|
Queen's Square, Poulton-le-Fylde
Queen's Square (originally Higher Green) is a formerly open area in the centre of the English market town of Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire. It stands today, immediately to the southeast of Market Place, at the convergence of Blackpool Old Road to the west, Chapel Street (the A588) and Higher Green to the east and Hardhorn Road (also the A588) to the south. The Grade II listed White House, an early home of chaplain Harry Viener, stands on the southern side of the square. The town's war memorial, also Grade II listed, was erected in the square in 1921. It was moved to Market Place in August 1979.''A History of Blackpool, the Fylde and South Wyre'' – Nick Moore (2018), p. 676 Several buildings original to the square have since been demolishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wyre Borough Council
Wyre may refer to: Places * Wyre, Orkney, an island in Scotland * Borough of Wyre, a local government district in Lancashire, England ** Wyre (UK Parliament constituency) * River Wyre, a river in Lancashire, England * Wyre Forest, a woodland in Shropshire and Worcestershire, England * Wyre Piddle, a village in Worcestershire * Afon Wyre (Welsh for ''River Wyre''), a river in Ceredigion, Wales Radio stations * WYRE (AM), a radio station in Annapolis, Maryland, United States * WYRE-FM or WBHU, a radio station licensed to serve St. Augustine Beach, Florida, United States * WWNL, formerly WYRE, a radio station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States * The Wyre, a former radio station serving north Worcestershire, England People * Wyre (musician), Kenyan musician * John Wyre, Canadian percussionist * Wyre Davies, Welsh journalist Other uses * Wyre (comics) Wild Child (Kyle Gibney) alternately spelled Wildchild and also known as Weapon Omega and Wildheart, is a fictional c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poulton-le-Fylde
Poulton-le-Fylde (), commonly shortened to Poulton, is a market town in Lancashire, England, situated on the coastal plain called the Fylde. In the 2001 United Kingdom census, it had a population of 18,264. There is evidence of human habitation in the area from 12,000 years ago and several archaeological finds from Roman settlement in England have been found in the area. At the time of the Norman conquest, Poulton was a small agricultural settlement in the hundred of Amounderness. The church of St Chad was recorded in 1094 when it was endowed to Lancaster Priory. By the post-Medieval period the town had become an important commercial centre for the region with weekly and triannual markets. Goods were imported and exported through two harbours on the River Wyre. In 1837, the town was described as the "metropolis of the Fylde", but its commercial importance waned from the mid-19th century with the development of the nearby coastal towns of Fleetwood and Blackpool. Poulton has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackpool Old Road
Blackpool Old Road is a street in the market town of Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, England. It runs for about , from Poulton Road and Garstang Road in the south to Queen's Square, Poulton-le-Fylde, Queen's Square and Hardhorn Road to the northeast. It becomes the B5268 road, B5268 when it passes Blackpool Road, which carries the designation to and from that point. Blackpool Old Road was formerly known as Bull Street, named for the Pub, public house (originally called the The Bull, Poulton-le-Fylde, Black Bull) which stands across from Market Place (Poulton-le-Fylde), Market Place. The pub was rebuilt in 1963. As its name suggests, it was the former main route to and from Blackpool, beginning at its junction with Fleetwood Road (a continuation of the B5268), Bispham Road and Poulton Road. Where Poulton Library stands today (at the corner of Blackpool Old Road and Queensway), there was formerly an old thatched cottage named Dudley Hall. The library was opened in 1965.. As part o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Market Town
A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rural towns with a hinterland of villages are still commonly called market towns, as sometimes reflected in their names (e.g. Downham Market, Market Rasen, or Market Drayton). Modern markets are often in special halls, but this is a recent development, and the rise of permanent retail establishments has reduced the need for periodic markets. Historically the markets were open-air, held in what is usually called (regardless of its actual shape) the market square (or "Market Place" etc), and centred on a market cross ( mercat cross in Scotland). They were and are typically open one or two days a week. History The primary purpose of a market town is the provision of goods and services to the surrounding locality. Although market towns were kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashire was created by the Local Government Act 1972. It is administered by Lancashire County Council, based in Preston, and twelve district councils. Although Lancaster is still considered the county town, Preston is the administrative centre of the non-metropolitan county. The ceremonial county has the same boundaries except that it also includes Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen, which are unitary authorities. The historic county of Lancashire is larger and includes the cities of Manchester and Liverpool as well as the Furness and Cartmel peninsulas, but excludes Bowland area of the West Riding of Yorkshire transferred to the non-metropolitan county in 1974 History Before the county During Roman times the area was part of the Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Market Place (Poulton-le-Fylde)
