Lancaster in 1909

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Explore the History and Heritage of Lancaster, Morecambe and Surrounding District

Lancaster Civic Vision

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Podcasts based on the over one hundred guides and walks written by Gordon Clark published on our web page at www.lancastercivicsociety.uk, heritage buildings and items from Lancaster Past & Present by Andrew Reilly as well as any matters of significance that Civic Vision feel that residents, and those interested in the area, should be made aware of.

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Lancaster in 1909

Explore the History and Heritage of Lancaster, Morecambe and Surrounding District

9 minutes 22 seconds

2 years ago

Lancaster in 1909

1909 was a memorable year in Lancaster and nationally.

Lancaster’s richest citizen, Lord Ashton (James Williamson junior), donated the new town hall which opened in 1909, overlooking his earlier donation of the Queen Victoria Monument and a restyled Dalton Square (1907) and overlooked by the Ashton Memorial which also opened that year in Williamson Park - which was his father’s donation.

The extremes of wealth (and poverty) that allowed such philanthropy were perhaps rather more common locally in 1909 than today.