Heysham

English Pronunciation en En-uk-Heysham.ogg UK Proper noun en large village/and/port dist/Lancaster co/Lancashire cc/England OS grid ref SD4161. en 1954 October Fifty Years at Heysham Railway Magazine 663-664 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 of 45½ ft. and 17 ft. at high and low water respectively on spring tides. Derived terms en Higher Heysham