Breck Road leads from the Church down the Breck to  the River Wyre at Skippool.  'The Thatched' public house stands at the church gate.  On the opposite corner is the Conservative Club,  once 'The Ship' public house.    The railway line from Preston passing through Poulton station on the Breck can be seen at the top left corner.

St Chad's Church - you will find more details on the St Chad's web page.  The graveyard is bounded by The Market Place,  Chapel Street Court  (once known as Potts Alley),   Chapel Street and Ball Street.

The tithebarn was demolished in 1968 and replaced by a large car park.   From the 7th century tithes were collected for the upkeep of the church and clergy.   In the mid 19th century the tithe system was discontinued - a process which resulted in the production of detailed tithe maps which are so useful to local historians today.   Poulton's tithe map dates from 1839 and copies are to be seen in the Lancashire Record Office.

The small cultivated areas at the bottom of the picture are the remains of the small plots of land which stood at the back of each property bounding the Market Place.   The inhabitants grew produce and kept a few animals to supply food.

The Market Place to the right of St Chad's,  where,  despite there being no market charter,  markets have been held for centuries Poulton was the largest community in this part of the Fylde and people would come to buy and sell goods and produce, place orders for clothes, farm machinery, furniture and other goods to be made.

Bull Street, parallel to the right side of the picture, is now known as Blackpool Old Road, ran from the Market Place to Layton, through Little Carleton.   The large house in the bottom right hand corner  was 'The Sycamores', the family home of Sir William Hodgson, a Leader of Lancashire County Council in the 1930s  and a long serving churchwarden at St Chad's.  Hodgson Technology High School was named after him.

Queen's Square, probably named after Queen Victoria,  was once known as 'Workhouse Square'  as a Mrs Hudson used her home as the workhouse for Poulton in the early 18th century.

Higher Green and Lower Green, once known simply as 'The Green',  lead from Poulton to Singleton 
Vicarage Road leads from the church to Little Poulton, a tiny hamlet consisting of Little Poulton Hall and a few cottages.  Little Poulton Lane and some of the older property still exist though the Hall has been replaced by a modern house.
St Chad's Vicarage stands on Vicarage Road.  There have been at least three church houses on this site.  This one was built in 1956.

The Black Bull Hotel - in the right centre marked with the  C&S brewery sign - was originally one of Poulton's coaching inns.  The cottages opposite included a cafe known as 'The Merry England'  which had once been another of Poulton's dozen pubs - 'The Sportsman's Arms'

Sheaf Street, now Hardhorn Road,  runs off centre right and leads from Poulton to Hardhorn.    Standing a few yards down from Queen's Square was 'The Wheatsheaf' public house from  which the street got its name.   The Church of England School - now St Chad's C of E School - was opened in 1836 and stands in this street.

The large buildings to the top right of St Chad's were the Parkinson Tomlinson corn mill which stood between Queen's Square and Potts Alley. This block of  land together with the block occupied by St Chad's form a 'figure of eight' which some local historians consider may represent an ancient village street  formation.

Tithebarn Street runs past St Chad's and the Golden Ball off to the left corner of the picture.  It lead to Carleton then on to Bispham.  The long rectangular building opposite the Golden Ball was the tithebarn, demolished in 1963 to make way for a large carpark and a road.- Queensway - which, together with a small shopping centre,  cover all the land from the Market Place to the bottom of the picture.

The Golden Ball juts out into Ball Street  on the centre left, and  was another of Poulton's coaching inns with a large gateway for the coaches to pass through to the stabling at the back.  This land became the town's auction mart in 1896 and remained so until the 1960s when it was converted into a car park for the nearby supermarket.