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Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood

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1984 in British music

 

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Father of Fleetwood honoured at last

 

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The Mount at Fleetwood Town designed and Built by Decimus Burton in the 1800's

 

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Fleetwood TV at Marsh Mill Thornton HD 720p

 

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Upper Lighthouse (Pharos Lighthouse) Unusual In-Land Street based lighthouse in Fleetwood, UK.

Sir Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, 1st Baronet, was an English landowner, developer and Member of Parliament, who founded the town of Fleetwood, in Lancashire, England. Born Peter Hesketh, he changed his name by Royal assent to Hesketh-Fleetwood, incorporating the name of his ancestors, and was later created Baronet Fleetwood. Predeceased by an older brother, he inherited estates in west Lancashire in 1824. Inspired by the transport developments of the early 19th century, he decided to bring the railway to the Lancashire coast and develop a holiday resort and port. He hired architect Decimus Burton to design his new town, which he named Fleetwood; construction began in 1836. Hesketh-Fleetwood was instrumental in the formation of the Preston and Wyre Railway Company and with his financial support, a railway line was built between Preston and Fleetwood which opened in 1840.
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