A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Preston. You may be able to find further references to Preston in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
| Place | Type of entry | Source | PRESTON | a town, a township, a parish, a sub-district, and a district | Imperial | PRESTON and WYRE railway | a railway | Imperial |
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This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Preston.
| Place | Type of entry | Source | Ashton-on-Ribble | ecclesiastical district | Bartholomew | ASHTON-ON-RIBBLE | a chapelry | Imperial | Barton | township and railway station | Bartholomew | Broughton | township and railway station | Bartholomew | BROUGHTON | a township-chapelry and a subdistrict | Imperial | Elston | township | Bartholomew | ELSTON | a township | Imperial | Fishwick | township | Bartholomew | FISHWICK | a township | Imperial | GRIMSARGH | a township and a chapelry | Imperial | Grimsargh with Brockholes | township and railway station | Bartholomew | Haighton | township | Bartholomew | HAIGHTON | a township | Imperial | INGOL | a hamlet | Imperial | LEA | a township | Imperial | Lea, Ashton, Ingol, and Cottam | township | Bartholomew | Ribbleton | township | Bartholomew | RIBBLETON | a township | Imperial |
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This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Preston within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.
| Traveller | Section | No. of Refs. | George Head | North Lancashire | 14 | Daniel Defoe | Letter 10: Lancashire, Westmorland and Cumberland | 5 | William Adams | On Tramp | 3 | William Adams | Tramp Life | 3 | William Camden | Durham, Lancashire and Westmorland | 3 | Celia Fiennes | 1698 Tour: Cheshire and Lancashire | 3 | William Adams | Brantwood | 1 | William Cobbett | Aug. 24th to 28th, 1826: Burghclere to Petersfield | 1 | Daniel Defoe | Letter 7, Part 1: Cheshire and North-West Midlands | 1 | Daniel Defoe | Letter 11: South-Eastern Scotland | 1 | Daniel Defoe | Letter 12, Part 1: South-Western Scotland | 1 | Daniel Defoe | Letter 12, Part 2: Glasgow and central Scotland | 1 | George Head | Carlisle and the Solway Firth | 1 | Thomas Pennant | September 18-23: The Borders and back to Cheshire | 1 | Thomas Pennant | Appendix VIII: Itinerary | 1 |
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This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
| Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
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| Fishwick | 0 | 2 |
| Fulwood | 0 | 2 |
| Ribbleton | 0 | 2 |
| Ashton on Ribble | 0 | 2 |
| Ingol | 0 | 2 |
| Cuerdale | 0 | 2 |
| Broughton | 0 | 2 |
| Higher Walton | 0 | 3 |
| Walton le Dale | 1 | 3 |
| Grimsargh | 0 | 2 |
| Haighton | 0 | 2 |
| Penwortham | 1 | 2 |
| Howick | 0 | 2 |
| Lostock Hall | 0 | 2 |
| Bamber Bridge | 0 | 2 |
| Elston | 0 | 2 |
| Farington | 0 | 2 |
| Cuerdon | 0 | 2 |
| Samlesbury | 1 | 2 |
| Lea | 0 | 5 |
