Place:Preston (borough), Lancashire, England

the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

The City of Preston is a city and non-metropolitan district in Lancashire, England. The district, formerly known as the Borough of Preston, is named after the urban settlement of Preston which lies in the south of the district. It is located on the north bank of the River Ribble, and was granted city status in 2002, becoming England's 50th city in the 50th year of Queen Elizabeth II's reign. The City of Preston district has a population of 131,900.

In addition to the original town of Preston, the City contains Fulwood Urban District, and a major part of Preston Rural District. The southern part of the district is mostly urbanised but the northern part is quite rural.

The former Preston Rural District part of the district includes the following civil parishes:

• Barton (near Preston)
• Broughton (near Preston)
• Goosnargh
• Grimsargh with Brockholes (now Grimsargh)
• Haighton
• Lea Town
• Whittingham
• Woodplumpton

In the article in Wikipedia, under the sub-heading "Civil Geography", is an outline map of the civil parishes within the borough's boundaries.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article City of Preston, Lancashire.

Research Tips

• Lancashire Online Parish Clerks provide free online information from the various parishes, along with other data of value to family and local historians conducting research in the County of Lancashire.
• FS Lancashire Research Wiki
• GENUKI references for Preston
• A description of the ancient parish of Preston from British History Online (Victoria County Histories), published 1912
• A description of the township of Preston from British History Online (Victoria County Histories), published 1912
• A map of Lancashire circa 1888 supplied by A Vision of Britain through Time
• A map of Lancashire circa 1954 supplied by A Vision of Britain through Time
• The Lancashire Rootsweb page includes a list of webpages produced by family historians with connections in the county. Some of these pages may no longer exist.
• Rootsweb mailing lists still have entries for the county, for Merseyside, and for individual towns and cities.