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Breck Road
Breck Road (formerly Breck Street; colloquially known as The Breck) is a road in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, England. Originally known as Breck Street, it runs for about from Chapel Street, Ball Street and Vicarage Road in the south to Amounderness Way (the A585) in the north. The road is one-way northbound between its Chapel Street/Ball Street/Vicarage Road junction and Victoria Road, just beyond Poulton-le-Fylde railway station. It is part of the A588, a designation it picks up from Chapel Street. Amounderness Way eastbound inherits the A588 designation. Sources differ as to whether Breck Street was the former name of Breck Road or Station Road. An October 1926 edition of ''The London Gazette'' lists all three streets. Notable landmarks * 31 Breck Road (formerly the home of George Henry Bernasconi) * Poulton-le-Fylde railway station (built in 1896) * Wyre Civic Centre (formerly Cotton Industry Convalescent Home and the Mary MacArthur Home) A Jubilee Arch stood in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thatched House
The Thatched House is a public house on Ball Street in the English market town of Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire. A former coaching inn, it stands adjacent to the churchyard of St Chad's, at the corner of Chapel Street. A tavern, believed to have been called the Green Man, was on the site in 1793, and may have been built in the Middle Ages. Lancashire County Council & Egerton Lea Consultancy (2005), p. 22 The pub, which is owned by Mitchells & Butlers, was named Campaign for Real Ale's branch Pub of the Year in 2016."The Thatched: Poulton's well-known real ale pub re-opens after make-over" - '' Blackpool Gazette [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breck Road
Breck Road (formerly Breck Street; colloquially known as The Breck) is a road in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, England. Originally known as Breck Street, it runs for about from Chapel Street, Ball Street and Vicarage Road in the south to Amounderness Way (the A585) in the north. The road is one-way northbound between its Chapel Street/Ball Street/Vicarage Road junction and Victoria Road, just beyond Poulton-le-Fylde railway station. It is part of the A588, a designation it picks up from Chapel Street. Amounderness Way eastbound inherits the A588 designation. Sources differ as to whether Breck Street was the former name of Breck Road or Station Road. An October 1926 edition of ''The London Gazette'' lists all three streets. Notable landmarks * 31 Breck Road (formerly the home of George Henry Bernasconi) * Poulton-le-Fylde railway station (built in 1896) * Wyre Civic Centre (formerly Cotton Industry Convalescent Home and the Mary MacArthur Home) A Jubilee Arch stood in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackpool Transport
Blackpool Transport Services Ltd.Companies House extract company no 2003020 Blackpool Transport Services Limited is a bus and tram operator running within the boroughs of and Fylde and into the surrounding area, including Fleetwood, , Poulton-le-Fylde, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lytham Hall
Lytham Hall is an 18th-century Georgian country house in Lytham, Lancashire, from the centre of the town, in of wooded parkland. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, the only one in the Borough of Fylde. History The manor of Lytham was recorded in the ''Domesday Book'' of 1086 as ''Lidun''. In the 12th century it was given to the Benedictine monks of Durham Priory for the foundation of a monastic cell—Lytham Priory. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 1530s, Lytham Priory came into the possession of Sir Richard Molyneux. In 1606 the land was acquired by local landowner Cuthbert Clifton, who built a house there. Cuthbert's descendant, Thomas Clifton, replaced that house with the current hall, which was built 1757–1764 to the design of John Carr of York. For the next two centuries the Clifton estate, at its largest, comprised . Ownership of the property descended to John Clifton (1764–1832 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). Following the Allied victory over the Central Powers in 1918, the RAF emerged as the largest air force in the world at the time. Since its formation, the RAF has taken a significant role in British military history. In particular, it played a large part in the Second World War where it fought its most famous campaign, the Battle of Britain. The RAF's mission is to support the objectives of the British Ministry of Defence (MOD), which are to "provide the capabilities needed to ensure the security and defence of the United Kingdom and overseas territories, including against terrorism; to support the Government's foreign policy objectives particularly in promoting international peace and security". T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million Military personnel, personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Air warfare of World War II, Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Listed Building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland. The term has also been used in the Republic of Ireland, where buildings are protected under the Planning and Development Act 2000. The statutory term in Ireland is "protected structure". A listed building may not be demolished, extended, or altered without special permission from the local planning authority, which typically consults the relevant central government agency, particularly for significant alterations to the more notable listed buildings. In England and Wales, a national amenity society must be notified of any work to a listed building which involves any element of demolition. Exemption from secular listed building control is provided for some buildings in current use for worsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of St John The Evangelist, Poulton-le-Fylde
The Church of St John the Evangelist is a Roman Catholic church in the market town of 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 ..., Lancashire, England. The current church replaced an earlier chapel which lies a few metres to the north-east. The former chapel, with its attached Rectory, presbytery, has been designated a Grade II listed building by English Heritage. Completed in 1813, St John's was the first Roman Catholic chapel to be built in Poulton-le-Fylde, a parish which had remained sympathetic to Catholicism after the English Reformation, Reformation. The box-shaped Stucco, rendered brick building, with slate roofs, was replaced by a larger church in 1912. History At the time of the English Reformation, St Chad's Church, Poulton-le-Fylde, St Chad's Chu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clergy House
A clergy house is the residence, or former residence, of one or more priests or ministers of religion. Residences of this type can have a variety of names, such as manse, parsonage, rectory or vicarage. Function A clergy house is typically owned and maintained by a church, as a benefit to its clergy. This practice exists in many denominations because of the tendency of clergy to be transferred from one church to another at relatively frequent intervals. Also, in smaller communities, suitable housing is not as available. In addition, such a residence can be supplied in lieu of salary, which may not be able to be provided (especially at smaller congregations). Catholic clergy houses in particular may be lived in by several priests from a parish. Clergy houses frequently serve as the administrative office of the local parish, as well as a residence. They are normally located next to, or at least close to, the church their occupant serves. Partly because of the general conservat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Royal Oak Hotel
The Royal Oak Hotel was a public house and hotel in the market town of Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire. It stood on Breck Road at its junction with Station Road.''A History of Blackpool, the Fylde and South Wyre'' – Nick Moore (2018), p. 290 Built in 1842, it was, up until its demolition, the only hotel in the town. It replaced an earlier building, known as the Old Oak, which had also been a dye works. Joseph Redshaw was the pub's first tenant in July 1843. It was in 1860, during the time of the landlordship of Albany Featherstonhaugh (1791–1871) that the pub was renamed the Royal Oak Hotel. It was home to the local branch of the |
Wyre Civic Centre
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 ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ball Street
__TOC__ Ball Street is a historic street in the market town of Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, England. It runs for about , from the junction of Chapel Street, Vicarage Road and Breck Road in the east to its convergence with Tithebarn Street in the west. It is One-way traffic, one-way westbound. The street, which is the start or end of today's B5260 road, B5267, has existed since at least the 19th century, which is when the Golden Ball, Poulton-le-Fylde, Golden Ball public house (from which the street takes its name)''A History of Blackpool, the Fylde and South Wyre'' – Nick Moore (2018), p. 218 was built. The southern side of the street forms the southern boundary of the raised graveyard of St Chad's Church, Poulton-le-Fylde, St Chad's Church. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
