HEYSHAM, a village and a parish in the district and county of Lancaster. The village stands on Morecambe bay, 3 miles SSW of Poulton r. station, and 5 W by S of Lancaster; and has a post office under Lancaster. The parish comprises 1, 704 acres. Real property, £3, 803. Pop., 567. Houses, 116. Heysham Hall, Heysham Lodge, and Heysham Tower are chief residences. The parish is a resort for summer residents. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £504.* Patron, the Rev. John Royds. The church stands on the summit of a rock, near the bay; is partly Norman, partly of later dates; includes an aisle added in 1864; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a belfry. Remains of an ancient oratory are on a hill above the church; and several sepulchral excavations are in the solid rock. Remains of a Roman Catholic chapel, which belonged to the Stanleys, are at High Heysham. There are a Wesleyan preaching room and an endowed school.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))