Market Place is a Town square, public square in the English market town of Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire. Dating to the Middle Ages, it has historically been a site of weekly markets, today taking place on Mondays (except Bank Holiday Monday). It is now mostly used as a Pedestrian zone, shopping precinct, along with the adjacent indoor Teanlowe Centre. It is bounded by the pedestrianised Church Street, Poulton-le-Fylde, Church Street to the north and Blackpool Old Road to the south. A Listed building, Grade II* listed church, St Chad's Church, Poulton-le-Fylde, St Chad's, stands beyond the square's northeastern corner, while in the square's centre is the Poulton-le-Fylde War Memorial, town's war memorial. At its southern end is (in line, from north to south) the whipping post, fish stones, Market Cross, Poulton-le-Fylde, market cross and stocks (each Grade II listed). Other notable buildings and structures in Market Place include (clockwise from the north) 2 Market Place (the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A588 Road
A588 may refer to: * A588 road (Great Britain), a road in the United Kingdom * A type of Weathering steel Weathering steel, often referred to by the genericised trademark COR-TEN steel and sometimes written without the hyphen as corten steel, is a group of steel alloys which were developed to eliminate the need for painting, and form a stable rus ... * The Chrysler Neon engine#A588 {{Letter-NumberCombDisambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackpool Gazette
The ''Blackpool Gazette'' (locally marketed as simply ''The Gazette'') is an English daily newspaper based in Blackpool, Lancashire. Published every day except Sunday, it covers the towns and communities of the Fylde coast. It was founded as ''The West Lancashire Evening Gazette'' in 1929 before being renamed the ''Evening Gazette'', and then ''Blackpool Gazette''. The paper's history dates back to a weekly publication founded in 1873. Background The newspaper is published by JPI Media (owned by National World), and is known locally as ''The Gazette''. The editor is Nicola Adam. Two other weekly newspapers are also published – the '' Lytham St.Annes Express'' and the ''Fleetwood Weekly News''. It is online at blackpoolgazette.co.uk. ''The Gazette'' had a close link with local football club Blackpool until the club's relegation from the Premier League in 2011. In 2014, the newspaper decided to scrap club chairman Karl Oyston Karl Samuel Oyston (born 20 February 1968) is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White House (Poulton-le-Fylde)
The White House is an historic building in the English market town of Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire. It has been designated a Grade II listed building by Historic England. The property is located in Queen's Square, around to the southeast of the town centre and Market Place. A town house, with the ground floor now occupied by businesses, it was built in the mid-18th century, constructed of rendered brick with a cornice gutter and a slate roof. It is on a double-pile plan with three storeys. It has five bays and the first-floor casement windows are tall with glazing bars; the second-floor windows are smaller. The front entrance to the building is flanked by Doric pilasters. The White House was an early home of chaplain Harry Viener. See also *Listed buildings in Poulton-le-Fylde Poulton-le-Fylde is a market town in the Borough of Wyre, Wyre district of Lancashire, England, situated on a coastal plain called the Fylde. There are 16 buildings and structures in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Viener
Harry Dan Leigh Viener, CBE, UCd'I (26 December 1868 – 7 May 1947) was an eminent Anglican Chaplain in the first half of the 20th century. In 1918, he joined the fledgling Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch as its first Chaplain-in-Chief. Early life and education Viener was born on 26 December 1868 in Blackpool, England, and initially lived at The White House, the family home, in nearby Poulton-le-Fylde. He was educated at Malvern College, then an all-boys public school in Malvern, Worcestershire. He studied at St John's College, Oxford. In 1890, he was awarded a Casberd exhibition. On 5 October 1882, he was commissioned into the 1st (Oxford University) Volunteer Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, as a second lieutenant; nicknamed the ''Oxford University Volunteers'', this battalion was the precursor to the Oxford University Officers' Training Corps. He resigned his commission on 25 March 1893. From 1892 to 1899, he was a schoolmaster and private tutor. Ordained ministry V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poulton-le-Fylde War Memorial
Erected in 1921, the Poulton-le-Fylde War Memorial is located in the English market town of Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire. A Grade II listed structure, it stands in a small cobbled area at the north end of Market Place (Poulton-le-Fylde), Market Place, having been moved from nearby Queen's Square, Poulton-le-Fylde, Queen's Square in 1979.''A History of Blackpool, the Fylde and South Wyre'' – Nick Moore (2018), p. 676 Made of granite, it consists of a pillar with an octagonal foot, and a ball finial surmounted by a wheel-head cross. The pillar is on a square plinth on an octagonal step. On the plinth is a timber plaque with a coat of arms, a bronze plaque with an inscription, and further plaques recording the names of those lost in the World Wars and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courthouse
A courthouse or court house is a building that is home to a local court of law and often the regional county government as well, although this is not the case in some larger cities. The term is common in North America. In most other English-speaking countries, buildings which house courts of law are simply called "courts" or "court buildings". In most of continental Europe and former non-English-speaking European colonies, the equivalent term is a palace of justice ( French: ''palais de justice'', Italian: ''palazzo di giustizia'', Portuguese: ''palácio da justiça''). United States In most counties in the United States, the local trial courts conduct their business in a centrally located courthouse. The courthouse may also house other county government offices, or the courthouse may consist of a designated part of a wider county government building or complex. The courthouse is usually located in the county seat, although large metropolitan counties may have satellite or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
