Blackpool is a distinguished watering place, twelve miles from Garstang. The sea coast here forms a straight line for many miles. The bank or cliff, which is clay, rises to various heights, from three to sixty feet above the high-water mark. A small number of houses are scattered along the sea bank to the extent of a mile, and a few of them front the sea, with an aspect nearly west. The inhabitants of the village have their dwellings in the back ground. The views are highly interesting; to the north, at the distance of forty miles, the fells of Westmoreland, the crags of Lancashire, and the hills of Cumberland, are seen projecting into the water.

To the south, at the distance of fifty miles, and lengthening to a great extent, the romantic mountains of North Wales present themselves in solemn majesty, towering towards the clouds. This beautiful range comprehends a north view of the counties of Chester, Flint, Denbigh, Caernarvon, and the Isle of Anglesea. Some parts of the Isle of Man may also be seen. The sea at Blackpool retreats nearly half a mile at low water, leaving a bed of solid sand, excellently adapted for a ride over it, to an extent of twenty miles. Here the gentry of both sexes display their dexterity in horsemanship; and as this fine bed of sand is new moulded at every tide, the pedestrian is not incommoded by sea shells, &c. The time of bathing is nearly at the flood. A bell rings as a signal for the ladies. Some use machines drawn by one horse; and a few go from their apartments in their water dress, though the majority undress in the boxes which stand on the beach for their use. If a gentleman is seen on the parade before the ladies retire, he forfeits a bottle of wine. When the ladies retire, the bell rings for the gentlemen.

Fish is scarce at Blackpool, but shrimps are plentiful. The prices for boarding are various, but upon the whole reasonable. The spot now the coffee-room, about twenty-five years since was a blacksmith’s shop, and none of the superior houses for boarding are of much older standing.

The parade, it should have been observed, is a pretty grass walk on the verge of the sea bank, divided from the road by white rails, about two hundred yards long, with an alcove at the end.

The most southerly house at Blackpool, bears the name of Vauxhall, and was once the only place of resort. It has been, for some years past, in a ruinous state. It belonged to the Tildesley family; and Sir Thomas Tildesley, a friend to the Pretender, fitted up this house for his reception, in the year 1715.

A stone in the sea, about half a mile from the shore, is said to mark the spot where a public house stood some ages back. And in this, it is said, iron books were fixed, to which travellers used to fasten their horses, whilst they drank their penny pots of beer, from whence the stone first acquired the name of "Penny Stone." At present it is nearly covered with sea-weed, and bears the face of a venerable antique.

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BLACKPOOL as a flourishing watering place, municipal borough and the head of a county court district and has been separated from the mother parish of Bispham for ecclesiastical purposes; is 8 ½ miles south from Fleetwood, 18 north-west from Preston, 32 north-by-west from Southport, 48 ¾ north-west-by-west from Manchester, 46 north from Liverpool, 235 from London, (all railway distances) and 25 by road, south-west from Lancaster, with, three stations, on the branches, of the Lancashire, and Yorkshire and London and North Western (Joint) railways from Poulton and Kirkham in the township of Layton-with-Warbreck, Blackpool division of the county, , petty sessional division of Kirkham, hundred of Amoundernes, Fylde union rural deanery of The Fylde, archdeaconry of Lancaster and diocese of Manchester.

The place derives its name from the peaty-coloured pool, now covered in, at the south end of the town, near the house called”Fox Hall,” once the seat of Edward, the son of Sir Thomas Tyldesley, the loyalist, and according to tradition, fitted up in 1745 by Thomas, the grandson of the latter, as a temporary retreat for the young Pretender, but now a farmhouse; the outlet is now a sewer, the sewage being conduoted through iron pipes to the sea, and discharged, at the lowest level of the ebb, tide.

The town was incorporated by royal charter 21 Jan. 1876. The borough is divided into six wards, the corporation consisting of a mayor, 10 aldermen and 36 councillors. In 1879 the corporation obtained an act to carry out various improvements, and for other purposes, including the power to advertise the town.

