Lytham & St.Annes on the Sea Lancashire - Local History - St Annes on-the-Sea Urban District Council 1894-1922

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St.Annes-on-the-Sea Urban District Council

Letterhead of the St.Annes-on-the-Sea Urban District Council, 1896. The Victorian equivalent of Local Government in St.Annes was the 'Urban District Council' which had been formed in 1894. Previously it was known as the 'Local Board of Health.'

In the 1890s the St.Annes-on-the-Sea Urban District Council had offices in Park Road at the corner with St.Annes Square. This block of shops and offices was known as 'St.Annes Square.'

Park Road at the corner with St.Annes Square c1900. In the 1890s the offices of St.Annes-on-the-Sea Urban District Council were above shops in Park Road.

This block of shops and offices was known as 'St.Annes Square' Most of this block was demolished in the 1960s and it is now the site of Santander Bank.

As the new town expanded, purpose-built offices were commissioned and the site chosen was in Clifton Drive So

Chairmen of St.Annes Urban District Council 1893-1901
Robert Knowles 1893-96.	Richard Shepherd 1896-99.	R.H.Irving 1899-1900.	John Dent Harker 1900-01.

Letterhead of the St.Annes-on-the-Sea Urban District Council 1894-1922.

Letterhead of the St.Annes-on-the-Sea Urban District Council from 1903. The offices were on Clifton Drive South (a.k.a. South Drive). St.Annes-on-the-Sea U.D.C. existed from 1894 until 1922.

St Annes on-the-Sea Urban District Council Offices c1902. This is a Grade II Listed Building. The Public Offices opened on 22 January 1902 and the building was the small-town equivalent of a Town Hall. It housed the council and committee rooms, offices for clerk, rate collector, nuisance inspector, surveyor & medical officer of health.

St Annes on-the-Sea Urban District Council Offices c1902. As the new town expanded, purpose-built offices were commissioned and the site chosen was in Clifton Drive South.

Chairmen of St.Annes Urban District Council 1901-1920
S.L.Stott 1901-03.	Thomas Ferguson 1903-04.	G.W.Spring 1904-06.	John Whiteside 1906-07.
William Thompson 1907-10	Sam Hodgkinson 1910-12.	J.H.Taylor 1913-15.	Richard Leigh 1915-20