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A paper which traces the development of Blackpool from prehistoric times to the present day, focusing on medieval, Roman and Victorian land use and architecture. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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in fact it has a rich and varied social and architectural history; occupation of the area dates back to pre-Roman times, and there are interesting examples of medieval, Victorian and
modern architecture extant. As noted by Blackpool Council (2005), there is archaeological evidence which demonstrates that the Fylde area was inhabited more than 11,000 years ago: an elk skeleton discovered
in the 1970s, in what is now Poulton-le-Fylde, was found to contained barbed arrowheads, showing that it had been the victim of human hunters. The tribe of the Brigantes were
known to have lived in the Fylde, under the rule of the Romans at Kirkham after the Roman occupation, and according to the prevalence of Anglo Saxon and Viking place
names, it would appear that the area was invaded by Vikings during the ninth and tenth centuries, but that these incursions resulted in the development of peaceful settlements. There are
many Fylde place-names listed in the Domesday Book; the predecessor of Blackpool would have been Layton-with-Warbreck. Layton was under the control of the Butler family of Warrington, and the granting
of a weekly market licence to William Butler in 1257 is the earliest recorded market in the Fylde area. The Council notes that during
the medieval period, Blackpool consisted of a "few coastal farmsteads within Layton-with-Warbreck" (Blackpool Council, 2005) and states that the name is derived from "le pull", referring to a stream which
runs from Marton Moss to the sea, close to where Manchester Square is today. The term "Black Poole" is said to come from the discolouration of the water, due to
the peat soil through which the stream flows. The Council comments that during the fourteenth century, however, the town was known only as Pul and a map from the mid-sixteenth
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