The streets are wide, well paved, and the town is lighted with gas, from works in Princess street, erected in 1853, at a cost of £38,000, and enlarged in 1879 and 1884; they contain two gas-holders capable of holding 1,000,000 cubic feet and are the property of the corporation. During 1893, the electric light, which had previously only been partially adopted, was extended to the whole length of the Promenade and the principal streets and also supplied to a number of shops and private houses: the works are in Coop street. The borough is supplied with water by the Fylde Water Board.

The fashionable season is in the autumn months, when the visitors average from 80,000 to 100,000. The marine villas and various hotels, together with lodging houses, line the coast fronting the sea for upwards of 3 miles, and close to the sea is a promenade with carriage drive, completed in 1868—9, 3 miles in length, forming an esplanade along the coast, from which the promontory of Furness, the fells of Westmorland, the crags of Lancashire and the hills of Cumberland, and to the south the mountains of North Wales, though at a distance of 60 miles, are visible: and in the north-west a good view of the isle of Man, distant 63 miles, is caught in clear weather. The promenade was widened in 1897, and now extends from north to south, a distance of about three miles: the improvements include a 15 feet footpath on the eastern side, a roadway 55 feet wide, a 10 feet island footway, a double line of electric tramways, and a promenade 42 feet wide on the sea or westerly side; the whole has been carried out at a cost of over £300,000, and a further widening is now (1904) in course of construction. The cliffs rise gradually from the south to various heights, and from 3 to 60 feet above high water mark; from the base of the cliffs to low water is about a quarter of a mile: the intervening space consists of the sands, which, having a very gradual descent, render bathing safe and agreeable.

The North Pier, opposite Talbot Square, is 1,850 feet long and 27 feet wide, and was designed by Mr. Eugenius Birch C.E. of London. The first column was fixed in May, 1862, and the pier was opened in 1863. The pier is constructed almost entirely of iron, the only woodwork employed being that used for the deck and the fender piles at the head. There is sitting accommodation for between 3,000 and 4,000 persons, without at all interfering with the width of the pier as a promenade. In 1874, two wings were erected, at a cost of £14,000, and in the following year, a pavilion, shops, and band stand were erected at a cost of £12,000. The pier head measures from north to south 280 feet, and from east to west 170 feet, and covers an area of 5,000 square yards. The Indian pavilion is on the north wing and will seat 1,750 persons. The orchestra is placed at the western end. On the south wing are refreshment rooms and shops, and a band kiosk. It is estimated that these works have cost upwards of £100,000. The pier is lighted with electric light. Ample landing stages are provided on the iron extension, erected in 1871, by which passengers are able to land and embark at all stages of the tide, and a further extension of 160 yards was carried out in 1900. Steamers now ply between the pier and the isle of Man, Llandudno, Liverpool, Barrow-in-Furness, Southport and Morecambe Bay.

The Central pier, projecting from the Central beach, opposite the Wellington Hotel, and designed by Mr. J. E. Mawson C.E. is also chiefly of iron, the jetty being entirely of timber. The length of the promenade from the entrance to the pier head is 1,100 feet, the low water jetty being 400 feet, giving a total length of 1,500 feet. The breadth of the main portion is 24 feet, and of the pier head 58 feet. In the autumn of 1877 the entrance was considerably enlarged and the incline raised, at a cost of £1,500. In the same year a low water jetty of iron, 300 feet long, was erected at a cost of £7,400, with three separate landings, to suit every state of the tide. In 1878 a promenade, 21 feet wide, was added to the pier head at a cost of £5,500. Along the pier, which is lighted with the electric light, are several wind screens, and on the pier head is a large space set apart for dancing; there are also a number of good shops belonging to the South Blackpool Jetty Company Limited, whose manager’s office is on the pier. In 1893 the pier was widened near the pier head, at a cost of £8,000.

