Fleetwood: North Euston Hotel
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Fleetwood: North Euston Hotel
Image: © Mr Eugene Birchall Taken: 19 May 2010
Opened in 1841 and designed in the Greek classical style by Decimus Burton. The original hotel manager was Xenon Vantini, a Corsican, who had been a courier to Napoleon Bonaparte. Luxury and full board accommodation originally cost less than 50p a day. In 1859 the hotel was sold to the Government as a School of Musketry for the military. Forty years later it resumed its role as a major hotel and is currently owned by local business families. Amongst famous visitors was the Right Honorable Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first woman Prime Minister. (Taken from Council notice)
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Image Location
Latitude
53.928111
Longitude
-3.009355
