HISTORY OF THE FYLDE

OF LANCASHIRE,

BY

JOHN PORTER, M.R.C.S., L.S.A.

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FLEETWOOD AND BLACKPOOL:

W. PORTER AND SONS, PUBLISHERS.

1876.

[All rights reserved.]

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(Laneshire

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BENJAMIN WHITWORTH, ESQUIRE, M.P.,

IN ADMIRATION OF HIS ENTERPRISE, GENEROSITY, AND PHILANTHROPY,

DISPLAYED IN THE FYLDE, AND ELSEWHERE,

AND AS

A TRIBUTE OF PERSONAL REGARD AND ESTEEM,

THIS VOLUME

IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED, BY

THE AUTHOR.