The Victoria pier, at South Shore, opposite Station road, about one mile south from the Central pier, is the property of the Blackpool South Shore Pier and Pavilion Co. Limited, and was erected in 1892, from the designs of Mr. John D. Harker, architect, of Manchester, in collaboration with Mr. T. P. Worthington, engineer, of Blackpool, at a cost, including the pavilion, of about £50,000. The pier, which is constructed of iron, is 1,004 feet in length, the extreme width at the end is 165 feet, and of the promenade 45 feet. The pavilion, in the Oriental style, is a substantial structure, capable of holding over 2,000 persons; concerts are given daily during the season.

St. John’s parish was formed 10 March, 1860, out of Bispham parish: the church, originally built in 1821, was rebuilt in 1878 on the old site, at a cost of about £12,000, and is an edifice of stone in the Early English style, from designs by Messrs. Garlick, Park and Sykes, of this town, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, transepts, vestry, south porch, and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles, reaching a height of 139 feet, and containing an illuminated clock and 8 bells: there are memorial windows to the late Dr. Cocker, Mr. H. Banks, and others: in 1885 windows were erected in the chancel at a cost of £340, and in the transept and west end at a cost of £1,000: the eagle lectern, of finely-carved oak, was designed and presented by Mr. James Ecclestone; the font, presented by Mr. and Mrs. Topping, has a carved cover, also designed by Mr. Ecclestone and presented by Mrs. Curtis: within the communion rails are carved oak chairs, one of which bears the date 1681: the reredos, also of carved oak, represents “The Lord’s Supper,” and cost £400: the west end and organ chamber are inclosed by oak screens, and over the pulpit is a canopy, erected at a coat of £50: the church was decorated internally in the spring of 1886, at a cost of £300, and affords 1,223 sittings, of which 447 are free. The register of births and deaths dates from, the year 1821, and of marriages from 1836. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £400, with residence, in the gift of five trustees, and held, since 1869 by the Rev. Norman Stuart Jeffrey M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin, rural Dean of the Fylde, and surrogate.

Christ Church is an ecclesiastical parish, formed 28 March, 1871. The church, erected in 1866, at a cost of about £4,000, is of brick and stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, west porch and a western tower containing one bell: the organ cost £600: and there is a reredos of Bath stone and granite: the church affords 1,350 sittings, 250 being free. The register dates from the year 1861. The living is a vicarage, , net yearly value £400, with residence, in the gift of five trustees, and held since 1900 by the Rev. Job Edwards, of St. Aidan’s.

The church of St. Paul, Warbreck road, North Shore, built, in 1898—9 at a cost of £7,500, and consecrated 19th July, 1899, is an edifice of stone in the Perpendicular style, from designs, by Messrs. Garlick and Sykes, of Blackpool and Preston, architects, and consists of chancel, nave with aisles and transepts: the east window is stained, and there are 800 sittings. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £300, with residence, in the gift of trustees, and held since 1899 by the Rev. Richard Lavers Kemp M.A. of Durham University. The Sunday school attached to this church will hold 500 children.

The Catholic church, in Talbot road, dedicated to the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, and erected in 1857 from the designs of E. W. Pugin esq. at a cost of £15,000, defrayed by Miss Tempest, of Broughton Hall, Yorkshire, is of stone in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave with clerestory, aisles, transepts, lady chapel, vestry, south porch and an embattled western, tower containing 8 bells: the pulpit, the lady chapel reredos, and that in the chancel are all richly carved: there are many stained windows: the east end of the church was enlarged in 1894, the chancel being set back and the north and south transepts, extended, in the centre being covered by an octagonal dome, about 20 feet in diameter and 80 feet high: the church will, seat about 1,200 persons.

The Unitarian chapel, in Bank street, North Shore, is an edifice of stone in the Gothic style, built in 1883, at a cost of £3,000, and will seat 280 persons.

