Category: 1840

Fleetwood Market – One of Lancashire’s Oldest Markets

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Fleetwood Market is a Victorian market hall in Fleetwood, Lancashire. Located between Adelaide Street and Victoria Street, it was established in 1840, making it one of the oldest markets in the county. In 1235, King Henry III granted a market charter to Rossall manor. This included the future site of Fleetwood, but it was not for another 605 years that Sir Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, then lord of the manor, and his wife, Lady Hesketh, established a market. The original building was constructed of wood with a slate roof. Local purveyors sold farm produce alongside textiles and clothing from traders from Manchester…. Read more »

The Steamer Hotel in Fleetwood

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The Steamer Hotel in Fleetwood, named after the Ardrossan to Fleetwood steamer service, was the third public house established in the town and opened in 1840. It is located in one of Fleetwood’s oldest areas, Queen’s Terrace, and was originally built with stables and an ostler’s workshop at the rear. The hotel’s original design mirrored the neighboring houses, with ornate signage above the gutter line. The Steamer was a key part of Fleetwood’s development as a stopping point for travelers heading north by train and then by boat. The area’s growth likely contributed to the pub’s success. The building’s original… Read more »

Wyre Light – Fleetwood’s Third Lighthouse

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The Wyre Light was a forty-foot (12 m) tall iron screw-pile lighthouse marking the navigation channel to the town of Fleetwood, Lancashire. Construction began in 1839 and was undertaken by Alexander Mitchell and Son of Belfast utilising a screw pile construction he had developed during construction of the Maplin Sand lighthouse in the Thames estuary in 1838. The Wyre Light was first lit in 1840 and was the first screwpile lighthouse ever to be lit. Although construction of the Maplin Sands Light on the northern bank of the Thames estuary had started before Wyre Light, the latter was completed in… Read more »

Fleetwood’s Lower Lighthouse

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The Beach Lighthouse (also known as the Lower Lighthouse) is a 44-foot (13 m) tall sandstone lighthouse in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. The lighthouse was designed in 1839 by Decimus Burton and Capt H.M. Denham. Burton had been commissioned three years previously by Sir Peter Hesketh Fleetwood as the architect of the new town of Fleetwood. Unusual for a lighthouse, it is in neoclassical style with a square colonnaded base, square tower, and octagonal lantern and gallery. The Lower Light stands on Fleetwood sea front and was built with its counterpart—the Upper Light, or Pharos Lighthouse—to provide a navigational guide to… Read more »

Fleetwood’s Pharos (Upper) Lighthouse

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The Pharos Lighthouse (also known as the Upper Lighthouse) is a historic and iconic structure located in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. Standing at a height of 93 feet (28 meters), it is built from Runcorn red sandstone and was designed by the renowned architect Decimus Burton in 1839, with assistance from Captain H.M. Denham. Burton had been commissioned by Sir Peter Hesketh Fleetwood to design the new town of Fleetwood, and the lighthouse was one of the key elements of the town’s maritime infrastructure. Construction was completed in 1840, and it has since become one of Fleetwood’s most recognisable landmarks. Unusually… Read more »