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History of the Fylde of Lancashire

History of the Fylde of Lancashire

by John Porter

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Author
Porter, John (Writer on the Fylde of Lancashire)
Credits
E-text prepared by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)
Language
English
LoC Class
DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
Subject
Lancashire (England) -- History
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 65919
Release Date
July 25, 2021
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.ERRATA.
  4. 4.CONTENTS.
  5. 5.HISTORY OF THE FYLDE. — CHAPTER I. THE ANCIENT BRITONS, ROMANS, ANGLO-SAXONS, AND DANES.
  6. 6.CHAPTER II. THE NORMAN CONQUEST TO JAMES THE FIRST.
  7. 7.CHAPTER III. JAMES THE FIRST TO QUEEN VICTORIA.
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV. CONDITION, CUSTOMS, AND SUPERSTITIONS OF THE PEOPLE.
  9. 9.CHAPTER V. COSTUMES, COUNTRY, RIVERS, AND SEA.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI. THE PEDIGREES OF ANCIENT FAMILIES. — ALLEN OF ROSSALL HALL. — BUTLER OF RAWCLIFFE HALL. — CLIFTON OF CLIFTON, WESTBY, AND LYTHAM. — FLEETWOOD OF ROSSALL HALL. — FFRANCE OF LITTLE ECCLESTON HALL. — HESKETH OF MAINS HALL. — HORNBY OF POULTON. — HORNBY OF RIBBY HALL. — LECKONBY OF LECKONBY HOUSE. — LEYLAND OF LEYLAND HOUSE AND KELLAMERGH. — LONGWORTH OF ST. MICHAEL’S HALL. — PARKER OF BRADKIRK HALL. — RIGBY OF LAYTON HALL. — SINGLETON OF STAINING HALL. — STANLEY OF GREAT ECCLESTON HALL. — TYLDESLEY OF FOX HALL. — VEALE OF WHINNEY HEYS. — WESTBY OF MOWBRECK HALL AND BURN HALL. [66]
  11. 11.CHAPTER VII. PARISH OF POULTON-LE-FYLDE.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. FLEETWOOD-ON-WYRE.
  13. 13.CHAPTER IX. THORNTON, CARLETON, MARTON, AND HARDON-WITH-NEWTON.
  14. 14.CHAPTER X. THE PARISH OF BISPHAM.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XI. BLACKPOOL.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XII. THE PARISH OF KIRKHAM.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. PARISH OF KIRKHAM.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. PARISH OF LYTHAM.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XV. PARISH OF ST. MICHAEL’S-ON-WYRE.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. PAUPERISM AND THE FYLDE UNION.
  21. 21.FOOTNOTES
  22. 22.INDEX. — LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS.
  23. 23.LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS.

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