Bare is a suburb of and

electoral ward A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to t ...

Morecambe Morecambe ( ) is a seaside town and civil parish in the City of Lancaster district in Lancashire, England. It is in Morecambe Bay on the Irish Sea. Name The first use of the name was by John Whitaker in his ''History of Manchester'' (1771), w ...

, within the

City of Lancaster The City of Lancaster () is a local government district of Lancashire, England, with the status of a city and non-metropolitan district. It is named after its largest settlement, Lancaster, but covers a far larger area, which includes the tow ...

district in

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, England. The population of the ward as taken at the Census 2011 was 4,067. Bare has a

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(Princes Crescent), and a

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connecting it to Morecambe and Lancaster. Its name comes from

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''bearu'' meaning " grove". Bare Hall is a Grade II listed building built around 1830 by the Lodge family

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