Category: 1838

Workhouse Square Becomes Queen’s Square

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Today, Queen’s Square is one of Poulton-le-Fylde’s busiest public spaces, linking Market Place, Chapel Street, Hardhorn Road and Blackpool Old Road. Lined with historic buildings and once home to the town’s war memorial, it has long been a focal point for civic life. Few visitors, however, realise that before it became Queen’s Square, the area was known as Workhouse Square, reflecting a very different chapter in the town’s history. The square originally took its name from the parish workhouse that once stood nearby. Before the introduction of the Poor Law Amendment Act in 1834, individual parishes were responsible for caring…

Little Marton Mill

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Little Marton Mill is a prominent Grade II listed landmark located in Marton, Blackpool. This 19th-century English tower windmill, constructed in 1838 by John Hays, played a vital role in the local agricultural economy, primarily serving as a corn-grinding mill. For nearly a century, it was an essential part of the community, but it stopped working in September 1928. Blackpool Born Cornelius Bagot restored it, and in 1937 gave it to the Allen Clarke Memorial Fund as a memorial to the local teacher, writer and windmill enthusiast Allen Clarke. The mill’s historical and architectural significance was formally recognised when it… Read more »