Silverdale’s Water Supply 1800-1940 – Michael Wright, 1993
Silverdale had no mains water supply until 1938. Before that date its inhabitants and farm animals were dependent on wells and springs, and on rainwater collected from roofs. Why was a piped supply so late in arriving in Silverdale? Michael Wright, once Secretary and then Chairman of the Mourholme Society, completed his dissertation in 1993 for the University of Lancaster Diploma in Local History. The work is amply illustrated with colour photographs, maps, charts and diagrams, and ranges across the geology, geography, social history and local politics of Silverdale and its surrounds. It remains the pre-eminent work on this topic, and is an excellent read too.