My Lancashire - My accounts of the local area

BUILDERS FIND FARMHOUSE RUINS Builders Find Farmhouse Ruins in Victoria Road, Fulwood, Preston A newspaper cutting from 1959 that I found on the Preston Digital Archive documents the discovery of an Ancient Farmhouse in Fulwood. Builders Find Farmhouse Ruins in Fulwood, Newspaper-Article BUILDERS FIND FARMHOUSE RUINS A relic of old Fulwood By A " POST " REPORTER BUILDERS levelling waste land in Victoria-road, Fulwood, for a block of flats have unearthed the brick remains of a farm-house dating back nearly 200 years. But the sunken building, I with its 2ft. thick walls, Longridge-stone steps, and narrow doorways, will soon vanish again beneath a 6ft. layer of concrete. The historic find came to light this week when men from William Jackson (Preston) Ltd.. building contractors of Douglas Road North, Fulwood, began work on preparing the site for the two-storey flats and garages. PLOUGHED DEEP Bulldozers and an excavator ploughed deep into the ground to uncover a bit of old Ful...