Poulton : Life, Trade and Shipping in a small Lancashire port 1577-1839

Evans, Graham

Palatine Books（2018/11発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 224 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781910837191
• DDC分類 942.76

Full Description

This is the story of how and why a small Lancashire village on the banks of the River Wyre became a bustling port, market and textile town in the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. It is a tale of life, work, adventures and voyages, using newly discovered material to tell of the ships, mariners, merchants, farmers and people of Poulton and the harbours of Wyer Water.
Why and how did a small market town like Poulton become such an important port? Did many young Skippool and Poulton men leave to become mariners, and did they return? And what is the legacy for the town today? The answers are all here in Graham Evans' fascinating and detailed book, a real gem for those interested in Poulton, England's maritime past, and local
and family history.

Contents

Introduction: The port of Poulton 1
1 Poulton, Skippool and Wyer Water 11
2 Coasting trade 69
3 Baltic and European Trade 121
4 Colonial, West Indies, Slave and American Trade 149
5 The Establishment of Customs 177
6 The Barquentine Hope of Poulton 1836-1862 189
Appendix 1 202
Bibliography 204
Index 212
Acknowledgements 218