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Freckleton, Lancashire
Freckleton maps
Historic maps of Freckleton and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Freckleton maps
Historic map of Freckleton
Illustrated Victorian map of Lancashire
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Freckleton books
Displaying 3 of 14 books about Freckleton and the local area. View all Freckleton books
Lancashire - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Heart of Lancashire Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
The Fylde Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
5 Freckleton photos appear in 3 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Freckleton
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I moved to this village in 1967 aged 14. The main building in the centre of the picture is a bank, I think it was the National which later became the National and Westminster Bank. Beyond the bank and to the right on the corner was a Post Office. Hidden by the bank in the same row as the Post Office... [more]
Shared on 24 April 2007
Lancashire memories
The original name of the place was Quinneys, not the Pig and Whistle as previous correspondents have noted. It was built between the wars by my grandfather Jack Swarbrick for my Grandmother (Elizabeth) to run. One of the features of the place (so I'm told) was a sprung dancefloor.
Shared on 05 October 2009
Days out in Lytham in the Forties and Fifties
We lived in Preston, Lancashire from 1944 to 1956 and often came here for the day on the bus. My mother preferred Lytham to Blackpool and we spent happy hours on the sands. This picture, taken before the 1st World War, is a view which my father would have seen when he came here as a child - I have a... [more]
Shared on 04 August 2008
My name is Eileen Turner. I had a sister named Kathleen Turner. If anyone who went here knows me please contact me, I would love to talk to someone who went there.
My name is Sophia Ufton. I am writing this on behalf of my mom, thanks.
Shared on 06 June 2008
Extracts From Freckleton & Lancashire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Freckleton, inspired by Frith photos.
The Fylde Photographic Memories
It was 1725 when the Quakers opened their burial ground in Lower Lane, planting a tree for those who had died—no headstones were erected. It is thought that the Romans used Freckleton Naze as a landing place. Sail cloth weaving, boat building and corn milling flourished here until the 1920s. Favourite inns were the Plough and the Coach and Horses.
This is an extract from The Fylde Photographic Memories.
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Lancashire Villages Photographic Memories
The rivers Ribble, Dow and Douglas meet at Freckleton, and were used by the Romans to get supplies to Kirkham. In 1725 the Quakers opened their burial ground in Lower Lane, planting a tree wherever one of their number was buried. A tragedy struck the village in August 1944 when an American bomber fell on the village school. The death toll... [more]
This is an extract from Lancashire Villages Photographic Memories.
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Lancashire Villages Photographic Memories
Here in what was thought to be the largest village in the Fylde we have a good example of a Fylde cruck-built thatched homestead, of which very few remain. A corn mill flourished here from the 12th century until 1915, powered by water. Boat building was carried on, and sailcloth was made in cottages equipped with handlooms. Sailors and agricultural workers... [more]
This is an extract from Lancashire Villages Photographic Memories.
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