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Paignton's beaches and coves give a combined sea-frontage of over two miles; this led to the growth of the town's satellite villages of Preston and Goodrington.

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

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 Street links the station with the market town centre.

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.

This beautiful hilly country, now owned by the Duke of Westminster, was part of Old Fylde when it stretched as far as Preston.

In the reign of Elizabeth I, Holker Hall was owned by the Prestons, from whom it passed to the Lowthers and finally to the Cavendish family.

Here we see the main road leading north from Preston and the Methodist Church.

Its popularity as a dormitory town near Preston to the north has brought heavy traffic.

Paignton's beaches and coves give a combined sea-frontage of over two miles; this led to the growth of the town's satellite villages of Preston and Goodrington.

The canal opened in 1817, and ran from Kendal to Lancaster, later continuing south to connect with the Leeds and Liverpool Canal via a tramway at Preston.

Bilsborrow lies between Lancaster and Preston on the traffic-laden A6 road.

There was a scheme to extend the tramway all the way to Preston via Freckleton.

this view looks up Preston Hill, with the Sandwich road to the right.

A police officer keeps a close eye on traffic at the foot of Preston Street, with the International Stores displaying its selection of groceries in its corner window, and the printers and stationer's shop

Longridge stands about six miles from Preston on the Clitheroe Road.

John Horrocks was a Preston success, and was always held up as a shining example of man's ingenuity.

Preston Hall is situated about half a mile south of Aylesford.

The west wing of the original old hall at Holker, home of the Preston family since the 16th century, was destroyed by fire in 1871.This sumptuous rebuilding, supervised by the seventh Duke of Devonshire

Peter Hesketh Fleetwood was then a Member of Parliament for Preston and attended these meetings.

Between 1820 and 1849, passenger boats on the canal were the main form of transport between Kendal and Preston, and the Packet Boat Hotel, seen here, was one of the inns built for passengers so that

Now Fire Headquarters, Hazel Mere was built in 1892 as a family home for Joseph Foster, a Preston machine maker.

Its opening in 1848 encouraged the development of the town and an expansion of the nearby quarries, whose fine stone was taken to build Liverpool Docks and the Harris Gallery at Preston.

A pony with a milk churn on a cart (centre) is turning onto Preston Street, by the shop of William Morris, fruiterer.