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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"BISPHAM, a township in the parish of Croston, hundred of Leyland, in the county palatine of Lancaster, 6 miles to the W. of Chorley. The river Douglas runs through it. There is a free grammar school, established and endowed by Richard Darning in 1675, the revenue of which amounts to £160 per annum."
"LEYTON, a township in the parish of Bispham, hundred of Amounderness, county Lancaster, 2 miles S.W. of Poulton-le-Fylde. It is situated near the coast, and contains the village of Blackpool, which is resorted to in the summer as a bathing place."
"NORBRECK, a township in the parish of Bispham, hundred of Amounderness, county Lancaster, 3 miles N.W. of Poulton-le-Fylde. It is joined with Bispham to form a township."
"WARBRICK, a township in the parish of Bispham, hundred of Amounderness, county Lancaster, 2½ miles S.W. of Poulton-le-Fylde. It is situated on the coast, and includes the village of Blackpool. It is joined with Layton."