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Preston (which means 'the priest's town') stands on the River Ribble.

This view shows Penwortham Hill and the climb out of Preston on the Liverpool/Southport road.

Situated on the navigable Ribble, Preston Docks opened in 1892.

St Mary's churchyard in Gisburn contains an unusual headstone, that of Jenny Preston, showing a witch with her cauldron.

Typical of the suburban development along the coast between Littlehampton and Worthing, Willowhayne Avenue, although labelled Angmering-on-Sea, is actually in East Preston: presumably a name with more

The tower with its clock belongs to the Preston Baptist Church; the Town Hall spire can be seen further up Fishergate.

An unusual headstone is that of Jenny Preston, showing a witch with her cauldron.

The tower with its clock belongs to the Preston Baptist Church; the Town Hall spire can be seen further up Fishergate.There is an interesting diversity of shops, from a plumber's to the Cocoa

Keenly interested in cars and aviation, Paris Singer had his own hanger built on Preston Green.

We are in the centre of the linear village of Long Preston, which is bisected by the busy A65 Skipton to Kirkby Lonsdale road.

Preston Hall and the Fountain 1898.

However, Lytham once had a busy commercial dock where large sailing ships unloaded; their cargo had to be moved on to Preston in lighters until Preston had its own dock.

Preston Hall and the Fountain 1898.

Preston also had a covered market, so this busy scene could be the yearly Pot Market, which took place in the square for eight days.

It skirts Clitheroe, then snakes its way towards the busy industrial town of Preston.

Here we see the diamond in the crown that is the centre of Preston.

Timber had always been one of Preston's main imports.

He was made Medical Officer for Preston in 1870, and in 1905 he paid for a new Operating Theatre to be built at the hospital.

Prices for markets as far off as Preston were set here.

Here we see Preston Post Office just a couple of years after it opened.

The first section of the canal, between Preston and Carnforth, opened in 1797.

This is a close-up of the many and varied shops that graced Fishergate just a year after the first Preston Guild of the 20th century.

Preston was always a town that you had to pass through to go north to south, but as the popularity of Blackpool increased, so did the traffic east to west.

Other tramway systems closing that year included Aberdare, Burnley, Darwen, Erith, Norwich, Preston, Warrington and the short-lived system at York.