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CLAY, Alfred Borron (2 son of Rev. John Clay 1796–1858). b. Walton near Preston 3 June 1831; articled to a solicitor at Preston; studied art […]

Pilkington, W., The Makers of Wesleyan Methodism in Preston and the Relation of Methodism to the Temperance & Teetotal Movements (1890), is a locally grounded […]

The ‘Life and poems of Henry Anderton, of Walton-le-Dale.’ Henry Anderton was born at Walton-le-Dale on 3rd, December 1808, and was one of the early […]

The Roman Supply Depot at Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire This book, about “The Roman Supply Depot at Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire”, first became available late 2025. This was when […]

There is an Ice House (Icehouse) that is identified on Ordnance Survey map sheets in the proximity of Walton Hall in Walton le Dale. This […]

“…he was overtaken by four men, a short distance from the turnpike on Walton Brow.” Desperate Gang of Highwaymen,in the vicinity of Preston. On the […]

In the process of looking at a number of Water Tanks locally that have the ‘de Houghton’ crest on them, related to the Hoghton Tower […]

Hoghton Tower by Arthur Devis (1712 – 1787) Arthur Devis was born in Preston and became a pupil of Pieter Tillemans, who was a well […]

Tho. Coupe, weaver, executed at Preston for high treason, 28th January. 1715. FOLLOWING the revolution of 1688, when James II fled to the continent, an […]

In one of my first forays into the Lancashire County Council’s Red Rose Collections, I came across an image of a pencil drawing that was […]