The history of Blackpool is quite fascinating. If you battle past the stuffed toys and suspicious sa
The history of Blackpool is quite fascinating. If you battle past the stuffed toys and suspicious sausages you still be lead to believe that there were no stories to tell before the advent of the Victorian resort. Even the permanency of the sea walls suggests that the coastline is relatively stable. But the case of Singleton Thorpe reveals a much longer and more complex history. The village was located somewhere between 400 metres and up to two kilometres offshore from the current coastline. There was at least a pub and standing stones (suggesting a much longer history for the flooded coastline). Somewhere in 1544 or 1555 or 1588 (it is really that unclear) the effects of a large storm flooded the coastal plain and destroyed the village. Accurate mapping was still in its infancy in the North West of England to test the varying claims. The majority of the villagers had already evacuated but a number were nonetheless a small number were killed. Tradition says that the lucky (or wise) survivors decamped to a safer location inland to the still existing village of Singleton (almost directly east of the original village). There are some interesting links with further details about Singleton Thorpe - Wyre Archaeology, John Burke’s Bispham blog, Rodney Hall’s family history site (which includes a timeline of Blackpool’s history) and this excerpt of Kenneth Field’s book via Google. -- source link
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