... The Setantii were a Celtic tribe who lived primarily in the region now known as Liverpool in the United Kingdom. ... Ribchester is a village in the Ribble Valley district of Lancashire, England, near the towns of Blackburn and Preston. ... Map sources for Kirkham, Lancashire at grid reference SD426321 Kirkham, or Kirkam-in-Amounderness is a town in Fylde area of Lancashire, England, between Blackpool and Preston. ...

There is evidence that the eastern side of the River Wyre was occupied during the Danish invasions of the 9th and 10th centuries, and by the time of the Domesday Book in 1086, the land on which Fleetwood now stands was part to the Hundred of Amounderness. A line drawing entitled Domesday Book from Andrew Williamss Historic Byways and Highways of Old England. ... A hundred is a geographic division used in England, Denmark, South Australia and some parts of the USA, Germany, Sweden (and todays Finland) and Norway, which historically was used to divide a larger region into smaller administrative units. ... Amounderness (Andernes in ancient times) is an area of England. ...

A Manor house at present-day Rossall (in the South-west corner of the town), was in the possession of the Allen family by the time of Henry VIII, but the Allens were prominent Catholics, (Cardinal William Allen was born there in 1532), and Henry VIII repossessed the land. It was ultimately sold to Thomas Fleetwood, whose son Edmund expanded the house into Rossall Hall. The land remained in the Fleetwood family for 300 years. Rossall School is a British, co-educational, independent, day and boarding school inbetween Cleveleys and Fleetwood, Lancashire. ... Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) from 22 April 1509 until his death. ... William Allen is the name of several notable people: William Allen, 1919-1985, Chairman of Metropolitan Toronto William Allen (1704-1780), Chief justice of colonial Pennsylvania William Allen, (1770-1843), English Quaker, pharmacist and philanthropist William Allen (1793-1864), British Naval Officer, Rear Admiral William Allen (1803-1879), American statesman...

By the 1830s, the house was in the ownership of Edmund's descendent Sir Peter Hesketh, High Sheriff of the County of Lancashire (who later changed his name to Sir Peter Hesketh Fleetwood). Hesketh believed that the sheltered harbour and breathtaking views over Morecambe Bay gave the area the makings of a busy sea port and popular resort, With no rail link between London and Scotland, Hesketh envisaged Fleetwood as the transfer point between the rail and the steamers to Scotland, and set about encouraging a railway link from Preston. In 1836 Hesketh named the new town Fleetwood, and hired his friend, the prominent architect Decimus Burton, to lay out what would be the first planned town of the Victorian era. Burton's plan was that of a half-wheel along the Morecambe Bay sea-front, with the Mount as the hub, the main residential streets as the spokes, and the main commerce areas (originally East Street and West Street, now known as Lord Street and North Albert Street) as the rim of the wheel. Housing stock from as early as 1838 still exists in the town on Custom House Lane. The crown jewel was the North Euston Hotel (1844), a fine semi-circular building next to the railway station. This was to mark the northernmost point of the train service from Euston, and the point of departure for the steamers to Scotland. This journey was made by Queen Victoria in 1847, but by the mid 1850s the completion of the western railway link between London and Scotland over Shap Fell rendered Fleetwood's role as a transportation terminus obsolete. Burton designed two lighthouses for the town, the Pharos and Lower Lighthouse (both 1840). Ships sailing down the Wyre channel line up the two lights, one above the other, to guide them. The Pharos is the only lighthouse in Britain built in the middle of the street (it now forms a traffic roundabout). A third lighthouse, Wyre Light, was built in the 1840s by Alexander Mitchell at the north-east corner of North Wharf. In 1844, financial difficulties obliged Sir Peter to sell Rossall Hall. It was taken over by Rev. St Vincent Beechey and converted into a Church of England boarding school, designed as a Northern equivalent of Beachey's Marlborough School and later to become Rossall School. Look up Sheriff in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Decimus Burton (30 September 1800-December 1881) was a prolific English architect and garden designer, particularly associated with projects in the classical style in London parks, including buildings at Kew Gardens and London Zoo, and with the layout and architecture of the seaside towns of Fleetwood and St Leonards on... Facade of Euston Station, London Euston Arch: the original Euston Station, as enlarged, ca 1851 Euston station concourse Euston station (also known as London Euston), is a large railway station in Central London. ... Victoria Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819–22 January 1901) was a Queen of the United Kingdom, reigning from 20 June 1837 until her death. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Cha togar mfhearg gun dioladh (Scottish Gaelic) Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic and Scots1 Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Monarch Queen Elizabeth II... Shap is a linear village located on the edge of a fell in Cumbria UK, located on the A6 road and near to the M6 motorway and the West Coast Main Line railway. ... The Pharos Lighthouse (also known as the Upper Lighthouse) is a 93-foot tall sandstone lighthouse situated in Fleetwood, Lancashire. ... A HDR image of a traditional lighthouse For other uses, see Lighthouse (disambiguation). ... Alexander Mitchell, (April 13, 1780 Dublin - June 25, 1868) was a blind Irish engineer. ... The Church of England is the officially established Christian church[1] in England, and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion, as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. ... Students in Rome, Italy. ... Marlborough on a Wednesday Market morning The town-centre of Marlborough Marlborough (pronounced Maulbruh - /ˈmɔːlbɹə/ in IPA) is a market town in the English county of Wiltshire on the Old Bath Road, the old main road from London to Bath. ... Rossall School is a British, co-educational, independent, day and boarding school in between Cleveleys and Fleetwood, Lancashire. ...

