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Preston
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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Lancashire manufacturing town on the Ribble, 31 m. N W. of Manchester; is a well laid out brick town, with three parks, a magnificent town-hall, a market, public baths, free library, museum, and picture-gallery; St. Walburge's Roman Catholic church has the highest post-Reformation steeple in England, 306 ft. The deepening of the river and construction of docks have added to the shipping trade. The chief industry is cotton, but there are also shipbuilding yards, engineer shops, and foundries. One of Cromwell's victories was won here; it was the birthplace of Richard Arkwright, and the scene of the beginning of the English total abstinence movement in 1832.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Preston'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/preston.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Preston'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/preston.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
