CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



I. — Preface : A Modern Holiday Resort. By Arthur Grime. . 5 



II. — ' Amounderness ' : A Regional Survey of the Fylde. By 



E. Prentice Mawson 6 



III. — The Fylde : Geology and Physical Features. By R. K. 



Gresswell 16 



IV. — The Fylde : Phytogeography. By Margaret Dunlop ... 20 



V. — The Peat Mosses of the Fylde. By F. Walker 27 



VI. — Historical Geography 31 



VII. — Climate of the Fylde. By Wilfred Smith 34 



VIII. — Main Centres of Population. By R. E. Thompson 39 



IX. — Place Names of the Fylde. By Eilert Ekwall 41 



X. — Agrarian Evolution since the Eighteenth Century. By 



Wilfred Smith ' 44 



XI. — Agriculture of the Fylde. By J. J. Green 50 



XII. — Transport in the Fylde by Road, Rail, Sea and Air. By 



Ashton Davies 58 



XIII. Lancashire Sea Fisheries. By Prof. J. H. Orton and 



H. Paynter 69 



XIV. — Growth of Blackpool as a Health and Holiday Resort. By 



W. I. Curnow 74 



XV. — Municipal Life of Blackpool. By D. L. Harbottle 85 



XVI. — Blackpool Coast Defence Works. By H. Banks 94 



XVII. — Education in Blackpool and District. By A. E. Ikin 103 



XVIII.— Water Supply. By John Hall 118 



XIX. — Vertebrate Fauna of the Blackpool District. By J. R. 



Charnley 119 



XX. — The Lake District : Geology. By T. Eastwood 129 



XXI. — Botany of the Lake District. By W. H. Pearsall 134 



XXII. — Mammals of the Lake District. By H. J. Moon 139 



XXIII. — Summer Bird Life of the Lake District. By H.J. Moon.. 141 



XXIV. — Scientists of North Lancashire and Vicinity. By D. N. 



Lowe 143 



