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Fleetwood's Coastal Past

Funded by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation, Lancashire Archives and Local History have digitised a collection of records linked to Fleetwood's coastal past. More detalis

Keeping East Lancashire in the Picture During this two year project, a wonderful team of volunteers has digitised over 50000 historic images from the collections at Accrington, Burnley, Nelson, and Colne libraries. The project - funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and the Friends of Lancashire Archives - also created new images of East Lancashire, in partnership with schools and community groups, and collected additional historic images. More information will appear here over the next few weeks...

Some of our volunteers' favourite images

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Police - details of the majority of police officers who served in Lancashire from 1840 onwards. Copies of the associated documents can be provided by Lancashire Archives & Local History if the officer joined a fore more than 85 years ago. More details

Newspapers - articles in newspapers from the early 19th century onwards which are held on microfilm and cuttings files in libraries across Lancashire. More details

Preston Guild Roll - details of over 45,000 people listed in the 27 surviving Preston Guild Rolls from 1397 to 1992. A copy of any original entry can be provided by Lancashire Archives & Local History. More details

Historical Documents - names and other information about the 15,000 patients admitted to Whittingham Asylum 1873-1914. The information comes from Reception Orders, paperwork completed when someone was admitted to hospital. A copy of the original Reception Order can be provided by Lancashire Archives & Local History. More details

FLOAT - 'Fleetwood Online Archive of Trawlers' - digital copies of photographs from the collections of Wilfred Dodds and Peter Horsley showing trawlers from Fleetwood, Grimsby, Hull and many other European ports. More details

Local Books - references to people, places, landmarks, buildings and stories from our collection of local history books. Currently the index covers the towns and villages around Chorley in Lancashire. More details