AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED 



carried out many works for the health* and conveni- 

 ence of the people and the beautifying of the town. 

 It owns the gas and electric lighting and power works, 

 also the tramways. A new town hall was built in 

 1895-1900. A market, built in 1844, was acquired 

 by the local board in 1853 and enlarged in 1872; 

 the free library' 8 was built on the site in 1895, a 

 new market being opened in Lytham Road. A new 

 free library building has recently been given by Mr. 

 Carnegie ; a technical school was erected in 1905-6. 

 There are also a court-house, police stations and fire 

 brigade station. A bench of magistrates for the 

 borough was constituted in 1898. A coat of arms 

 was granted in 1899. 



There was in the 13 th century a chantry chapel in 

 Layton,** but it disappeared, and the existing places 

 of worship in Layton are all modern and due to the 

 rise of Blackpool. In connexion with the Church of 

 England St. John's was erected in 1821 M and re- 

 built in 1878 on the old site ; a separate parish was 

 assigned to it in i860." The patronage is vested in 

 trustees. The incumbent from 1829 to 1846 was 

 the Rev. William Thornber, B.A., whose history of 

 the town written in 1837 has been quoted frequently 

 in the present work. 51 Holy Trinity, South Shore, 

 built in 1836 and rebuilt in 1895, had a parish 

 assigned in 1871.** Lady Drummond's trustees pre- 

 sent the vicars. Christ Church, Blackpool, built in 

 1866, became parochial in 1871." St. Paul's, North 

 Shore, was built in 1898—9. These two churches 

 are in the gift of bodies of trustees. There is a 

 mission church, St. Peter's, 1878, connected with 

 Holy Trinity ; also another, All Saints', connected 

 with St. John's ; and school-chapels at South Shore 

 and Marton Moss. 



The Wesleyan Methodists opened a chapel in Bank 

 Hey Street in 1835 ; this was replaced in 1 86 1-2 



PART OF 

 LANCASTER 



by the present Adelaide Street church." They 

 have now two others in Blackpool and two in South 

 Shore. The United Methodist Free Church opened 

 their first chapel in 1 864, 66 and have since added two 

 others in Blackpool and South Shore. The Primitive 

 Methodists, after meeting for some time in a room, 

 built a church in 1 875." The New Connexion, 

 now joined to the United Methodists, also has a 

 church. 



The Baptists held services in a room from 1858" 

 till Union Chapel was opened in 1861 ; it was 

 rebuilt in 1 904. They have now a second chapel in 

 Blackpool and another in South Shore. 



About 1820 the Congregationalists began preach- 

 ing in Blackpool, and in spite of much opposition 

 were able to open Bethesda Chapel, near Fox Hall, 

 in 1 8 2 5 . A larger building in Victoria Street was 

 built in 1 849, and for a time Bethesda ceased to be 

 used, except occasionally by the Methodists ; but 

 services there were resumed in 1875. 59 Another 

 chapel was opened at South Shore in 1885, 60 and 

 more recently (1901) another in Claremont Park. 



A Unitarian chapel was opened in 1875, 61 and 

 the present church succeeded it in 1883. The 

 Plymouth Brethren, Swedenborgians (New Church) 

 and Salvation Army are also represented at Black- 

 pool. 



The Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Hearts 

 of Jesus and Mary was built in 1857 and has been 

 enlarged. 68 It is served by Jesuits. St. Cuthbert's, 

 South Shore, built in 1880, was succeeded by the 

 present church ten years later. St. Kentigern's, 

 Blackpool, was begun in 1907. These are served 

 by secular priests. There is a convent and boarding 

 school, the Holy Child Jesus, at Little Layton. 



The Jews have a synagogue, and there is a 

 Spiritualists' Hall. 



PART OF LANCASTER 

 STALMINE WITH STAYNALL 



Stalmine, Dom. Bk. ; Stalmin, 1205 ; Stalemynne, 

 1278. 



Stainole, 1277 ; Staynol, 1292 ; Staynolf, 1 3 3 1 . 



This composite township, with Stalmine to the 

 north and east and Staynall to the south-west, has a 

 total area of 2,583^ acres, 1 the two hamlets having 

 1,771 and 812J respectively, and the population in 

 1 90 1 was 537. The River Wyre forms the western 

 boundary, and upon it, at the south of Staynall, is 

 the hamlet of Wardleys, where before the rise of 



Fleetwood there was a small port, with warehouses, 

 from which the Kirkham spinners a century ago 

 drew their supplies.' 



The surface is comparatively level, but there is a 

 ridge of higher land by the bank of the river, on 

 which Staynall is placed ; and inland, Stalmine, with 

 its church, stands on another piece of higher ground. 

 The greatest elevation is about 75 ft. above sea level. 

 The principal road is that from Shard Bridge to 

 Preesall, passing through Stalmine. 



48 The Free Libraries Act was adopted 

 in 1879. 



49 Lane. Ch. ii, 436. 



50 Porter, op. cit. 330. 



51 Load. Gax. 10 Mar. i860. 



a A memoir by Mr. C. W. Sutton i« 

 prefixed to his tale called Penny Sane, 

 1886, He was the son of Giles Thornber 

 of Poulton, born about 1805, and educated 

 at Brasenose Coll., Oxf. ; B.A. 1828. 

 Hii History of Blackpool was first printed 

 at Poulton in 1837, and reissued later; 

 it is of great value, both on account of 

 the author's local knowledge and as re- 

 cording conditions that have long passed 

 away. He wrote other antiquarian 



essays. He died at Stafford 8 Sept. 

 1885. 



53 Porter, op. cit. 360 ; Lond. Gax. 

 22 Dec. 1871. 



64 An iron church was erected in 1861 ; 

 Porter, op. cit. 341. For district, Lond. 

 Gax. 28 Mar. 1871. 



65 Porter, op. cit. 335. 



66 Ibid. 345. They had previously 

 used Bethesda Chapel. " Ibid. 359. 



68 Ibid. 340. The congregation origi- 

 nated in a division in the Congregational 

 chapel ; Nightingale, Lanes. Nonctmf. i, 

 148. 



59 Ibid, i, 137-51 i Porter, op. cit. 



333. 33 8 - 



251 



60 Nightingale, op. cit. i, 162. 



61 Porter, op. cit. 359. 



61 Ibid. 339 ; Kelly, Engl. Cath. Mis- 

 sions, 86. 



1 The Census Rep. of 1901 gives 2,303 

 acres, including 3 acres of inland water. 

 There are also 58 acres of tidal water and 

 374 of foreshore. 



* In 1825 the Baltic produce used at 

 Kirkham was ' brought up the Wyre and 

 landed at Warleys,' where the Kirkham 

 manufacturers had ' large and commodious 

 warehouses' for storage. Wardleys was 

 part of the port of Poulton ; Baines, 

 Lanes. Dir. i, 6; 6. 



