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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.
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By Lancaster Civic Vision1909 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.