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The Preston coat of arms,
which can be seen on many buildings in Preston.
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The City of Preston at "PRESTONIAN.CO.UK" by R. M.
O'Gara.
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The Red Rose of
Lancashire.
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It's the City of Preston! 14th
March 2002 - The town today became England's 50th city to mark the
Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations.
Proud past, ambitious future
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This site last updated on Feb 2012
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Check out photos by Dan Croft.
Avenham and Miller parks
Shopping
Photo below From Mike McCullough,
shot from the top of St. George's Car park. mikem@newsquestmedia.co.uk OR www.newsquestmedia.co.uk
A 1920's brochure from the
company "G.Reed & Sons steeplejack and
brickstters" kindly sent in by one of their daughters. Interesting
document for the old photos of some of Preston's landmarks and facts about
their structures.
LINKS TO OTHER SITES:
- Lancashire Ancestors ; Using all
the existing information that you can supply, they will endeavour to
trace your family history as far back as you want to go - or records
allow. We will do this using parish registers of baptism, marriage and
burial, censuses, and wills.
- Preston
on the web at; www.prestonontheweb.co.uk/
- www.ttg.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk a
site about the history of Preston's Cinemas. In the 1940's Preston
boasted of 18 Cinemas in the town. Today Preston still has 18 Cinema
screens but only two MULTIPLEX CINEMA.
- Also info about my Grandad
- It's
for the Stanley Cup that the players fight,
season after season. And it's of the Stanley Cup that all hockey
players dream, from childhood onwards. The Cup, symbol of excellence
in the world of hockey, owes its name to Lord Stanley of Preston
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"Hi, come on in and sit thy
down, mined you brush your feet though!"
Welcome to Preston, the best town
in Lancashire and my home town. Although I was born in London and my father
is American my mother and her family are from Preston and I have lived here
since being a young kid. This site reflects my interest in the place and its'
history. Preston is situated on a hill above the river Ribble and on the main
(and ancient) routes both north and south, and east and west. There has been
a settlement here in this area for well over a 1,000 years. This was the
first point on the river Ribble where it was safe to cross by ford and today
it is still the first place to cross by bridge.
Below a list of CONTENTS with links to the various
articles on this site. It is hoped to maintain this page with the information
for events, links and facts about the town of Preston.
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 The "PP"
in the coat of arms is said by locals to stand for Proud Preston or Preston
- Priest's town, this may be because of the historic association of the
church and town and certainly in the coat of arms or seal it was originally
a standing lamb with banner flag - the emblem of St. Wilfrid. When the
parish church changed its name to St. John in Tudor times, the pragmatic
townsmen sat the lamb down and it became the emblem of St. John the
Baptist. It was the  wrong St. John, but they probably
thought it would be standing up again soon! With regard to the 'PP' in the
coat of arms it is also said it may stand for Princeps Pacis, Prince
of Peace or Preston-Preston. In 1376 there were no Ps in the town seal; in
1402 there were three Ps arranged decoratively on either side and below the
standing lamb. In later times one of the Ps was lost and the other two
ended up below the seated lamb.
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 A road sign on London Rd. looking up the hill towards
Preston, at the bottom of the hill is the bridge over a river Ribble south
to Walton-le-Dale.
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Preston is also noted for the
"Preston Guild Merchant", held once every twenty years
since 1179. When the whole town is on holiday for a week and there are
great religious and trade processions. Entertainment's, feasts, balls,
sporting events, circuses, pageants, concerts, theatrical and firework
displays attracting literally hundreds of thousands of people to the
festivities. There is a saying in the North of England "Once every
Preston Guild' - which has come to be used in the context of a sceptical
comment on a rare distant or doubtful happening!
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Copyright © 1996, Rob O'Gara : rmo@prestonian.co.uk : First issued
3rd March 1996.
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