3-046-986 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Sketches at Southport, Lancashire, 1872. 'The new Pier; the new Town Hall; Lathom House; Convalescent Hospital...the town has been improved by the construction of several fine buildings and works of special utility, which are the subjects of a group of engravings in this week's Paper. These represent the Townhall, which is stately and handsome; the Pier,1465 yards long, and similar to those lately erected by Mr. E. Birch at some other fashionable watering-places; the Promenade, or Marine Parade, upon a raised embankment along the seashore, which is now to be lengthened; and the Convalescent Hospital... The projected new building, of which Princess Mary of Cambridge, Duchess of Teck, has graciously laid the foundation-stone, will be named Cambridge Hall. Its site adjoins the Townhall, in Lord-street. It is designed to be used for assemblies, balls, concerts, and other public meetings or entertainments...the Prince-Duke and Princess Mary of Teck...[stayed] a few days with Lord and Lady Skelmersdale at Lathom House, Ormskirk, which is not very far from Southport. Our readers will recollect that Lathom House was the seat of the Earls of Derby'. From "Illustrated London News", 1872.