Queen's Square, Poulton-le-Fylde
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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 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 northe ...
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 demolished, mostly on its northern and northeastern sides. The town's
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-spe ...
also formerly stood in the square. Catterall & Swarbrick Brewery Ltd. was established at Queen's Brewery in the square in 1880 by William Catterall and John Swarbrick. Catterall was the original owner of Queen's Brewery. File:Queen's Square, Poulton-le-Fylde.jpg, Queen's Square in the 19th century, looking west from Chapel Street. The building on the right has since been replaced


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{{Borough of Wyre buildings Poulton-le-Fylde Squares in England Buildings and structures in the Borough of Wyre