Blackpool History, Mystery, Heritage and Hauntings

SHOW HOMES LAUNCH 30TH JUNE!!!! Well of course that got my attention - I used to work on the site of the National Savings Building so was interested to see that they had started to build some of the new houses... have a read of the introduction on the website... Nowadays Marton falls within the modern town of Blackpool, but a thousand years ago, there were several small hamlets of Little Marton, Great Marton and Marton Fold. The name comes from AngloSaxon ‘Mere-tun’ - and the mere or lake after which Marton is named is still there; in fact today, Marton Mere (and neighbouring Marton Moss) is a renowned local nature reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest, attracting all manner of birdlife, wildlife, flora and fauna. Marton itself is just three miles from the Lancashire coast, where central Blackpool meets the sea, and is close to the green enclave of Stanley Park, which contains the renowned Blackpool Zoo. Nearby Preston Old Road has a number of local neighbo...

Information taken from the Church website .... Images in this post taken over the last few years - note this is the 2nd version of St Paul's church.  Worship at Marton began in 1760 when Rev. Mr Gibson of Lytham came to the Charity School (Baines Endowed) to perform divine worship every alternate Sunday afternoon. Prior to this and every other Sunday the villagers of Marton had to walk to Poulton, well nigh impossible in winter due to the marshy conditions.It was another 40 years before Marton got it’s own church, a plain brick built church dedicated to St Paul opened in 1800. It was 1892 almost a hundred years later before a fee of £2.2s was paid for the separation from St Chad’s. (The vicar at St Chad’s is still the patron of St Paul’s.) In 1897 it was decided to erect a new church in "preference to repairing and restoring the old one", and on 22 January 1908 the first sod was cut. The consecration took place on 28th May 1909 but due to lack of funds ...

On one of my facebook groups I posted the below image - many hours later and clues a member did indeed guess where this was.  Old bridge road is in Marton ( google map it ) Just in case your thinking ok what is the road above , its Yeadon way , which in former times was the train track towards Central train station.  Having lived in Marton as a child , spent time around this area, just sat watching the world go by, I remember before Booths was built and the housing estate, horses were kept in the nearby field.  Through the tunnel if you continue to walk , you will come out at 'rough heys lane' From the gazette some rather interesting information about the houses in the area ! - http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/local/the-station-that-moved-1-402420 Marton green landscape - lets hope it stays that way .... New houses being built near the tunnel - who knows in years to come someone may ask me do you have a photograph of... !