The Fylde

Elswick is a rural village and civil parish on the Fylde coast of Lancashire, England. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 1,079.At the Norman conquest of England in 1066, Elswick was a small agricultural community in the hundred of Amounderness. The village was originally part of the ecclesiastical parish of St Michael's on Wyre. A Nonconformist chapel was built in Elswick before 1650. Elswick is part of the local government district of Fylde and the parliamentary constituency of Fylde. It lies approximately 8.5 miles (14 km) east of Blackpool and 12 miles (19 km) north-west of Preston.

Great Eccleston is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England situated on a coastal plain called the Fylde. The village lies to the south of the River Wyre and the A586 road, approximately 10 miles (16 km) upstream from Fleetwood. At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,473, rising slightly to 1,486 at the 2011 census.Great Eccleston is part of Wyre district and is in the parliamentary constituency of Wyre and Preston North. Locally, the village is known for its annual agricultural show.

The Cartford Inn (formerly Cartford Hotel and Cartford Arms) is a public house and boutique hotel in Little Eccleston-with-Larbreck, Lancashire, England. It stands on the southern banks of the River Wyre, just off the Cartford Bridge, one of the few remaining toll bridges in the United Kingdom, with views to the northeast of the Forest of Bowland.The Beaumé family have owned the inn since 2007, after they purchased it from John Smith. Julie Beaumé was born in nearby Blackpool, while Patrick Beaumé was born in the Médoc, Bordeaux.The inn was named the UK's Pub of the Year in 2020 by The Daily Telegraph.

Cartford Bridge is a single-track toll bridge in the English county of Lancashire. Built in 1831, it spans the River Wyre, connecting Little Eccleston-with-Larbreck, in the Borough of Fylde, on the southern side of the river, to Out Rawcliffe, in the Borough of Wyre, on its northern side (known locally as "Over Wyre"), carrying both automotive and pedestrian traffic of Cartford Lane. The tolls are £1 for vehicles exceeding five tonnes, 70p for vehicles exceeding two tonnes, 60p for motorised vehicles not exceeding two tonnes, and 20p for two-wheeled vehicles. (The toll was one shilling for cars, with no charge for motorcycles, in 1908, when the bridge was described as being "very awkward for motor cars, as there are iron channels for the cart wheels, and they are the wrong width for cars".) In 1966, it was one of twelve toll bridges on roads in England of level Class III (now Class "C") or higher. It is 450 feet (137 m) in length.The bridge, which is located nine miles from the mouth of the River Wyre at Fleetwood, was built by the squire of Rawcliffe Hall in 1831 after both his gamekeeper and his dairyman drowned crossing the ford it replaced.The entire Rawcliffe Hall estate was auctioned off in 1926, to pay the death duties, and the Cartford Bridge Company was formed in 1929.The Speight and Thickins families have managed the bridge since 1929. The last toll keepers they employed were there for over thirty years, until they retired in 2021, and new toll keepers appointed.The Cartford Inn, which dates from at least the 19th century, stands on the southern side of the bridge.

Royal Naval Air Station Inskip (RNAS Inskip, also known as HMS Nightjar), was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm airbase near the village of Inskip, Lancashire, England. It saw considerable aircrew training activity towards the end of the Second World War. In the 1960s and 70s it was a Royal Navy transmitting station known as HMS Inskip. It is now a military high frequency radio transmitting station known as MOD Inskip.

Little Eccleston-with-Larbreck is a civil parish on the southern bank of the River Wyre on the Fylde in the English county of Lancashire. The population taken at the 2011 census was 400. The river is crossed by Cartford Bridge at grid reference SD421408 which, unusually for England, is a toll bridge. The Cartford Inn stands at the southern side of the bridge. The main A586 road runs south of the village of Little Eccleston, dividing it from Great Eccleston. The port of Fleetwood is some 10 miles (16 km) downstream. Administratively it forms part of the Borough of Fylde. Larbreck is a hamlet at grid reference SD408406 about 1 mile (1.6 km) to the west.

Treales, Roseacre and Wharles is a civil parish in the Borough of Fylde, Lancashire, England. It had a population of 492 at the 2011 Census. It lies two miles east of Kirkham and includes the villages of Bolton Houses, Moor Side, Roseacre (), Treales () and Wharles.

Greenhalgh-with-Thistleton is a civil parish on the Fylde in Lancashire, England. In 2001 it had a population of 462, falling to 439 at the 2011 Census.The parish is in the Borough of Fylde, and contains the hamlets of Greenhalgh, Thistleton, Esprick and Corner Row. It is part of the ward of Singleton and Greenhalgh, which elects one councillor. In 2015 it was represented by Maxine Chew, an independent councillor.The main road through the parish is the A585 Kirkham to Fleetwood road; there is also a junction with the M55 motorway (M55 J3, Wesham Circle) in the south of the parish. The linear settlement of Esprick is situated along the A585, with Corner Row (used to be known as Cornah Row until M55 was completed 1975) further south where the road crosses the M55. Greenhalgh is to the west, and Thistleton in the north east corner of the parish. Greenhalgh is adjacent to Wesham. The surrounding area is agricultural land. Thistleton has been designated as a conservation area since 1975.The nearest railway station is Kirkham and Wesham, with Poulton-le-Fylde a little further away.

Malt Kiln Farmhouse is an historic building in Greenhalgh-with-Thistleton, Lancashire, England. It is believed to date to the mid-18th century, and has been designated a Grade II listed building by Historic England. The property is located on a short lane just off the northern side of Thistleton Road. The building is constructed of rendered brick with a slate roof in two storeys and with a symmetrical two-bay front. In the centre is an open gabled porch. The windows are 12-pane sashes. At the rear is a large stairlight.John Cumsty was the farm's proprietor in the early 20th century.

Ivy House is an historic building in Greenhalgh-with-Thistleton, Lancashire, England. It is believed to date to the early 18th century, and has been designated a Grade II listed building by Historic England. The property is located on Thistleton Road. The building is a brick farmhouse with a slate roof in two storeys. It originally was in two bays, with an additions bay added to the right, and an outshut and an extension at the rear. In the original part is a central doorway and two windows in each floor divided by mullions and transoms into 30 panes.

By the Way is an historic building in Greenhalgh-with-Thistleton, Lancashire, England. It is believed to date to the late 17th century, and has been designated a Grade II listed building by Historic England. The property is located on the A585 Fleetwood Road. The building is a cottage in rendered brick with a thatched roof. It has two storeys, the original part having two bays with lean-to extensions on the right and at the rear. There is a later two-storey single-bay extension to the left. Most of the windows are casements, with sliding sash windows in the upper floor, and all the windows have ornamental external shutters.

Inskip is a small village in the Fylde area of Lancashire, England. It is part of the civil parish of Inskip-with-Sowerby. The village is close to the former RNAS Inskip airfield, which still serves the armed forces as a tri-service communication centre. It is home to one of the Royal Air Force Air Cadets training centres.