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Morecambe 〔("Morecambe" at Dictionary.com )〕〔("Morecambe" in ''Collins English Dictionary online'' )〕 or is a town on Morecambe Bay in Lancashire, England. In 2001, it had a population of 38,917,〔38917=5230+8015+7098+5949+5926+6699, (Lancaster 004 (Middle Layer Super Output Area) ), (Lancaster 006 (Middle Layer Super Output Area) ),(Lancaster 007 (Middle Layer Super Output Area) ),(Lancaster 008 (Middle Layer Super Output Area) ),(Lancaster 009 (Middle Layer Super Output Area) ),(Lancaster 010 (Middle Layer Super Output Area) ), ''ONS Neighbourhood Statistics'', retrieved 3 November 2011〕 decreasing to 34,768 at the 2011 Census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Town population 2011 )〕 ==Name of Morecambe== The first use of the name ''Morecambe'' in modern times was by Whitaker in his ''History of Manchester'' (1771), when he refers to the æstury of Moricambe. It next appears 4 years later in 'Antiquities of Furness' where the bay is described as 'the Bay of Morecambe'. That name is derived from the Roman name shown on maps prepared for them by ''Claudius Ptolemœus (Ptolemy)'' from his original Greek maps. At this distance in time it is impossible to say if the name was originally derived from an earlier language (e.g. Celtic language) or from Greek. The Latin version describes the fourth inlet north from Wales on the west coast of England as Moriancabris Æsturis. Translated this gives a more accurate description than the present name of Morecambe Bay as the Latin refers to multiple estuaries on a curved sea, not a bay, as then the word sinus or gulf would have been used. The name next crops up as early as March 1862 (before the town took the name officially) on a steam locomotive built for the South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway. Strangely this was one of four locomotives in the class and the others were each named after existing towns; No. 162 Saltburn, 163 Morecambe, 164 Belfast and 165 Keswick which could indicate the name was already in use for the area unofficially. It was not until 1889 that the necessary legislation was passed to officially name the area as Morecambe, comprising the hamlets of Poulton, Bare and Torrisholme (a township for the purposes of the Census of 1841 but shown as separate townships in the previous Census of 1831). In 1894 the Urban District Council was formed, thus freeing Morecambe completely from its governance by the Borough of Lancaster until 1974 when Lancaster again took charge. Prior to the creation of Morecambe, Poulton acquired two suffixes, 'le Sands' and briefly also 'on Sands' shown on at least one map. The reason for these additions stem from the dearth of names of townships in earlier times with the same name recurring over again. In the days before free movement of people this was not so important but as travel became easier through first the turnpikes and later the railways, it became necessary to differentiate between the various towns with the same name, hence the additions On 3 August 1928 the name changed again when the Corporation of Morecambe amalgamated with Heysham Urban District Council to form the borough of Morecambe and Heysham. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Morecambe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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