The Wesleyan chapel, Rawcliffe street, South Shore, opened in 1889, is in a mixed Gothic style: the tower is not yet completed, the cost, including the organ, was £5,050, and there is accommodation for 700 persons: there is a memorial window to the late Francis Parnell in the chancel at the west end: there are two other memorial windows.

The Baptist Tabernacle, in Springfield road, was erected in 1904, at a cost of £12,050, including £3,300 for the land, and has sittings for 900 persons.

The Claremont Congregational chapel, erected in 1901, is a building of white Yorkshire stone, in the Gothic style, with 480 sittings.

The Primitive Methodist chapel, in Chapel street, erected in 1883, was formerly a day school, and will seat 300 persons.

The Cemetery, situated on the New road, and opened in March, 1873, originally occupied about 8 ½ acres, laid out at a cost of £4,000; in 1902 it was enlarged by the addition of 24 acres, purchased for £9,000; the whole is well laid out, and has three mortuary chapels, erected at a cost of £4,400; it is under the control of the Corporation.

The Town Hall, in Talbot square, erected in 1895—1900, at a cost of £70,000, is an edifice of brick and stone, in the English Renaissance style, from designs by Messrs. Potts, Son & Hennings, architects, of Manchester, and includes a clock-tower, with a copper fleche: the building contains a council chamber for the use of the Corporation, mayor’s parlour and reception rooms, four committee rooms: a suite of rooms for the town clerk’s department; offices for the various borough officials; apartments for a caretaker, and a municipal kitchen.

The Court House and police offices in South King street is of old stone work, and consists of three court rooms, magistrates retiring room, solicitors’ rooms, general office, chief constable’s office, detective and sergeants’ offices, parade room, police recreation room, waiting room and sixteen police cells, and includes sleeping accommodation for 25 men.

The Drill Hall of the 5th Lancashire Royal Garrison Artillery Volunteers (5th Heavy Battery), in Yorkshire street, erected at a cost of £2,600, is a structure of iron and wood, 103 feet long and 66 in breadth, in two spans, and contains instructor’s house, armoury, officers’ quarters and mess rooms. This battery formerly was a garrison battery, until the year 1891, when it was formed into a position battery, and is armed with four 4.7 quick-firing guns. The strength of the battery is 116, including officers, non-commissioned officers and gunners.

Blackpool Tower, the foundations of which were laid 1891—2, is constructed of iron, on the lines of the Eiffel Tower in Paris: It is supported on four legs, well braced together with the main girders, and also carrying the gallery round the circus, to which purpose the area at the base is devoted. The circus is capable of seating 4,000 people. On the next main girders the floor is placed, from which the elevators start to carry passengers to the top, this is 55 feet from the entirely covered in. There are also staircases, available for the public, which lead to a stage 85 feet from gound and level with the top of the buildings surrounding the base of the tower, and affords a fine and extensive view. The highest point reached by the lifts is 380 feet ground. The shaft of the tower is 30 feet square at the point, and the balcony is 44 feet equate and is covered in with plate and colored glass. Above this are two open air platforms, 400 and 420 feet from the base; these are readied by staircases. A spiral staircase leads to the platforms above, and a little platform, called the Crow’s Nest, above the centre of the dome, is reached by an iron ladder.

To the top of the flagstaff the tower is 500 fast in height, and about 550 above the sea level: the buildings surrounding the tower include an aquarium and menagerie, bear pit monkey house, aviary, roof marine promenades, gardens, elevator, hall &c.: on the ground floor of the north wing is a cafe restaurant, capable of accommodating 1,000 persons, and having a fountain in the centre, and a balcony surrounding the entire room: above this is an assembly room, seating between 6,000 and 8,000 persons, and available for promenade concerts or dancing; the remaining portion of the ground floor is let off as shops.

