My Lancashire - My accounts of the local area

The Globe Tavern Probably one of my favourite buildings in town (how I refer to the now city of Preston). It is currently the Hang Seng Oriental Supermarket at 120 Corporation Street, Preston PR1 2HE The former Globe Tavern in Preston The post started off as a question about the origins of the building, because I wasn't having much luck with the search engine results. However, I was able to join the dots using the Preston Digital Archive and Steve Halliwell's PRESTON'S INNS, TAVERNS and BEERHOUSES website/blog. The building was built in 1892, on the junction of Corporation Street and Heatley Street.  Initially, I was struggling with what is perhaps a logo incorporating I S & L ( ...I thought that it could be another combination of those letters... 🤔 ) The former Globe Tavern in Preston - L ogo incorporating I S & L I understand that it was Tom's Tavern around 1983.  It was also known as 'Method' in the period around 2012.  It has also formerly been &#

Preston's Listed Buildings LOWER BROCKHOLES FARMHOUSE Heritage Category: Listed Building (Grade II) List Entry Number: 1292856 Location: Lower Brockholes, Brockholes Brow, Preston PR2 5AS Lower Brockholes Farmhouse, Dated 1634 on porch, listed by Historic England I am sure that if anybody mentions 'Brockholes' these days, most people will think of the wonderful nature reserve run by the The Lancashire Wildlife Trust. However, before the Preston Bypass (M6 Motorway) cut through the area in the 1950s, it was previously farmland. At the time it was occupied by two farmhouses, namely Higher Brockholes and Lower Brockholes. Both were former Manor Houses dating back to the seventeenth century. There was also a third property names 'Boilton', which gives it name to Boilton Wood that is at the northern edge of the nature reserve and climbs up to Red Scar. Unfortunately, only Lower Brockholes now remains. Lower Brockholes Farmhouse, Dated 1634 on porch, listed by Historic En

Preston's Listed Buildings TULKETH MILL TULKETH MILL Heritage Category: Listed Building (Grade II) List Entry Number: 1207235 Location: Balcarres Road, Ashton-on-Ribble CHIMNEY TO TULKETH MILL Heritage Category: Listed Building (Grade II) List Entry Number: 1279845 Location: Balcarres Road, Ashton-on-Ribble Tulketh Mill is a former Edwardian cotton-spinning mill in Balcarres Road, Tulketh. It was designed by Frederick Whittaker Dixon of Oldham and built for the Tulketh Spinning Company in 1905. The building is currently used to house offices for a number of different companies. An earlier Tulketh Mill stood in Water Lane, Preston, until it was destroyed by fire in June 1883. Looking back at an old aerial photograph, it is surprising to see it almost alone in the field, next to allotments, west of the railway line. How times have changed. Tulketh Mill, Preston from the Air The architect Frederick Whittaker Dixon was born in Oldham on 16th April 1854 and died in Southport on 16th No

A Revisit to the History of a Preston Foundry... Following Watching a Video About Moving Buildings in Manchester I watch quite a bit of content on YouTube . One of my favourite creators is a young bloke called Oliver Thompson, who goes under the handle of ' Bee Here Now '. He specialises in Manchester History. Whilst watching his latest creation this week, I noticed something related to Preston in the footage. There was a stove in one of the public houses that he was discussing, which was marked with ' J. BOOTH PRESTON '. A stove in one of the public houses marked with 'J. BOOTH PRESTON'. My first encounter with the name was in December last year.  I spotted a coal grid in front of 15 Ribblesdale Place, whilst leaving Winckley Square and heading to Avenham Park. ◇ THE PATENT SELF LOCKING COAL GRID ◇ ◇ J BOOTH PRESTON ◇ I must have walked past or over this dozens, if not hundreds, of times. It was first time that I had noticed it. The Patent Self Locking Coal Gri

Preston's Windmills - A Mill Town Before Cotton (Revisited) Alternatively titled... "How come Eskimos have fifty words for snow and we only have one word for mill?" Preston's seven central windmills can be seen on this map.  Of those Seven, only one still remains.  That is the Singleton Row Windmill, which is now known as the Craggs Row Windmill, since the name of the street on which it resides has had its named changed.  Whilst the windmill remains, externally it is only the tower.  There is no cap or sails.  There were at least another three windmills further away from this central area.   Preston's Windmills - what3words Windmill Locations Considering that I have been in the area for more than half a century and have visited a lot of places in and around the city, I was totally unaware that Preston had a windmill, let alone quite a lot in a reasonably concentrated area in days gone by. It started with an idea that I could cycle around the county and visit all t

Who Was Edward Garlick? The question arose on a local history Facebook group called ' Preston History '.  It had come from another local Facebook group (the Preston Past and Present group).  It was asking about a commemorative plaque on Winckley Square that noted Edward Garlick, who was a former resident of number 21. I wasn't aware of the plaque, but had come across him on the Foundation Stone of Preston Dock, which I had photographed in April this year (2024).  A number of members posted various pieces of information that they knew about him, or had found online.  Here are a few things that I had discovered along the way. EDWARD GARLICK M.I.C.E. an ENGINEER EDWARD GARLICK M.I.C.E. an ENGINEER (M.I.C.E. - Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers) The best summary comes from his Obituary, which was taken from a publication by ICE (the Institution of Civil Engineers). EDWARD GARLICK , born in 1822, served his engineering apprenticeship to Mr. Philip Park, of Preston. Hi