Poulton-le-Sands
Poulton-le-Sands is a township in the Lonsdale Hundred of Lancashire which now encompasses the centre of Morecambe. Two other townships, Torrisholme and Bare make up the rest of the town. A local board of health was established in 1852, which, taking its name from Morecambe Bay, became the borough of Morecambe in 1902.[1]
Poulton is known locally for its many murals which depict the origin of Poulton as a fishing village.[2] Artist Patricia Haskey-Knowles completed several of these in the Morecambe Bay area.[3]
Poulton was first mentioned in the Domesday Book as Poltune. It later became Poulton and remained this way for a number of centuries. The name 'Poulton' is likely a combination of Old English pull or pōl, meaning 'pool' and tūn meaning 'farmstead'.[4] It was towards the end of the eighteenth or the beginning of the nineteenth century that the Le-Sands was added. This was to distinguish it from another Poulton located near Blackpool which is now Poulton-le-Fylde.
References
- ↑ "Townships: Poulton, Bare and Torrisholme". british-history.ac.uk. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53265.
- ↑ "Fisherman mural - Back Green Street, Morecambe, Lancashire, UK. - Murals on Waymarking.com". waymarking.com. http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMCTE3_Fisherman_mural_Back_Green_Street_Morecambe_Lancashire_UK.
- ↑ Chris Price. "Patricia Haskey". phk-art.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140303204758/http://www.phk-art.co.uk/gallery.php?gallery=murals.
- ↑ "Poulton - Oxford Reference". oxfordreference.com. http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199609086.001.0001/acref-9780199609086-e-10590?rskey=pXELNp&result=10727.
Outside links
- Location map: 54°4’26"N, 2°51’29"W
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