The Blackpool Winter Gardens, erected in 1876—8, at a cost of £107,000, and opened by the Lord Mayor of London on July 10th, 1878, are in Church street, within three minutes’ walk of both the railway stations and promenade; the principal entrance in Church street has a vestibule with a fine dome 120 feet in height and 126 feet in circumference, and is adorned with statues and a large bronze fountain.

The Grand Empress Ball Room, Indian Lounge, Empress Chambers and Viotoria Entrance were erected in 1896—7, at a further cost of £130,000.

The Floral Hall, 176 feet in length, 44 feet wide and 25 feet high, with a roof of glass and light iron work, contains many costly and rare palms and ferns and a collection of statuary: attached is a grill room, refreshment and tea rooms, a buffet and a billiard saloon. The Fernery, 200 feet in length, consists of a mass of skilfully arranged rockwork planted with ferns collected from all parts of the world.

There are also covered and open Skating Rinks, the covered rink being 135 feet long and 88 feet wide. The Great Pavilion, 165 feet in length and 75 feet wide, has a grand promenade 423 feet in length and a stage, and will accommodate 10,000 persons. During the season, grand spectacular ballets and concerts are given here. There is also a large circus, which is opened for about ten weeks during the season.

The Gigantic Wheel, 214 feet high, was erected in 1896. There are 30 cars, each holding 30 persons. The entire weight is 400 tons.

Her Majesty’s Opera House is a building chiefly of stone and iron, adjoining, and in connection with the Winter Gardens; the principal entrance is in Church street, but there are a number of entrances into the Gardens. The interior is elegantly furnished; this theatre is open all the year round, and is visited by the principal London theatrical and operatic companies. The new Grand Theatre and Opera House, in Church street, erected in 1894 from the plans of Mr. P. Matcham, of London, and re-constructed in 1901—2, is a building principally of stone, the chief entrance being at the comer of St. Anne’s street, where there is a tower, surmounted by a domed roof. The theatre will seat 3,150 persons. The total cost, including fittings and decorations, was upwards of £30,000: Mr. T. Sergenson, proprietor. The Hippodrome was opened in 1900.

The Palace, built in 1897—8, comprises a theatre of varieties, open all the year round: the auditorium is arranged in three tiers, in each of which large audiences can be comfortably seated: there is also a spacious circus, and a large and handsomely decorated ballroom, the floor is parqueted and supported on springs. The roof gardens are at the top of the ballroom stairs, and there are also balconies which overlook the sea.

The Covered Market, in Lytham street, is open daily; the Royal Market, opened in, 1863, Bead’s Market, opened in 1862, and the Palatine Market, are for fancy goods only.

The Technical School is held in the Empress buildings, Church street, in which classes for plumbing and modelling are held.

The new Free Library and Beading Booms, St. John’s buildings, Market street, built in 1895 on the site of the former St. John’s market, are of Ruabon brick with dressings of Yorkshire stone in a Free Renaissance style, and are supported by the Corporation; the library now (1904) comprises over 16,000 volumes, and there is an ample supply of all kinds of newspapers, English and Foreign: an art gallery, containing a large number of valuable pictures, was added in 1903.

The South Shore Free Library, a branch of the Blackpool Central Library, in Lytham road, is a building of brick and stone, consisting of one storey, in the Renaissance style, erected in 1893—4, from the plans of the Borough surveyor.

There are also branch libraries at Marton and Central drive, the latter having an attached gymnasium, established in 1904, under the Municipal Gymnasiums Act.

The Corporation Fire Brigade Station, erected in 1903, is in Adelaide street; the brigade has one steam fire engine and one manual, two hose carts and two fire escapes.

A Sea Water Company was formed in 1877, with a capital of £13,000, for the purpose of supplying sea water direct to the houses by means of mains laid through the streets’; it was acquired by the Corporation in April, 1902: the works are in Warbreck road, and the sea water is also used for watering the streets.

