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Fleetwood town (1991 pop. 27,899), Lancashire, NW England, on Morecambe Bay at the mouth of the Wyre estuary. Fleetwood, a port, trades and has a ferry service with the Isle of Man and Belfast. Sir Peter Hesketh Fleetwood founded the town in 1836 and developed it into a trading port and seaside resort. Industries include fishing, computer production, plastics, radio-valve assembly, and shoe manufacture. Rossall public school, founded in 1844, is in Fleetwood.

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Fleetwood, Australia, UK, USA 1. UK (England): founded by, and named after, Sir Peter Fleetwood (1801–66), MP for Preston (1832–47), who laid out the town on his estate of Rossall in 1836. He changed his name by royal licence in 1831.2. USA (Pennsylvania): originally Coxtown and renamed in 1859 after Sir Peter Fleetwood (1801–66) who did much to develop the railroad.

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Fleetwood Lancs., a modern name, from Sir Peter Fleetwood who laid out the town in 1836.

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