Thorton-le-Fylde, Lancashire - Skippool at dusk - postcard

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Skippol at Dusk, Thorton [le Fylde, Lancashire]
• Publisher:  none stated but probably a local
• Postally used:  no
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Thornton (together with its neighbouring town of Cleveleys, known as Thornton-Cleveleys) is a village on the Fylde, in Lancashire, England, about 5 miles (8 km) north of Blackpool and 2 miles (3 km) south of Fleetwood. It is in the Borough of Wyre. The two communities are linked by Victoria Road.

Thornton is first mentioned in 1086 in the Domesday Book, where it was referred to as Torentum. At the time it covered a large area including what are now Cleveleys and Fleetwood, and had a very low population density. It is thought that a settlement had existed at the site since the Iron Age, and a Roman road passes close to the village. The area remained lightly populated until 1799, when the marshland around the village was drained and agricultural production began on a large scale.^[1]

A railway station was opened in Thornton in 1865. The opening of salt works at nearby Burn Naze by the United Alkali Company in the early 1890s, led to significant expansion of the village, with new houses and community buildings constructed. Thornton became an Urban District Council in 1900, surviving until 1974 when it became part of the Wyre Borough Council.^[1]

Thornton for Cleveleys railway station was formerly the principal intermediate stop on the Fleetwood branch of the LMS/British Rail London Midland Region railway, running from Poulton-le-Fylde, but it has been years since the station was used, and with the recent fencing-over of the level crossing in Station Road/Victoria Road East in order to prevent youths from congregating on the tracks, the glory days of Thornton are long since gone. However, a decision by an action group based in Poulton means they will finance a feasibility study into bringing the railway back to Thornton and Fleetwood.^[2]

type=printed

city/ region=thornton

period=post-war (1945 - present)

postage condition=unposted

number of items=single

size=continental/ modern (150x100mm)