Warton History Society Talks

 2023-2024

 

May 21st 2024	Mike Coyle	Andrew Mazzei & The Winter Gardens.

2024-2025 Talks

Sept 17th 2024	Lady Jane the 9-day Queen	Adrian Page
Oct 15th 2024	The tragic tale of the St. Anne’s drownings	Mick Downer
Nov 19th 2024	George Formby	Matt Warhurst
Dec 17th 2024	History of Christmas	Susan Holden
Jan 21st 2025	Henry VIII	Carol Gillians
Feb 18th 2025	A.G.M Hot pot and Quiz	David Hoyle
March 18th 2025	Edith Rigby Suffragette	Judith Beeston
April 15th 2025	A glimpse beneath the celebrity chefs’ apron	Caroline James
May 20th 2025	Pride of Preston The Dick Kerr Ladies	Gail Newsham

 

 

 

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.