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Preston is a city and local government district in North West England. It is the administrative centre of Lancashire, and is on the River Ribble. Preston was granted the status of a city in 2002

During the Roman period the road from the Setantian port of Neb of the Nese passed one mile north of Preston and intersected the road from Languavallium in Cumberland to Condate in Cheshire in Preston at Tulketh-hall. In Ripon in 705 the lands near the River Ribble were set on a new foundation, and the parish church was probably erected. Later Edward the Elder passed the lands to cathedral at York and then from successive transfers the lands were passed round between churches, hence the name Priest's Town or Preston. An alternative explanation of the origin of the name is that the Priest's Town refers to a priory set up by St. Wilfrid near the Ribble's lowest ford. This idea is reinforced by similarity of Preston's crest bearing a lamb with St. Wilfrid's banner (Walsh and Butler 1992). The right to hold a Guild Merchant was conferred upon the Burgesses of Preston by a charter of 1179; the associated Preston Guild is a civic celebration held every 20 years The strategic location of the city, almost exactly mid-way between Glasgow and London, is demonstrated in that decisive battles of the English Civil War (1643) and the first Jacobite rebellion (1715) were fought in Preston. In 1825 Preston was in the hundred of Amounderness, in the deanery of Amounderness and the archdeaconry of Richmond. The name of Amounderness is more ancient than the name of any other Wapentake or hundred in the County of Lancaster, and so Preston dates from at least the High Saxon period. Served by the River Ribble, Preston was one of the principal ports of Lancaster. King Charles I demanded a quarter more ship money than from Lancaster and twice as much as from Liverpool

Museums Harris Museum and Art Gallery St Walburge's Church (the tallest church in England designed by Joseph Hansom of Hansom Cab fame, with the third-highest spire at 94 metres) The National Football Museum The Museum of Lancashire The Lancashire Queens Regiment Museum The British Commercial Vehicle Museum Broughton Cottage Museum Ribble Steam Railway Musuem

Parks Miller Park, Preston Waverly Park (Sometimes known as Ribbleton Park) Avenham Park Moor Park Grange Park Haslam Park Ashton Park

Suburbs include Ashton Broadgate - running along the River Ribble opposite Penwortham, which is in South Ribble Brookfield Broughton - rural parish in the north east Cadley College Deepdale Farrington Park Fishwick [including the Callon estate] Fulwood - the former separate district council incorporated into Preston in 1974, with a mix of rural and suburban areas. Greyfriars Ingol [including the Tanterton community] Kingsfold Larches [incorportating the Larches and Savick communites] Lea [including the Cottam and Lea Town communites] Preston Rural East - including Sherwood, Broughton and Haighton Preston Rural North - including Goosnargh, Woodplumpton and Barton Ribbleton Riversway - including Broadgate Sharoe Green St Georges St Matthews Town Centre [this is still called 'Town Centre' as City Status was granted following the most recent boundary changes]. This brings together Avenham, Frenchwood and the city centre Tulketh University - based around the Plungington and Maudland Bank areas

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