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Lytham St.Annes, Lancashire, England
 

 

Marton (Blackpool), 1934

 

 

MARTON

Is a township, the greater portion of which is in the borough of Blackpool, and is in the Fylde parliamentary division and Fylde Union. The parish council consists of nine members. The population in 1861 was 1,691 ; 1871, 1,928 ; 1881, 2,303 ; 1891, 3,334 ; 1901, 3,684 ; and 1921, 2,411. The township contains 3,539 acres, and the rateable value is £24,343.

ST PAUL'S CHURCH was erected in 1804. It contains about 530 sittings, of which 160 are free. The benefice is a vicarage, value £650, in the gift of the vicar of Poulton-le-Fylde and held by the Rev. Charles Wesley Macready, B.A.

The Baines' Endowed School, built originally in 1833, was rebuilt during the year 1897 at a cost of £1,600. There are also two other schools in the township.

Parish Council.—J. Rawcliffe, J.P. (chairman), A. Webster, 3. Murphy, J.Melling, Geo. Bagot, James Dugdale, H. Crabtree, H. Swayles and G. Swarbrick, W. Dugdale, rating officer.
Letters, via Blackpool.

The list of householders for this township are included in the 1934 Blackpool Directory.