Fleetwood's decline in the 1860s mirrored that of Sir Peter himself. He sold his remaining property in Fleetwood and moved to Brighton. During the 1870s Fleetwood expanded its port activities. Steamers began pleasure and commercial services to the Isle of Man, Ardrossan, and Belfast and fishing vessels began expanding from the Irish Sea fishing grounds first fished in the 1840s, to the hake and haddock grounds of the North Atlantic Ocean. All the other major fishing ports, Hull, Grimsby and Aberdeen, were on the east coast of Britain, so there was a competitive advantage for a west-coast port with good rail links. Wyre Dock was built in 1877 and Fleetwood's position as one of the three major fishing ports in England was cemented. The town expanded rapidly. Much of the housing stock in the old area of town around the Mount and Lord Street was built in the 1880s and 1890s. In keeping with the thriving economy, these terraced houses were large for their era. An electric tramway link to Blackpool was constructed in the 1890s and remains operational to this day. Fleetwood is the only town in Britain with trams running the full length of its main street, sharing road-space with cars. Brighton is located on the south coast of England, and together with its immediate neighbour Hove forms the city of Brighton and Hove. ... Ardrossan is a town located on the North Ayrshire coast in western Scotland. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Northern Ireland County: District: Belfast UK Parliament: Belfast North Belfast South Belfast East Belfast West European Parliament: Northern Ireland Dialling Code: 028, +44 28 posttown = Belfast Postal District(s): BT1-BT17, BT29 (part of), BT58 Area: 115 km² Population (2001) Website: www. ... Relief map of the Irish Sea. ... The term hake refers to fish in either of: families Gadidae (subfamily Phycinae) families Merlucciidae (both subfamilies Merlucciinae and Steindachneriinae). ... Binomial name Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Linnaeus, 1758) The haddock or offshore hake is a marine fish distributed on both sides of the North Atlantic. ... For other uses, see Atlantic (disambiguation) The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one-fifth of its surface. ... Look up hull in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... , Grimsby (also known as Great Grimsby, after its Parliamentary constituency title[1]) is a seaport on the Humber Estuary in Lincolnshire, England. ... Aberdeen (IPA: ; Scottish Gaelic: ) is Scotlands third largest city with a population of 202,370. ... A Tram or Light rail system Historically, a railway, particularly one used for the carriage of minerals. ...

