Bare, Morecambe

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 comes from Anglo-Saxon bearu meaning "grove".^[2]

Bare
Beach and promenade
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Population	4,067 (2011)
OS grid reference	SD452647
Civil parish	Morecambe
District	City of Lancaster
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MORECAMBE
Postcode district	LA4
Dialling code	01524
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Morecambe and Lunesdale
List of places UK England Lancashire 54.076°N 2.837°W / 54.076; -2.837

St Christopher's Church, Bare

Bare Hall is a Grade II listed building built around 1830 by the Lodge family.^[3]

References

1. "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 7 June 2015.
2. Ekwall, Eilert (1947). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names (3rd ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 24. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
3. "Bare Hall, Morecambe, Lancashire".

External links

• 1953-1955 Ordnance Survey map showing Bare (on the north edge)