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LYTHAM , an See also:urban See also:district and watering-See also:place in the See also:Black-See also:pool See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Lancashire, See also:England, on the See also:north See also:shore of the See also:estuary of the Ribble, 131 m . W. of See also:Preston by a See also:joint See also:line of the See also:London & North Western and Lancashire & See also:Yorkshire See also:railways . Pop . (1901) 7185 . It has a See also:pier,. a pleasant See also:promenade and drive along the shore, and other appointments of a seaside resort, but it is less wholly devoted to See also:holiday visitors than See also:Blackpool, which lies 8 m . N.W . A See also:Benedictine See also:cell was founded here at the See also:close of the 12th See also:century by the See also:lord of the See also:manor, See also:Richard Fitz-See also:Roger . |
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