By the 1920s, the fishing industry was at its height, employing over 9000 people. The sea-front along the north shore was developed in resort fashion, to encourage visitors for whom the brashness of Blackpool was too daunting. The Marine Hall entertainment complex, golf course and Model Yacht Pond all date from the early years of the 20th Century. The town was hit by a huge flood in October 1927, which put 90% of the area of the town under water. Only the higher-lying areas around the Mount escaped. Additional housing was built in the 1920s and 30s in the less-developed central areas of the town, and a further development boom occurred in the 1960s in the lower-lying western portion of the town (Larkholme). Many industries ancilliary to fishing grew up along the rail corridor on the eastern side of the town, and a number of unrelated industries moved to the area to take advantage of the availability of labour, most notably ICI, who constructed their Hillhouse chemical plant on the border of Fleetwood and Thornton. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Thornton may be used in the following ways. ...

By the 1960s, however, Fleetwood began to decline economically. The last ferry to the Isle of Man sailed in 1961 (the sailings have been revived periodically since) and the main railway station was closed in 1963 as a result of the Beeching cuts. Additional light industry developed along the former railway bed. The rise of package holidays abroad led to fewer visitors generally to British resort towns. As Blackpool expanded its attractions, fewer day visitors came to Fleetwood, and as transportation became quicker, more overnight visitors became day visitors. Most serious, however, was the collapse of fishing industry, which was largely destroyed in the late 1960s and early 1970s by the Cod Wars—a dispute over fishing rights between Iceland and the United Kingdom. As Fleetwood's trawlers mainly fished the North Atlantic in search of cod, the loss of the fishing grounds hit the town hard. The last deep sea trawler left the town in 1982 and now only inshore fishing boats fish out of the port, although trawlers registered in other places can still be seen taking advantage of the fish market. Fish is still a big industry in the town, though the jobs are mainly in processing rather than fishing. A pair of bronze figures on the Promenade by the pier reflect the idea of families waving off the fishermen to sea. Dr. Richard Beeching later Baron Beeching (21 April 1913 — 23 March 1985) was an British physicist and engineer, and former chairman of British Railways. ... Salmon for sale at a marketplace The Fishing industry is the commercial activity of fishing and producing fish and other seafood products. ... The Cod Wars (also called the Iceland Cod Wars) were a series of confrontations between the United Kingdom and Iceland over Icelands claims of authority over tracts of ocean off their coastline as being their exclusive fishery zone. ... For other uses, see Atlantic (disambiguation) The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one-fifth of its surface. ...

The demise of the fishing industry cost Fleetwood some 8000 jobs, employment in fishing-related industries falling from 9000 to less than 1000, and since the early 1970s the town has continued to struggle economically. Three of its five wards now fall into the highest decile of deprived wards in England.^[1] In July 2007, a new master plan for revitalizing the town around a vibrant waterfront and a revitalized town centre was submitted to the council. Some of the funding would come from an EU cash grant. The plan has been posted for public comment and feedback.^[2]

Attractions

Fleetwood is famous for being the home of Fisherman's Friend—a menthol lozenge which is hugely popular in Japan. The Fishermans Friend range of lozenges were originally created in Fleetwood, Lancashire in 1865 to relieve various respiratory problems suffered by fishermen who sailed from the town. ... Menthol is a covalent organic compound made synthetically or obtained from peppermint or other mint oils. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ...