The lifeboat, “Robert William,” launched in 1864, but now removed from this station, saved 81 lives while stationed here. The lifeboat “Samuel Fletcher,” presented by Queen Victoria in September, 1885, is kept in a building near the Manchester hotel, South shore.

The Electric Street Tramway, the property of the Corporation, and worked on the overhead trolley system, was opened by the Mayor of Manchester in 1885, and extends from the North, to the South shore, a distance of about three miles, and also along Lytham road and Station road, South shore. The Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramroad Company’s system extends from Talbot road to Fleetwood, a distance of 10 miles, having been opened July 14th 1898; the chief offices are at Bispham. There is in addition a service of electric tramcars running from South Shore railway station through St. Anne’s to Lytham, the property of a limited company.

The baths here include Nicholson’s, on the North shore, and Read’s, on the Central beach. In the town are several first-class hotels, well fitted, and containing from 20 to 200 beds.

The imperial Hydropathic Establishment, in Claremont Park, originally built for an hotel in 1868, at a cost of £50,000, is a structure of red brick with Bath stone dressings, standing in its own grounds, directly facing the sea, and has a spacious lawn of about 12,000 square yards, used as a promenade, and for croquet, lawn tennis and bowling. Attached are baths of very complete character, erected at a cost of about £8,000. Considerable additions have been made, including a new dining-hall, capable of seating 450 persons, together with 40 bedrooms, smoke rooms, new lounge and winter gardens. The entire management is under the superintendence of Mr. W. Weber.

The Victoria Hospital, in Whitegate drive, opened towards the end of 1894, is a building of red brick, with red sandstone dressings, in the Renaissance style, from the plans of Mr. T. P. Worthington: and comprises an administrative; block, theatre, and two wings with other wards added in 1897: the cost, including these, was nearly £10,000. There is an endowment fund of nearly £4,000, managed by a Board elected by the subscribers.

The Sanatorium, New road, the foundation stone of which was laid July, 1891, is a structure of brick, consisting of six wards, with 20 beds, offices, house, &c. and was erected at a cost) of £5,900: the institution is now (1904) being enlarged, at an estimated cost of £23,500, so as to afford 64 additional beds.

There is a Convalescent Home in Lytham road, under the management of a lady superintendent, and another, for children, in Burlington road, South shore, opened in 1904, and supported by voluntary contributions.

Claremont Park is an estate of 60 acres on the north of the town, and was purchased in 1862 by the Blackpool Land, Building and Hotel Company Limited, who laid out the grounds and erected therein conservatories and various buildings for public entertainment. The sea frontage is three-quarters of a mile in length and has an average breadth of 250 yards, but was seriously damaged by the great storms of 1891, which also swept away a large portion of the tower promenade; since then the Corporation have reconstructed the buildings, and improved the estate at a cost of upwards of £50,000.

The area of the civil parish and borough is 3,594 acres of land, 7 of water, 75 of tidal water (which consists of sea only) and 1,334 of foreshore; rateable value, £447,557. The population in 1881 was 14,418; in 1891, 23,846, and in 1901, 47,348.

The population of the municipal wards in 1901 was: Bank Hey. 1,915; Brunswick, 6,914; Claremont, 7,733; Foxhall 13,434; Talbot, 11,232; Waterloo, 6,120. The population of the ecclesiastical parishes in 1901 was: St. John the Evangelist, 20,163; Christ Church, 5,694; St. Paul’s, 2,345.

Holy Trinity Church, erected in 1836, enlarged in 1878, and entirely rebuilt in 1895, is a stone building in the Late English Decorated style: it consists of chancel, nave, north and south transepts and a north-western tower containing 6 bells and a clock: there are memorial windows to Mrs. Sykes, to Robert Rawcliffe, the Rev. W. Salthouse, and Sarah Ann Scholes: a new organ was provided in 1903, at a cost of £2,000: there are sittings for 1,100 persons. The register dates from the year 1836. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £250, with residence, in the gift of Lady Drummond, and held since 1881 by the Rev. Sandys Ynyr Burges Bradshaw.

