The parish of St Anne, Heyhouses on Sea, was formed out of the ancient parish of St Cuthbert, Lytham in the 1870s. The daughter church of St Anne was given that part of the St Cuthbert's parish north and west of Smithy Lane and North Houses Lane. In those days the parish comprised farms, and cottages for farm workers and fishermen, but soon a small seaside resort sprang up and took for its name the name of the church and became St Annes-on-Sea. With the growth in the size and population of St Annes the parish of St Anne was split through the establishment of the daughter churches of St Thomas and St Margaret, which in turn became parishes in their own right. Our parish of St Anne, however, remains as the ancient mother church of the town of St Annes-on-Sea and in the last few years the ancient but rather confusing title of the parish has been changed by Order in Privy Council from St Anne, Heyhouses on Sea, to St Anne, Heyhouses, St Annes-on-Sea.
