My Lancashire is a personal local history blog that documents historical accounts, photographs, and explorations of Lancashire by a long-term resident. The site focuses extensively on the industrial heritage, architecture, and forgotten landmarks of Preston and its surrounding areas. For more details, visit My Lancashire.
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Lancashire History
Lancashire is a county in the northwest of England. The county did not exist at the time of the Domesday Book in 1086, making it one of the youngest of the traditional counties. The County of Lancaster was first recorded in 1168 under King Henry II. In 1267 Edmund Crouchback was created 1st Earl of Lancaster. On 6th March 1351 Henry, Earl of Lancaster, was made a Duke and was also granted Palatinate powers – the royal powers, or the powers belonging to the palace.
Heritage Open Days 2024 – Lancashire Archives & Local History
Social Media Contributions – Facebook Groups – History and Heritage posts
The New Railway Hotel in Preston – The Park Hotel
Fire at The Singleton Row Windmill on Harrison Hill
Preston’s Windmills – A Mill Town Before Cotton (Part 1)
Preston’s Windmills – A Mill Town Before Cotton (Part 2)
Preston’s Windmills – A Mill Town Before Cotton (Revisited)
A Pair of Replica Sevastopol Cannons in Avenham Park at Preston
Messrs. John Whitehead and Co. Works, Syke-street, Preston
Howick House and the Relics from the Old Town Hall
The Preston Guild in the September 1862 Illustrated London News
Extensive and Interesting Discovery of Ancient Royal Treasure – The Cuerdale Hoard
Campaign to Preserve Our Disappearing Roadside Heritage
A Slave’s Opinion of The War. The Reverend John Sella Martin at Preston
Preston-Then and Now. The Changes of Half a Century. No. I.
Preston-Then and Now. The Changes of Half a Century. No. II.
Preston-Then and Now. The Changes of Half a Century. No. III.
Preston-Then and Now. The Changes of Half a Century. No. IV.
Preston-Then and Now. The Changes of Half a Century. No. V.
Preston’s Wartime History – Tying Up Some Loose Threads
Metalwork Detective Work – A Victorian Stink Pipe
The Life and Times of Matthew Brown, the Preston Farmer, Brewer and Property Owner
Margaret Leyland’s Gravestone at the Church of St Andrew in Leyland
The Ribchester Workhouse. Another Lying Down Lamb with a Flag
PEDESTRIANISM • A foot-race was Run by George Eastham Alias Clogger
Builders Find Farmhouse Ruins in Fulwood, Preston
Thomas Harrison Myres FRIBA – Restoration of Roadside Crosses
A Compendious History of The North Union Railway – Preston Chronicle 1838
Opening of the Harris Free Library and Museum. Interesting Ceremonial.
All That Remains of the Trinity Church in Preston
The Derby Arms at Inskip – Motoring Pub Museum
The Walker Monument South of the Church of St Andrew in Leyland
Mary Davies, The Historic Building Investigator, in 1972
Stone Gateposts belonging to the former Whinfield House
Local History Website From the Past – Lancashire at War Website
The Remains of Colonel William Assheton Cross’ Observatory at Red Scar
The Bombing of Ward Street in October 1940
Thomas Blackburn and Sons Foundry in Preston
Walton Lodge, The Seat of William Calrow Esquire in 1846
Preston Industrial Institution for the Employment and Education of the Blind
The Most Blitzed Village in Preston District
Who will restore these plaques, from the richly ornamented exterior of the Town Hall?
Visiting The Leyland Heritage Centre 2024
Cuerden Hall – The Seat of Robert Townley Parker, Esquire M.P.
The Preston Banking Company Building on Lord Street in Southport
Sculptures of some of the Former Mayors of Preston
Gamonia – Or to give it its full title, ‘Gamonia: or, the Art of Preserving Game’.
Please Sir, We Want Our Treasure Back – The Cuerdale Hoard
The Mystery of Preston’s Last Tram Stop
A Victorian Post Box on Market Street in Preston – Royal Cyphers
Some Old Gates that appear to have survived the War – Dryden of Preston Foundry
Preston Railway Station, Soldiers Free Buffet – MEMORIES by Doris Shaw
The Moving Milestone – The metal sign found in the back hedge of a garden
Crosby Blitz Beach – Remains from the city of Liverpool before World War II
Heritage Open Days 2024 – The Jeremiah Horrocks Observatory, Moor Park, Preston
The Globe Tavern – A Former Pub in Preston with Links to a Brewery in Ince
Preston’s Listed Buildings – LOWER BROCKHOLES FARMHOUSE
Preston’s Listed Buildings – TULKETH MILL
A Revisit to the History of a Preston Foundry – John Booth’s Phoenix Ironworks
Who Was Edward Garlick? EDWARD GARLICK M.I.C.E. – ENGINEER
Down Yet Another Internet Rabbit Hole! The Harris, a Foucault Pendulum and George J. Gibbs
UNITAS BENEVOLENTIA ET CONCORDIA | Unity, Benevolence and Concord – The FORESTERS’ HALL
Proud Preston – Preston’s Civic Crest. The Coat-of-Arms of the City of Preston.
Leonora Carrington OBE – Lancashire’s Brilliant Surrealist Painter
Preston’s Lost Soap Making Industry
Matthew Brown, THE OLD DOG INN and early Methodist meetings in Preston
The Old Bull Ring in Preston – Often Passed, but Rarely Seen
My Uncles – An Unusual Name on an Ordnance Survey Map (The Easter Egg)
What Will Preston look like in 1992? A slideshow from 1972 Preston Guild
Todd Hall a Listed Building Dating Back to 1630
The Delph in the River Ribble by Avenham Park
The History of Brockholes – Before and After the Preston Bypass
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS 1862 – THE PRESTON GUILD MERCHANT OF 1862
Abandoned Houses in Ulnes Walton near Leyland in Lancashire – Low House
FAREWELL TO THE SUMMIT – Lancaster Canal Summit Branch and Tramroad
The Remains of Preston’s Third Town Hall
The Hidden Viaduct of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Doctor Syntax – A Pub named after a horse that was named after a cartoon character
In Search of the Cuerdale Hoard
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