An iron mission church, in the Lytham road, was erected in 1878, at a cost of £750, including the site: the services are conducted by the clergy of Holy Trinity.

The Catholic church, situated in Lytham road, and dedicated to St. Cuthbert, was erected in 1880, and is now used as a school. A new church and presbytery were opened, in 1890, to accommodate 550: it is built of Halifax shoddies and Runcorn red stone, in the Gothic style: the cost, including the presbytery, was between £600 and £700. The foundation stone of a new Baptist chapel was laid in August, 1904. John Talbot Clifton esq. of Lytham Hall, is lord of the manor and principal landowner.

The population of the ecclesiastical parish in 1901 was 12,948.

The Catholic Convent of the Holy Child Jesus, erected upon a commanding eminence at Layton Hill, about 1 ½ miles from Blackpool, in 1870, includes a boarding school for young ladies, and will hold 80 pupils; the buildings now include a chapel, school hall, 70 feet in length, thirteen music rooms and a large gymnasium.

It is under the sole management of the Reverend Mother.

The manor and land belong to John Talbot Clifton esq. of Lytham.

The soil is clay; subsoil, various. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and pasture.

LITTLE MARTON is a mile south.

MOSS SIDE, 1 mile south, HAWES SIDE, 1 ½ south and FOLD PEEL, 2 south, are small places here.

PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of Services

St John’s Church, Church street, Rev. Norman Stuart Jeffrey M.A. vicar; Rev. John William Pickup B.A. curate; 10.30 а.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

Christ Church, Queen’s street, Rev. Job Edwards, vicar; Rev. William Hastings, curate; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

Holy Trinity Church, South shore, Rev. S. X. B. Bradshaw vicar; Rev. William Woodall M.A. curate; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7 p.m.

St. Peter’s Mission Church, Lytham road, South Shore; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

St. Paul’s, Warbreck road, North Shore, Rev. Richard Lavers Kemp M.A. vicar; Rev. John Holgate, curate; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

St. Paul’s, Great Marton, Rev. James Crabtree.

All Saints’ Mission Church, Palatine road, Rev. T. H. Thell, curate in charge (under St. John’s.)

St. Paul’s Mission Room, Crossland road, Marton; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

South Shore Mission School Church, served from South Shore; 2.45 p.m.

Marton Moss School Church; there are afternoon services on sunday at 3, conducted by the clergy of Holy Trinity Church, South Shore.

Sacred Hearts Catholic Church, Talbot road, Rev. George Huggins, Rev. Bernard Huson & Rev. Thomas McMullin, priests; 8 & 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; daily, 7.30 & 8 a.m.; season, 7.15, 8, 9 & 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; holy days, 8, 9 & 10 a.m.

St. Cuthbert Catholic, Lytham road, Rev. Edward Lupton, priest; 8.30 & 10.30 a.m. & 3 & 6.30 p.m.; daily, 8 a.m.; Fri. 7,80 p.m.

Convent of the Holy Child Jesus, Layton hill.

Baptist, Bolton street; 2.30 & 6.30 p.m.

Baptist, Gadsby street, South Shore; 10.30 a.m. & 2 p.m.

Baptist Union, Springfield road, Rev. Harry Charles Wagnell; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Mon. & Wed. 7 p.m.; seats 900.

Congregational, Victoria street, Rev. William Evans A.T.S.; Rev. George Oswald Bainton A.T.S. & Rev. Arthur Henry Boyden B.A., B.Sc, assistants; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.; seats 660, cost £3,000, erected 1849, opened Sept. 13th, 1850.

Congregational, Claremont park, Rev. Arthur Henry Boyden B.A., B.Sc.; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.

Congregational, Alexandra road, Rev. Albert Thomas Hogg; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Methodist Free Church, Avenue street; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Tues. 7.30 p.m.; seats 600.

