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Guide to the Local Collections - Poulton-le-Fylde Collection
Wyre District.
Blackpool Old Rd
Poulton le Fylde
Blackpool
Lancs
FY6 7DH
Tel: 01253 888900
Fax:01253 888909
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4. Scope and arrangement of the collection.
The collection contains books, pamphlets, maps, illustrations and ephemera devoted chiefly to the township of Poulton-le-Fylde but also including some material relating to the surrounding villages. The collection is mostly for reference use only but in some cases copies may be made available for loan from the lending library collection.
5. Catalogues and bibliographies
All volumes of the Lancashire Bibliography published to date are held, together with the Guides to the Lancashire Record Office.
The collection is fully catalogued on the county's LINNET computer system.
A number of directories dating from 1851 are held as well as photocopies covering the Poulton area from 1828 - 1953.
7. Electoral registers and poll books.
Electoral registers are held for Poulton from 1970 to date.
None.
9. Census enumerators' returns
The Poulton returns for 1841 – 1881, transcribed by Annette Anderson, are available for reference. The 1891 census is available on microfiche.
The following LANCASHIRE PARISH REGISTER SOCIETY volumes are held:
Vol. 19 Poulton 1591 - 1677
Vol. 27 Saint Michaels on Wyre 1659 - 1707, Woodplumpton 1604 - 1659
Vol. 33 Bispham 1599 - 1754
Vol. 39 Pilling 1630 - 1721
Vol. 51 Stalmine 1583 - 1724
Vol. 103 Woodplumpton 1659 - 1784
Poulton-le-Fylde News 1972 - 1978 (incomplete)
The Record (LANCASHIRE AUTHORS' ASSOCIATION) June 1971 -
There is a selection of Ordnance Survey maps of Poulton and the surrounding area notably:
25" to 1 mile 1892, 1912 and 1932 editions
6" to 1 mile 1840s, 1890s, 1913 and 1933 edition
50" to 1 mile, Poulton only, 1960s.
14. Council minutes and minutes of official bodies
WYRE BOROUGH COUNCIL. Minutes. Current copy only.
A fully indexed collection of over 700 photographs of Poulton and the surrounding area is held.
A video of the 1966 Poulton gala is held.
None.
None.
None.
Microfiche reader, photocopier.
21. Books useful as introductory reading
FISHWICK, Henry. History of the parish of Poulton-le-Fylde in the county of Lancaster. Chetham Society, 1885.
FOSTER, David. Poulton-le-Fylde: a nineteenth-century market town. Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 1978.
PORTER, John. History of the Fylde of Lancashire. 1976, reprinted by S. R. Publications, 1968.
POULTON-LE-FYLDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Poulton-le-Fylde town trail. The Society and Wyre Borough Council, 1990.
ROTHWELL, Catherine. Poulton-le-Fylde in times past. Countryside Books, 19??.
WISEMAN, David. Poulton-le-Fylde in bygone days. Countryside Publications, 1981.
WISEMAN, David. Poulton-le-Fylde once upon a time. Turner and Earnshaw, 1979
All our libraries provide free access to the Ancestry website which gives access to Census Records for England, Wales and Scotland 1841-1901) and indexes to Births, Deaths and Marriages for England and Wales (1837-2005).