HISTORICAL RECONSTRUCTIONS

The Wyre Estuary and Over-Wyre in Maps

The local history of an area can be expressed most graphically in the form of maps which can be used to reconstruct the life, landscape, settlement and communication patterns at particular periods; referencing geomorphology,topography and climate, written and drawn records, with actual field observation. The landscape is a palimpsest whose earlier layers can still be discerned and expressed separately to illustrate the past in a unique way. The following maps, with brief notes, are an attempt at this approach.

 

Map 1

The Over-Wyre Area: 1st. to 5th. Centuries AD

Map 2

The Wyre Estuary in the Viking Age

Map 3

Preesall with Hackinsall: 12th. Century AD

Map 4

The Wyre and Preesall in the Civil War: 17th. Century

Map 5

Preesall with Hackinsall (North part): c. 1840 AD

Map 6

Preesall with Hackinsall (South part): c. 1840 AD

Map 7

Preesall Village in detail: c. 1840 AD

Map 8

Stalmine Village. c. 1840 AD

Map 9

The Forgotten Highways; Fords, Ferries and Sands:
    12th. to 19th. Centuries

Map 10

Evolution of the Wyre Estuary:
    18th. to 19th. Centuries AD

Map 11

Parrox Hall Demesne circa 1840 AD

Map 12

The Hackinsall Hall Estate circa 1840 AD

Map 13

The Ancient Ports on the Wyre