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Extract of John Speed's map of
Lancashire,
1610
–
showing
Marton Moss to the south and
Pilling Moss to the north
The Fylde at this time was
characterised by numerous
small and dispersed settlements
with a population reliant on
agriculture
“I fear I shall give little
satisfaction to myself
or my readers here, so
little encouragement
did I meet with when I
surveyed much the
greater part of this
county
”
William Camden’s Britannia,
1586