Warton History society Talks 2025/2026

April 21st 2026	R Evans	The hidden history of the Fylde
May 19th 2026	David Hoyle	The A to Z of St.Anne’s, Things you did not know

 

Warton History society Talks 2026/2027

Sept 15th	Gareth Winrow	'A Watermill in Windmill Land: The Sharples Family of Freckleton'
Oct 20th	Tom Morton	The Unforgettable Memory Show
Nov 17th	Steve Garrill	Walking through local history
Dec 15th	Barbara Weston	Richard Ansdell R A
Jan 19th	Brian Topping	Part 2 Customs
Feb 16th	A.G.M	Hot Pot and Quiz
March 16th	Adrian Page	The Vicar of Bray
April 20th	Tony Ford	An armchair tour of St Anne's - the Garden Town by the Sea.
May 18th	Anne Horne	Allen Clarke Windmills

 

The village is named Wartun or Wartuna in the Domesday Book, and the current spelling is first seen in 1227.

In 1835 Warton was a township in the parish of Kirkham. For probate purposes, prior to 1858, Warton was in the Archdeaconry of Richmond, in the Diocese of Chester.

In his 1870 Gazetteer, Wilson reports that the chapelry of Warton also included the Freckleton township, and comprised 6,598 acres, with a population 1,325 and 270 houses. The property is described as being "much subdivided". Cotton spinning and the manufacture of sacking, sailcloth, and cordage were the main occupations. There were two churches, both described as "good". There were also two Methodist chapels,

The Birley Arms and the Clifton Arms are the 2 pubs

www.thebirleyarmshotel.co.uk

www.cliftonatwarton.co.uk

Warton

 

Is a respectable village, township, and parish about three miles S.S.W. from Kirkham, in the parliamentary division of the Fylde, and in the county council division and Union of the Fylde.

 The largest owner of the soil is J. T. Clifton, Esq., but some others have estates in the township.

 It contains 2,416 statute acres.

 Its population in

1841, 552

1851, 470

1861, 446

1871, 444

1881, 408

1891, 414

1901, 446

and 1921, 470.

 ST. PAUL'S CHURCH was originally built in 1722. It was replaced by a new church in 1886. This is a neat Gothic edifice with a graceful spire, designed by Messrs. Aldridge & Deacon, of Liverpool, and the cost of erection was £3,500. There are 300 sittings, all free. Five stained-glass windows of a memorial character have been placed in the church, and in 1896 the church was re-decorated.

 A new reredos has been erected in the church to the memory of the Rev. Wm . Baines. The benefice is a vicarage, value £300, in the gift of the Dean and Canons of Christ Church, Oxford, and is held by the Rev. Robert Halstead.

 The SCHOOL at Warton was endowed in 1810, with property from which £90 per year is received. The school was enlarged in 1908, and is free to the children of the parish. The CATHOLIC CHURCH, dedicated to the Holy Family, was erected in 1901. A school in connection with the Church was built the same year. Rev. Francis Carr rector.