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freshwater lake was once approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) long and 1 mile (1.6 km) wide. It was gradually drained throughout the 18th century to allow land to be reclaimed for agriculture. The mere is now part of Marton Mere Local Nature
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in the 16th century. Marton residents travelled 5 miles (8.0 km) to worship at St Chad's, a journey that was difficult in winter. Around 1625, they petitioned to become a separate parish from
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was founded in 1991. Marton also has two secondary schools,
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426:Our Lady of the Assumption Roman Catholic Primary
553:"History of Marton, in Blackpool and Lancashire"
418:Baines' Endowed Church of England Primary School
1127:Fylde Memorial Arboretum and Community Woodland
928:Hale, W. G.; Coney, Audrey; Pick, Bill (2005).
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1053:Marton: A Green and a Pleasant Land
932:Martin Mere: Lancashire's Lost Lake
349:Site of Special Scientific Interest
1009:History of the Fylde of Lancashire
614:. A Vision of Britain through Time
592:. A Vision of Britain through Time
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986:Dictionary of English Place-Names
763:History of St Pauls Church Marton
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1051:Walsh, Philip (2010).
864:The Story of Blackpool
862:Clarke, Allen (1923).
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116:Show map of Lancashire
113:Location in Lancashire
1007:Porter, John (1876).
984:Mills, A. D. (1998).
967:Yale University Press
472:The National Archives
430:Marton Primary School
424:was founded in 1830,
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83:Show map of Blackpool
80:Location in Blackpool
1176:Suburbs and villages
1132:George Bancroft Park
1117:Bispham Rock Gardens
302:borough constituency
286:Westby with Plumpton
195:Borough of Blackpool
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478:7 September
340:Marton Mere
334:Marton Mere
267:consecrated
254:Reformation
223:Old English
217:of 1086 as
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1259:Categories
1232:Topography
1223:Starr Gate
896:25 October
647:28 January
444:References
310:parliament
292:Governance
199:Lancashire
175:Lancashire
133:53°47′50″N
1239:The Fylde
1157:Moor Park
1103:Blackpool
959:(2009) .
914:Constable
449:Footnotes
396:Education
390:gristmill
370:Landmarks
326:Geography
235:carucates
203:Blackpool
191:the Fylde
136:3°01′08″W
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506:, p. 285
494:, p. 236
414:Thornton
278:chapelry
274:township
1188:Bispham
855:Sources
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820:25 June
689:, p. 23
672:2 April
518:, p. 17
344:glacial
300:in the
219:Meretun
209:History
193:in the
164:England
161:Country
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1198:Layton
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342:. The
314:Labour
263:chapel
259:Layton
225:words
183:Marton
170:County
107:Marton
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