Bare, Morecambe
Bare | |
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Beach and promenade | |
Location within Lancashire | |
Population | 4,067 (2011) |
OS grid reference | SD452647 |
Civil parish | |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | MORECAMBE |
Postcode district | LA4 |
Dialling code | 01524 |
Police | Lancashire |
Fire | Lancashire |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
Bare is a suburb of and electoral ward in Morecambe, within the City of Lancaster district in Lancashire, England. The population of the ward as taken at the Census 2011 was 4,067.[1] Bare has a high street (Princes Crescent), and a railway station connecting it to Morecambe and Lancaster. Its name probably came from Anglo-Saxon bearu meaning "grove".
Bare Hall is a Grade II listed building built around 1830 by the Lodge family[2]
References
- ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ^ http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-391808-bare-hall-morecambe-lancashire
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bare, Lancashire.
- 1953-1955 Ordnance Survey map showing Bare (on the north edge)