My Lancashire - My accounts of the local area

Thomas Harrison Myres FRIBA Restoration of Roadside Crosses  Thomas Myres Cross. The two parts were originally placed separately on the ground. The Stone Cross at Cottam Thomas Harrison Myres FRIBA (1842-1926) was an English railway architect who designed stations and ancillary buildings. He and his wife had various residences including one at at the edge of Cottam. The property is on Lea Road, and it was once known as Lea Lodge. It is a listed building and is currently known as 'Clock House'. Clock House, once known as Lea Lodge. Thomas was greatly interested in the restoration of road side crosses and succeeded in restoring sixteen throughout Lancashire.  At this point, and am not sure which ones they were.  The doesn't seem to be any obvious listing of them.   After his death, a fitting monument was erected to him and his wife Catherine at nearby Lea bearing the inscription: “To the glory of God and in the memory of the pioneer of the restoration of...

A Compendious History of The North Union Railway A Compendious History of The North Union Railway A COMPENDIOUS HISTORY OF  THE NORTH UNION RAILWAY: COMPRISING AN INTRODUCTORY SKETCH THE PROSPECTIVE ADVANTAGES OF THE RAILWAY; ITS STATISTICS; A DELINEATION OF THE OPERATIONS WHICH HAVE MARKED ITS PROGRESS; A DETAILED REFERENCE TO ALL THE IMPORTANT FEATURES OF THE ROUTE-videlicet, THE TUNNELS, VIADUCTS, GRADIENTS, &C.; ALSO A STATEMENT OF THE FACILITIES FOR TRANSIT PRESENTED BY THE VARIOUS CONNECTING LINES OF RAILWAY; AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE LOCALITIES OF THE RAILWAY, AND THE PHENOMENA WHICH HAVE OCCURRED IN ITS CONSTRUCTION. Saturday, October 27th, 1838 Publication: Preston Chronicle  -------------------------------------- CHAPTER II. JOURNEY FROM PRESTON TO WIGAN. The accommodations provided at the PRESTON STATION are upon a very extensive scale, and are calculated to afford every convenience to the increasing trade of the town. The Passengers' and Goods' Stations are ...

Opening of the Harris Free Library and Museum. Interesting Ceremonial. The Harris Free Library & Museum in Preston on a 1903 Postcard Saturday October 28th 1893 | Preston Chronicle The following article is a contemporary newspaper account of the opening of the Harris Library in Preston, recording the speeches, ceremonies, and civic context surrounding one of the town’s most significant late‑nineteenth‑century benefactions. It documents not only the formal inauguration of the building, but also the wider legacy of Edmund Robert Harris and his trustees, whose endowments shaped Preston’s educational, cultural, and charitable institutions for generations. This text has been transcribed directly from the original printed source. The wording has been preserved verbatim, with only obvious mechanical OCR errors corrected. No attempt has been made to modernise language, alter emphasis, or abridge the content. The editorial material is confined strictly to this introduction; everything that...