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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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Poulton le Fylde, small market town, par., and township with ry. sta. (Poulton Junction), N. Lancashire - par. (containing the town of Fleetwood), 16,691 ac., pop. 11,912; town and township, near river Wyre, 5 miles S. of Fleetwood, 914 ac., pop. 1225; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Monday. Previous to the rise of Fleetwood in 1836 Poulton was a town of some commercial importance. It has a free school, and a church (rebuilt 1751) with tower of the time of Charles I. The weekly market is for corn, and fairs are held in February, April, and November.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "small market town" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Poulton le Fylde CP/AP Lancashire AncC |
| Place: | Poulton le Fylde |
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