The History of Blackpool

What do you know about Blackpool? We would hardly make real sense of whatever is said about a town if we didn’t pry into the origin of the town, especially if the town has been either poorly rated or excessively extolled. A lot of things have been said about Blackpool, some good but in most cases bad. We are not going to be justified to echo all that rundown about Blackpool if we don’t know the town’s past. It is what we knew about that emboldened us to produce those videos about Blackpool as a depressing town and one of the most miserable towns. Now, we want to share with you a bit of the area that usually receives less attention in the history of Blackpool.
Origin of the Name
It is instructive quite to start this from the origin of the name. Where did the name “Blackpool” come from? The Spen Dyke stream running through the Fylde area of Lancashire played some role. Its water, having been discolored by peat, flowed through this area from Marton Mere and Moss to the sea near the area now known as Manchester Square. The stream then flowed alongside Blackpool Old Road and the dark waters it carried were named 'le pull.' The dyke north from Marton Mere enabled the moss to gradually dry out and the makes the area habitable.
Thus, the residents were known as people from the area with a black pool. The present name Blackpool was first mentioned in the 1602 Register of Bispham Parish Church in the account about a child of a couple residing on the Bank of the Black Pool as Christianry on September 22nd of that year.
Earliest Settlement
An indication that humans had lived here many millenniums ago was found in the Carleton Elk. In 1970, archeologists discovered the shape of the skeleton of an elk on a site at Carleton very close to Blackpool Sixth Form College. Now, what is the significance of this? Well, it gives an idea of how long the place has been inhabited. Barbed arrowheads were found with this carcass hinting that the elk was shot by Man. Perhaps through carbon dating, the carcass was discovered to have been since over 11,000 years ago-the earliest evidence of human habitation in that region.
Another evidence still in the distant past is the Rossall Hoard, though more recent. That was in 1840. Some Roman coins were found at Rossall in the Fleetwood area. Some of these coins, judging from the ones found in 1926 at Hackinsall, date from around AD 80, showing that some people must have resided in the town then. Many nearby villages in Fylde are also mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.
After the Middle Ages
The history of Blackpool can be more accurately documented after the middle ages, according to the available records. Apart from the first mention in the most famous 1602 book, we have a couple of other authentic and reliable records. One of them is the account of civil wars.
In 1643, King Charles 1 and Parliament were in one of their clashes. Oliver Cromwell, a politician cum soldier led the Parliamentarian army as a senior commander. Royalists and an army were raised in the district as troops to fight on the side of the King under the command of Sir Thomas Tyldesley of Myerscough Lodge. His son the Rigbys of Layton Hall was his second in command.
A Spanish Vessel came ashore at Rossall Beach, which 4 miles north of Blackpool which further increased the hostility as both armies wanted the prize. Cromwell's army, however, had to go around the market town of Garstang and over Wyre to meet supporters. Lord Derby was amongst friends and was able to march up to Layton Hawes, and even alongside the Fylde coast, without any interference. That was how the price was secured for the Royalists.
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Love this channel. But it is curious that you talk about 11 thousand year old archeology of Blackpool when archeology is often reserved for topics involving an entire country.

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