Skippool, more specifically its creek, was a major trading port for hundreds of years, similarly to that of Wardley's Creek on the other side of the river.
It is understood to have been in constant use from the end of the Middle Ages.
Goods arrived at the docks from all over the world.
Flax was brought in from Ireland and the Baltic; timber came from North America; and tallow arrived from Russia.
More locally, limestone and oats were transported from Ulverston and coal from Preston.
Its popularity fell out of favour when Fleetwood's port opened in the 1840s.

A 1610 map gives the name of the river as Skippon Flue.
In 1787, another map gives the area the modern spelling of Skippool.

A pub has stood on or near the site of today's Thornton Lodge since around 1824, when it started out as The Crackers Head.
It became The White Horse a decade later, then, in 1866, The Brockholes Arms.

A bone mill, called Silcocks, also stood near the docks.
Silcocks Cottages, a home on Skippool Road about half a mile to the north, preserves this name.
Skippool, more specifically its creek, was a major trading port for hundreds of years, similarly to that of Wardley's Creek on the other side of the river. It is understood to have been in constant use from the end of the Middle Ages. Goods arrived at the docks from all over the world. Flax was brought in from Ireland and the Baltic; timber came from North America; and tallow arrived from Russia. More locally, limestone and oats were transported from Ulverston and coal from Preston. Its popularity fell out of favour when Fleetwood's port opened in the 1840s.
A 1610 map gives the name of the river as Skippon Flue. In 1787, another map gives the area the modern spelling of Skippool.
A pub has stood on or near the site of today's Thornton Lodge since around 1824, when it started out as The Crackers Head. It became The White Horse a decade later, then, in 1866, The Brockholes Arms.
A bone mill, called Silcocks, also stood near the docks. Silcocks Cottages, a home on Skippool Road about half a mile to the north, preserves this name.
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