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ON THE ROMAN REMAINS RECENTLY DISCOVERED ATWALTON-LE-DALE, NEAR PRESTON.By Charles Hardwick, Esq.(READ 3RD APRIL, 1856.) Notwithstanding the destructive influence of time, of agricultural improvement, and […]

Martha Thompson was the first Wesleyan Methodist in Preston. She met in a class at Cockshott House in 1759, which belonged to the society at Brimicroft. Cockshott House appears to […]

An eighteenth or nineteenth century Fire Insurance Plaque in Walton Green. The most well-known insurance company using a sun emblem was the Sun Fire Office, established in 1710 in […]

There have been a number of pages recently published tracing the history of the Public Houses in and around Walton le Dale. These are now […]

This painting of Walton le Dale is by Albert Woods (1871–1944). He painted landscapes and coastal views. Albert Woods was born and lived in Preston. […]

Walton le Dale from Preston by Anthony Devis circa 1800 A photograph of a print of a landscape painting by Anthony Devis (1729-1816), found in […]

The Drinking Fountain on Victoria Road The longest-reigning British monarch, Queen Victoria celebrated Golden and Diamond Jubilees marking 50 and 60 years of her reign. […]

RAMBLES BY THE RIBBLE CHAPTER VIII WALTON-LE-DALE Leaving the historically interesting district of Cuerdale, we enter upon the township and village of Walton-le-dale, a place […]