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South Shore, Lancashire

Historical Description

Shore, South, a village and an ecclesiastical parish, forming part of the borough of Blackpool, Lancashire. The village stands on the coast, consists of ranges of villas and terraces fronting the sea, and has a railway station, a post, money order, and telegraph office under Blackpool, and a good bathing beach. The ecclesiastical parish was constituted in 1871. Population, 6369. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester; net value, £260 with residence. The church was rebuilt in 1895 in the Late Decorated style. There are Wesleyan, Congregational, Primitive Methodist, and Roman Catholic chapels. See BLACKPOOL.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyLancashire 
HundredAmounderness 
Poor Law unionthe Fylde 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Lancashire Archives, have images of the Parish Registers for Lancashire online.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for South Shore from the following:


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Lancashire is available to browse.


Maps

Online maps of South Shore are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lancashire newspapers online:

CountyBlackpool
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtFY4
Post TownBlackpool

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