Hi this is Carol from Australia,Many Many thank,s for the history of dear old Blackpool,i was born there in 1938,been back for three trips and do hope just one more .i have just printed it all out and i appreciate it very much thank you again Carol. ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Chards" <chard@ake.quik.co.nz> To: <ENG-LAN-FYLDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 5:03 AM Subject: [FYLDE] FW: [LAN] Growth of Blackpool Part 1 > This is the first of an eight part history of the growth of Blackpool which > first appeared in July 2002 on the Lancashire site. It was provided by Helen > at the address below and she has kindly agreed to have it reposted on the > Fylde site. Regards Peter in NZ. > > -----Original Message----- > From: HelenMSul@aol.com [mailto:HelenMSul@aol.com] > Sent: Tuesday, 23 July 2002 11:00 p.m. > To: LANCSGEN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [LAN] Growth of Blackpool Part 1 > > Whilst clearing out papers and belongings from my recently deceased Gt Aunt > I > came across these notes on the Growth of the County Borough of Blackpool in > the County of Lancashire, so I thought I would post these to the list. As > the dates span from 1500 to 1926 I will post them in several stages. > > I have copied the Dates from various History Books of Blackpool and the > Fylde > which I have read, but chiefly from the Government Survey Book Amunderness, > published in the year 1934. > To thoroughly understand the History of a District over a few Centuries > you > must know its Geography. > The first Map of the Fylde or Saxon for Field was published about the year > > 1500 and shows the Coastline to extend One Mile further out into Morecambe > Bay than it does now, also two miles further out into the Irish sea at > Rischall Point, receding to One Mile further out at halfway down the coast > (that would be Bispham), and continuing still one mile out until it reaches > the mouth of the Ribble. > The Map shows the River Wyre as a tributary of the River Lune, hence the > name Lune Deeps. > Marton Moss was a swamp and a small brook drained from it running North > West, called Spen Brook this was widened and deepened later to the Moss and > renamed Spen Dyke. > This Brook or Dyke emptied into a pool situated in a large Depression > about > a mile (in those days) from the sea, and owing to the colour of the water > was > given the name THE BLACKPOOL. > Further East was a lake running East and West for four and a half miles, > by > half a mile wide. > This had an overflow at the West end, this ran through what is now Marton, > > and joined the Spen Brook in the vicinity of what is now known as Spen > Corner, the junction of Waterloo Road, Ansdell Road and Hawes Side Lane. > The Lake was Marton Mere and ran from about what is now East Park Drive to > > beyond Peel. > The Black Pool was situated in a hollow at the North end about the present > > Chapel Street or Princess Street and the South near Spion Cop end of the > Football Field. > This Pool had an overflow through a small Gynn which ran through what is > now Manchester Square to the sea. > There is no mention of Roman Occupation in any book that I have read, the > nearest is Kirkham where the remains of a small Bath Building on the stump > of > the Roman Bath, were found in excavating at the beginning of the Centuary. > There is also the Roman Road running through Kirkham and on towards > Fleetwood to the Supposed Roman port of Portus Setantian, two miles out from > > the present Fleetwood. This road was afterwards called Daines Pad. This > was > the layout of the Coastal Strip of the Fylde in the Hundred of Amunderness. > > > All for now. More to come soon. > > Helen > > > ==== LANCSGEN Mailing List ==== > List Owner is: > DOT STUTTER: dstutter@shaw.ca > Assistants: Julie Vandersluys & Craig Pickup > Reach the Duty Admin at LANCSGEN-admin@rootsweb.com > > > > > ==== ENG-LAN-FYLDE Mailing List ==== > *LancsLife*, where you can discuss all things Lancashire. See > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/ENG/LANCSLIFE.html to subscribe > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >

Yes Thank you very much - Although I have never been to BlacKpool My ancestors lived there from 1881 & I am finding it all very interesting. I am awaiting the next installment tonight ! Jackie, Southampton Snip ,Many Many thank,s for the history of dear old Blackpool,i was born there in 1938,been back for three trips and do hope just one more .i have just printed it all out and i appreciate it very much Snip > Whilst clearing out papers and belongings from my recently deceased Gt Aunt > I > came across these notes on the Growth of the County Borough of Blackpool in > the County of Lancashire, so I thought I would post these to the list. As > the dates span from 1500 to 1926 I ==============================