. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE probably obtained another building, the existence of which was remembered in The Wesleyans and the CongregationalistsH now have churches within the township of Bispham. Apart from educational and re- CHJRITIES ligious benefactions the only charities" endowed are the Foxton Dispensary and the Victoria Hospital, both of recent foundation in Blackpool. The former is due to a bequest of £6,000 in 1878 by Mrs. Catherine Dauntesey Foxton of Agecroft Hall ; the dispensary in Clifton Street, Black
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE probably obtained another building, the existence of which was remembered in The Wesleyans and the CongregationalistsH now have churches within the township of Bispham. Apart from educational and re- CHJRITIES ligious benefactions the only charities" endowed are the Foxton Dispensary and the Victoria Hospital, both of recent foundation in Blackpool. The former is due to a bequest of £6,000 in 1878 by Mrs. Catherine Dauntesey Foxton of Agecroft Hall ; the dispensary in Clifton Street, Blackpool, is for the benefit of the poor of the borough and of the parish of Poulton. The endow- ment fund of the hospital amounted to ^5,422 in 1898. BISPHAM-WITH-NORBRECK Biscopham, Dom. Bk. ; Byspham, 1326. Norbrec, 1 195. This composite township stretches along the coast for about 3 mile?, and has an area of 1,624 actes,' including 1,119$ acres in Bispham and 504J in Norbreck. The church lies close to the eastern boundary, about the centre of the township, with the village of Bispham a little to the south of it. A small detached part of Bispham lay at the south end of Layton ; it was called Bispham Hawes, and was added to Layton in 1883.' Of the three hamlets, Little Bispham is inland to the north of the church,5 with Norbreck to the west of it on the coast ; Great Bispham occupies the southern part of the township. Angersholme is a farm in Norbreck. The population of the present township was 985 in 1901. The coast-line is protected by hillocks about 50ft. high, the inland portion being much lower. The principal road is that from Blackpool to Cleveleys, passing inland through the village and by the church. There is a road from the village to the shore, also one from Little Bispham to Norbreck. Formerly the principal ruad seems to have gone north along the coast, but it was undermined or washed away by the sea.' At present the electric tramway from Blackpool to Fleetwood passes
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