County Library and Information Service
Community History
Guide to the Local Collections
Lytham Collection
Fylde District.
27 Clifton St
Lytham St Annes
Lytham
Lancashire
FY8 5EP
Tel: 01253 736745
Fax:01253 796784
E-mail: lytham.library@lancashire.gov.uk
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4. Scope and arrangement of the collection
The main local studies collection for the Fylde area is held at the St. Annes Library, but Lytham library holds a small collection of local studies material, chiefly books, relating to Lancashire in general and to the Fylde in particular. The collection, both reference and lending, is classified according to the Lancashire County Library’s Local Studies Classification scheme.
5. Catalogues and bibliographies
The book stock is included on the Lancashire County Library and Information Service's online Talis catalogue.
BAINES, 1824/5
MANNEX, 1851.
Entries from various directories (Lytham only) 1851 - 1907 in photocopied form, bound in a single volume.
BARRETT'S directories : Blackpool and Fylde, 1924, 1929, 1934, 1938, 1952. Preston, 1948
Directories can be found on the Library's online catalogue.
7. Electoral registers and poll books
Current electoral register - Fylde borough only.
None. The main collection of rate books for the county is held at the Lancashire Record Office.
9. Census enumerators' returns
No microfilmed census enumerators' returns are held at Lytham library, but the returns for the area are available for consultation at St. Annes library.
All our libraries provide free access to the Ancestry website which gives access to Census Records for England, Wales and Scotland (1841-1901).
None. The main collection of parish records for the county is held at the Lancashire Record Office.
Lytham St Anne's Standard Nov. 1922 – Feb 1957. Not indexed or microfilmed.*
Lytham Times Nov 1922 – Feb 1957. Not indexed or microfilmed.*
Press cuttings and miscellaneous items relating to Lytham are available.
Lancashire Lantern includes an index to stories from local newspapers covering several areas of the county.
*Copies are in very poor condition and may not be available to use.
Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire – partial coverage.
Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society Transactions, Vol 1 - , 1883 - (almost complete)
Maps are held of the Lytham area only and are mostly in photocopy form. Ordnance Survey editions of 1893, 1911 and 1932 held.
14. Council minutes and minutes of official bodies
FYLDE BOROUGH COUNCIL. Minutes. Six months only .
Some photographs and illustrations, arranged according to subject. There is an index to the photographic collection at St. Anne’s library.
The Library is currently developing an online database of photographs from the county's various library collections; this is available as part of Lancashire Lantern.
16. Sound and video recordings
None.
None. The main repository of archives for the county is held at the Lancashire Record Office.
Clifton papers - photocopy form.
None.
None.
21. Books useful as introductory reading
ASHTON, E. Lytham. Preston: Mather Bros., 1946.
BOWMAN, James. History of the Lytham charities. Lytham: Spring Brothers, 1907.
BOWMAN, James. The Rise and development of Lytham St. Annes and the Fylde Coast towns. Lytham St. Annes Corporation, 1929.
CLARKE, T.A. Lytham - a short history. Lytham Times, n.d.
EYRE, Kathleen. Fylde folk - moss or sand. 3rd. ed. Lytham: The Author, 1971.
FISHWICK, Henry. The History of the parish of Lytham. Manchester, Chetham Society, 1907.
KENNEDY, John. The Clifton chronicle. Preston: Carnegie, 1990.
PORTER, John. History of the Fylde of Lancashire. Fleetwood: W. Porter, 1876.
RAMSBOTTOM, Martin. Looking around Lytham. Kirkham: Hedgehog Historical Publications, 1995.
SHAW, Roland Cunliffe (ed.). The Clifton papers. Preston: Guardian Press, 1935.
VICTORIA history of the county of Lancashire (volume 7 deals with Lytham). London: Dawson reprint 1966.
22. Other Family History Sources
The Ancestry website, which includes Census Records for England Wales, Scotland the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands from 1841-1901, is freely available on public computers in all Lancashire Libraries and at Lancashire Record Office. Birth, Death and Marriage records and other Family History sources are also available through Ancestry.
The International Genealogical Index or Computer File Index of the Genealogical Society of Utah is available on their Family Search website at www.familysearch.com.
The Library’s Online Reference Library www.lancashire.gov.uk/onrl also includes links to many other sources useful for Family and Community History.