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This is quite a crude way of doing it, for now, but the following is is a list of off the articles (pages) that are on this website.  The site is built on a Blogging platform, called Blogger, that is now hosted by Google.  However, in a similar way to WordPress, this platform has been adopted for use as a website creation tool over the recent years.


Having a page like this might help people find something, in an alternative way to scrolling endlessly down the home page or searching.  I've emboldened I few words to make them stand out.  In most cases, that is the primary topic of the article.

General

 

Leonora Carrington OBE - Lancashire's Brilliant Surrealist Painter

In Search of the Cuerdale Hoard

Please Sir, We Want Our Treasure Back - The Cuerdale Hoard

Cuerden Hall - The Seat of Robert Townley Parker, Esquire M.P.

Crosby Blitz Beach - Remains from the city of Liverpool before World War II

The Derby Arms at Inskip - Motoring Pub Museum

Gamonia - Or to give it its full title, 'Gamonia: or, the Art of Preserving Game'.

The Moving Milestone - The metal sign found in the back hedge of a garden

Todd Hall a Listed Building Dating Back to 1630

Who was Todd of Todd Hall?

Abandoned Houses in Ulnes Walton near Leyland in Lancashire - Low House

FAREWELL TO THE SUMMIT - Lancaster Canal Summit Branch and Tramroad

 

Heritage Open Days 2024


Heritage Open Days 2024 - The Jeremiah Horrocks Observatory, Moor Park, Preston

Heritage Open Days 2024 - Lancashire Archives & Local History

 

Listed Buildings

Preston's Listed Buildings - LOWER BROCKHOLES FARMHOUSE

Preston's Listed Buildings - TULKETH MILL


Preston

The History of Brockholes - Before and After the Preston Bypass

A Revisit to the History of a Preston Foundry - John Booth's Phoenix Ironworks

Proud Preston - Preston's Civic Crest. The Coat-of-Arms of the City of Preston.

Matthew Brown, THE OLD DOG INN and early Methodist meetings in Preston.

The Delph in the River Ribble by Avenham Park

Doctor Syntax - A Pub named after a horse that was named after a cartoon character

Some Old Gates that appear to have survived the War - Dryden of Preston Foundry

UNITAS BENEVOLENTIA ET CONCORDIA | Unity, Benevolence and Concord - The FORESTERS' HALL

Who Was Edward Garlick? EDWARD GARLICK M.I.C.E. - ENGINEER

Down Yet Another Internet Rabbit Hole! The Harris, a Foucault Pendulum and George J. Gibbs

The Globe Tavern - A Former Pub in Preston with Links to a Brewery in Ince

THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS 1862 - THE PRESTON GUILD MERCHANT OF 1862

What Will Preston look like in 1992? A slideshow from 1972 Preston Guild

The Old Bull Ring in Preston - Often Passed, but Rarely Seen

The Preston Banking Company Building on Lord Street in Southport

Preston Railway Station, Soldiers Free Buffet - MEMORIES by Doris Shaw

The Remains of Ribbleton Hall

Preston's Lost Soap Making Industry

Sculptures of some of the Former Mayors of Preston

The Remains of Preston's Third Town Hall

The Mystery of Preston's Last Tram Stop

A Victorian Post Box on Market Street in Preston - Royal Cyphers

My Uncles - An Unusual Name on an Ordnance Survey Map (The Easter Egg)

The Hidden Viaduct of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway

Fall Of Thirteen Arches of the Ribble Viaduct on the Preston Extension of the East Lancashire Railway

Preston's Windmills - A Mill Town Before Cotton (Part 1)

Preston's Windmills - A Mill Town Before Cotton (Part 2)

Preston's Windmills - A Mill Town Before Cotton (Revisited)

 


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