Knott End On Sea, View From Golf Club c.1965
Photo ref: K128101
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Photo ref: K128101
Photo of Knott End On Sea, View From Golf Club c.1965

More about this scene

Wide open skies and the Irish Sea beyond the Wyre estuary make this club a favourite with golfers. The sea air and exercise encourage appetites. It is thought that the name Knot came from the sea bird, as there used to be flocks of them here—Knott End assumed the extra 't' only in recent years. Others believe that the word refers to the groups of stones that were removed when harbour improvements were effected in 1840. The stones were Scandinavian in origin, and a certain Haakon (who gave his name to Hackensall Hall) had a settlement here at the time of the Viking raids, approximately AD800.

A Selection of Memories from Knott End-on-Sea

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Knott End-on-Sea

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My mum dad and I spent our summer holidays at Knott end stayed with my god parents, Chris and Mona henshall who lived at 14wesbourne road I got to no a girl whose name was Yvonne and lived at 10 Barton road we kept in touch I would like to get in touch again but she has moved from this address now. My name is Chris Evans and I live at 123 Underhill crescent Abergavenny Monmouthshire np7 6du, if anyone knows the ...see more
I lived about 3 minutes from the beach and down the steps and on to patches of grass we used to go jump on. The tide came in and out and used to leave behind seawater puddles collected by the green patches of grass. Of course, as kids we used to love overturning the rocks in the puddles and trying to find any sea life there might be, but our biggest fun was racing over these puddles trying to land on ...see more
My parents visited Knott-End-on-Sea many times, particularly in the September before I was born in March 1932. We used to stay at a house in Lune View with a family called Butler and Mrs. Butler nursed me many times when I woke during the night! They were a lovely family - I think the daughter was called Eva but cannot remember the name of their son. They moved to Fleetwood. My parents and I visited ...see more
We, that is my father Norman, mother Ethel and my Auntie Peg, moved to Knott End in 1948 and lived at 15 The Esplanade. As well as being a boarding house (as it was called in those days) it doubled up as the doctors' surgery. For those with a good memory you might remember Old Dr Taylor Young, Dr Taylor and Dr Allen Pilling from one practice and Dr Stewart, a GP on his own. ...see more