Thornton Cleveleys, Lawsons Road c.1955
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T307010
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As rural areas were eaten into by the great building boom, pleasant tree-lined areas of mature countryside were more appreciated. Holmes in Thornton was a settled agricultural community for generations before Thornton amalgamated with Cleveleys in 1927. This part of Thornton was connected with Stanah (Stayna) by Holmes Brook. In the 17th century the wooden bridge became so dangerous that Lancaster Quarter Sessions ordered that 'the inhabitants of Thorneton of the east side of Thorneton bridge and the inhabitants of Stayno shall repair that bridge before Michaelmas under a penalty of ten pounds'. Name changes influenced by dialect were many over the centuries.
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