Attractions in the town include The Mount pavilion and clock, Fleetwood Pier and the Pharos and Lower Lighthouses. More recently the shopping arcade of Freeport has attracted many visitors. Fleetwood is also home to a museum and lies at the northern end of Blackpool's tramway. Ferries sail from Fleetwood across the River Wyre to Knott End-on-Sea, and in past days there has been a service (more recently in summer only) to Douglas in the Isle of Man. There is also a service to Larne, Northern Ireland running daily. A free-standing garden pavilion, Hofgarten in Munich, Bavaria In architecture a pavilion (from French, pavillon) has two main significations. ... The massive clock on the Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster, London (commonly known as Big Ben, although Big Ben is the bell inside - the picture is St Stephens Tower). ... The Pharos Lighthouse (also known as the Upper Lighthouse) is a 93-foot tall sandstone lighthouse situated in Fleetwood, Lancashire. ... A HDR image of a traditional lighthouse For other uses, see Lighthouse (disambiguation). ... The Louvre Museum in Paris, one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. ... It has been suggested that South Shore, Blackpool be merged into this article or section. ... Brush Railcoach No 623 in Mystique livery Illuminated tram No 633, rebuilt in the shape of a Trawler The Blackpool tramway is a tramway system serving Blackpool and Fleetwood and the only surviving first-generation tramway in the UK dating back to 1885. ... Map sources for the Wyre estuary at grid reference SD340479 This article is about the River Wyre in Lancashire. ... Knott End is a sea-side resort in Lancashire. ... Location within the British Isles Douglas (Doolish in Manx) is the capital of the Isle of Man (Ellan Vannin) and its largest town. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ...

Schools in Fleetwood include Rossall School, Fleetwood Sports College and Cardinal Allen High School. Rossall School is a British, co-educational, independent, day and boarding school in between Cleveleys and Fleetwood, Lancashire. ...

Miscellany

Fleetwood was also a holiday destination for a young John Lennon as well as the home of the first fully automated telephone exchange in Britain. The port town was also for some years the northern terminus of the railway line to London, hence the hotel opposite the site of the (now demolished) Fleetwood railway station being called The North Euston. Another piece of interesting trivia concerns Alan Partridge writer Peter Baynham who is a former student of the nautical college. Novelist Robert Carter also went to school there. Fleetwood is also the birthplace of The Tea Party bass player and videogame composer, Stuart Chatwood. The town is featured in the supernatural horror novel A Haunted Man, by Stuart Neild. Scenes set in Fleetwood include a haunted tram ride and a ghostly visitation on Fleetwood Pier. John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... A telephone operator manually connecting calls with patch cables at a telephone switchboard. ... The Fleetwood Branch Line consists of the train line from Preston to Fleetwood once it reached Kirkham and Wesham it continued on towards Fleetwood. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Fleetwood railway station Served Fleetwood in Lancashire Categories: | | ... Facade of Euston Station, London Euston Arch: the original Euston Station, as enlarged, ca 1851 Euston station concourse Euston station (also known as London Euston), is a large railway station in Central London. ... Alan Gordon Partridge is a fictional television and radio presenter portrayed by English comedian Steve Coogan. ... Peter Baynham is a British comedy writer and perfomer born in Cardiff, Wales. ... Robert Carter An English novelist. ... The Tea Party was a Canadian rock band with blues, progressive rock and Middle Eastern influences. ... Stuart Chatwood, (born Fleetwood, Lancashire, England) is a Canadian musician, best known as the bass guitar/keyboard player for the now defunct rock band The Tea Party. ... Stuart Neild (born 1970) is an English supernatural and horror author. ...

Sport

Fleetwood's local football club, Fleetwood Town^[3], play their games at a stadium named Highbury (Highbury Avenue Sports Stadium). This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

Motorcycle speedway racing was staged at Highbury Avenue Sports Stadium from 1948 to 1952. The Fleetwood Fliers started the season as Wigan Warriors but moved to the seaside town venue after racing a few away fixtures billed as Wigan. The Fliers raced in the National League Division Two from 1948 to 1951 without enjoying any great success. In 1952 the venue staged a number of open events promoted by local rider Don Potter with the team re-named the Fleetwood Knights. Details of the meetings which featured the Fliers home and away and the Knights at home only can be seen on www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk.

External links

• Local authority - Wyre Borough Council
• Forum for locals of Fleetwood and surrounding areas

References

1. ^ http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmselect/cmodpm/1023/1023we65.htm
2. ^ http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/fleetwood-news?articleid=3014253
3. ^ http://www.Fleetwoodtownfc.com