City Information: Poulton-le-Fylde is a town in the Lancashire, England. It is situated about 5 kilometers to the northeast of Blackpool town and the Irish Sea coast. The name Poulton was created by combining the Old English words Pol, for pool or creek, and Tun, meaning a farmstead or enclosure, thus the name signifies "settlement by the pool". Poulton-le-Fylde remained a farming community centre for the area throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In the town there are so many interesting places to visit, such as The Bull Inn - This was once one of Poulton's three Coaching inns, St. Chad 's Church - This Georgian-style Parish church was built of red sandstone and dates back to 1094. |