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Deed Agreement dating
to December 1861

This deed agreement is between Sir Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood and The Fleetwood Improvement Company. It relates to an agreement for the sale and defines certain rights within the town of Fleetwood.

The deeds are interesting because it contains a map of Fleetwood as of 1861, where you can see which pieces of land have been sold. There is no Marine Hall Theatre on the seafront as yet; the theatre wasn’t built until 1935. Mount Gardens is prominent, as is the structure that would have been the original Mount Pavilion.

North Euston Hotel is also prominent, and next to that building you can see ‘land sold to government’, which will have related to its planned use for the army.

Further along the coast, you can see reference to ‘The Old Customs Watch House’ still exists to this day and is situated next to Fleetwood Coastguard, and is currently an ice cream kiosk.

You can also see reference to Victoria Hotel and Crown Hotel; whilst the buildings still exist, the pubs have long gone.

Fleetwood Market, which was established in 1840 on Adelaide Street/Victoria Street, is not explicitly mentioned on the plan, but the shape of the buildings suggests that the Market was there and in use.

Sir Peter Hesketh Fleetwood has handwritten his signature on the document.