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At that time, around 1860, it was considered bad for your health to attempt the whole journey without an overnight stop half-way, which happened to be at Preston.

Preston was the centre of a wheel of railway transport: spokes went off to Blackpool, Lancaster, Blackburn, Manchester, London, Liverpool and Southport.As we can see, the river was used for pleasure

Preston's War Memorial to those who gave their lives in the Great War had just been erected at this time.

It was designed by the grandson of Sir Gilbert Scott, who had designed Preston Town Hall.

It is now the only footbridge over the River Ribble here, and a great asset to the parks and recreation facilities of Preston.

'Proud Preston' was part of the Old Fylde, and its main thoroughfare was Fishergate.

The addition of 'under-Scar' came in the 16th century to distinguish the village from other Prestons.

Preston's War Memorial to those who gave their lives in the Great War had just been erected at this time.

Preston cheese factors favoured the Fylde for their milk, and set up a cheese factory in Inskip to which farmers from all over the Fylde brought supplies.

This fine stone bridge spans the Preston to Tewitfield Canal; alongside runs part of the A6 road.

She had either just been, or was about to be sold to Nathaniel Miller for his Preston-Dublin service.

The Preston by-pass opened in 1959, and the motorway from junction 32 near Broughton to junction 33 at Hampson Green opened six years later.

Before 1892, all ships delivering to Preston would use the riverside for loading and unloading.

Preston was the centre of a wheel of railway transport: spokes went off to Blackpool, Lancaster, Blackburn, Manchester, London, Liverpool and Southport.

A bus to Pedders Lane and Ashton-on-Ribble plies down Fishergate, but so busy has Preston become, that drastic alterations in regulating traffic have had to be made.

Croston lies on the banks of the River Yarrow, 10 miles from Preston.

Between Preston and Clitheroe lies Hurst Green in the Ribble Valley, backed by Longridge fells.

Speaking at Preston Cockpit, he inadvertently invented the word 'teetotal'—Dicky stammered!

In 1770 there were 5,000 people living in the town, and by 1811 there were 15,083, three times that number; by 1835 the population had doubled again.The railway to Preston opened in 1846, but the

though, as there are many locals who would rather it were back across the border.Tubber Hill is on the outskirts of Barnoldswick; running alongside it is part of the Roman road which once went from Preston

This area was once part of a quiet seaside village, but by 1960 a parade of shops close to Bay Horse level crossing on the original Preston and Wyre Railway had appeared, and regular motor buses traversed

Run from Preston, it started business in 1930.

No 17, seen here in St Sepulchre Gate, was delivered in 1903 and was built by the Electric Railway & Tramway Carriage Works, Preston.

balconies, it is modelled on the bell-tower of St Marks Square in Venice, and it took fourteen years to build.The River Darwen (a Celtic name) is only 15 miles long before it joins the Ribble near Preston