Lytham Through the Ages

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1. In which English county is Lytham? Lancashire Yorkshire Cheshire Essex

2. What year did the town of Lytham merge with its neighbour to form the borough of Lytham St Annes? 1645 1922 1976 1901

3. The River Ribble flows past Lytham. At 75 miles long, where does the Ribble rank in terms of England's longest rivers. 23rd 4th 7th 19th

4. Lytham was mentioned in the Doomsday Book and had a priory cell established in 1194. The monks were attached to the Priory of Durham. Which order of monks governed this priory? Benedictine Cistercian Franciscan Dominican

5. What name was given the village of Lytham in the Doomsday Book? Latham Littan Lidun Liddon

6. William, born in 1227, was the first to take the name that would be synonymous with the squires of Lytham for the next eight centuries. What was that name? Wharton Clifton Lowther Ashton

7. The 9th of December 1886 saw the worst disaster in RNLI history. How many volunteer lifeboatmen drowned that fateful night on the Ribble? 27 8 3 14

8. What great leap forward in the town's development happened in 1840? First sewer system The building of Britains longest pier First paved roads The building of the railway from Preston

9. Lytham Hall was built between 1752 and 1764 for Thomas Clifton. Which famous architect designed the house? John Carr of York Inigo Jones Bill the Builder Sir Christopher Wren

10. Henry Talbot de Vere Clifton (b. 1907) was the last Squire of Lytham. He wasted the last of the Clifton fortune, was forced to sell the family estate and died penniless in a hotel in Brighton. So who was the last of the Cliftons to live at Lytham Hall? His mother, Violet Clifton A gamekeeper, Charles Trotter His brother, Bernard del Soto Clifton Sir Cornelius Clifton, the keeper of the manor