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Heysham

Heysham proper noun: a large village and port in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4161).

Proper noun

Heysham

  1. A large village and port in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4161).
    • In 1897, The Midland Railway began the construction of a harbour at Heysham, to replace Morecambe, a few miles to the north, as the port for its steamer services to Northern Ireland. […] Today, Heysham is one of the busiest of Lancashire's smaller ports, with a tidal basin of 36 acres, and a depth...1954 October, “Fifty Years at Heysham”, in Railway Magazine, pages 663-664

Words formed from Heysham

Questions about Heysham

What does Heysham mean?
Heysham means a large village and port in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4161).
What part of speech is Heysham?
Heysham is a proper noun.

Words near Heysham in the dictionary

  1. heyre-loomes
  2. heyres
  3. Heyrod
  4. heyrovskyite
  5. heys
  6. Heysham
  7. Heyshott
  8. Heystek
  9. Heysteks
  10. Heytesbury
  11. Heytesbury Lower

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