Methodist Free Church, Egerton road; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Methodist Free Church, Shaw road, South Shore; 10.30 a.m.& 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

Methodist New Connexion, May Bell avenue, Rev. Frederick J. Wharton; Rev. James Gibson, supernumerary; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Primitive Methodist, Chapel street, Rev. J. Day Thompson; Rev. Robert Pattinson & Rev. John Vaughan, supernumeraries; 10.45 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.; seats 600.

Wesleyan, Adelaide street; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.; seats 750.

Wesleyan, South shore; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7 p.m.; seats 700.

Wesleyan, Grosvenor street; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7 p.m.; seats 250.

Wesleyan, Dickson road, North shore; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Tues. 7 p.m.; seats 250.

Wesleyan, Highfield avenue, South Shore; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Tues. 7 p.m.

Wesleyan Chapel, Marton; 2.30 p.m.

Plymouth Brethren, 1 Upper Talbot street; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Salvation Army Citadel, Coronation street; 7 & 11 a.m. & 3 & 6.45 p.m.; Mon. Wed. thurs, Fri. & sat. 8 p.m.; seats 450.

Spiritualists’ Hall, Albert road; 11 a.m. & 2.30 & 6.30 p.m.; Mon. 7.30 p.m.

Queenstown Mission, St. Joseph’s road, Queen’s park; 6.30 p.m.

New Church (Swedenborgian), Stanley road, Rev. Richard Seddon; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; erected in 1890.

Jewish Synagogue, Rev. Simon W. Rosenzweig; sat. 9.30 a.m.; Fri. sunset.

Unitarian, Bank street, North Shore, Rev. David Davis; 10.45 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

Bethesda Congregational Mission Room, Kent road; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Tues. 7 p.m.

PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

Under the control of the Town Council.

The Education Committee consists of 26 members & was formed 1st July, 1903; Francis George Plant B.A. education sec. & inspector, Free Library buildings, Market street.

Devonshire Road Council (mixed & infants), erected in 1903, for 780 boys & girls & 290 infants; average attendance, 710 boys & girls & 220 infants.

Revoe Council, Central road (mixed & infants), erected in 1902, for 810 boys & girls & 270 infants; average attendance, 789 boys & girls & 254 infants.

South Shore Council, Thames street, erected in 1903, for 1,280 boys, girls & infants; average attendance, 450 boys, 550 girls & 180 infants.

St. John’s (mixed), Church street, founded in 1817 & rebuilt in 1895, for 650 children; average attendance, 550.

All Saints’ Victoria (mixed & infants), Tyldesley road, built in 1888, for 598 children; average attendance, 450.

Christ Church (mixed), Queen street, built in 1872, enlarged in 1890, for 840 children; average attendance, 695 boys & girls & 225 infants.

Catholic (mixed), Crystal road, built in 1880, for 196 children; average attendance, 153.

The Convent of the Holy Child Jesus, Layton hill; Mother Gonzaga, lady superior; the Sisters, teachers.

Catholic (mixed), Talbot road, erected in 1870, enlarged in 1885, for 300 children; average attendance, 215; taught by the Sisters of the Holy Child.

Wesleyan (mixed), Adelaide street, built in 1879, for 350 children; average attendance, 321.

Free Endowed, Marton (mixed), for all the children in the township, endowed in 1717 by James Baines, of Poulton, with lands & buildings, yielding £163 yearly, applied to the payment of the headmaster & his assistant; the school was rebuilt about 1897 at a cost of about £1,400, for 248 children.

Church, Great Marton (infants), built in 1851 & rebuilt in 1877, for 130 children; average attendance, 80.

Little Marton (mixed), built in 1872 (by Colonel Clifton), for 104 children; average attendance, 75.

Great Marton, Moss (mixed & infants), erected in 1875, for 172 children; average attendance, 158.