The history of the parish of Preston in Amounderness in the county of Lancaster . t-^L~jaJ^f!^sr-iZ^tuui:i^^Mii. ^ lIp-^iffisTfr^-fi-:^-**^ ^-t ,a^~-—-r. - v»^^.V^i^ J!^. Preston Church, about 1845. [Tliis view of the Church was drawn by Wilhani Physick, and dedicated to the Rev. J. O. Parr. Vicar,] From 1700 to 1782, the vicars of Preston were not only zealous poli-ticians but being adherents to the Whig party were very unpopular to manyof the leading inhabitants of the parish, moreover these vicars were pluralistsof the most pronounced type and consequently to a great extent non-resident—it
The history of the parish of Preston in Amounderness in the county of Lancaster . t-^L~jaJ^f!^sr-iZ^tuui:i^^Mii. ^ lIp-^iffisTfr^-fi-:^-**^ ^-t ,a^~-—-r. - v»^^.V^i^ J!^. Preston Church, about 1845. [Tliis view of the Church was drawn by Wilhani Physick, and dedicated to the Rev. J. O. Parr. Vicar,] From 1700 to 1782, the vicars of Preston were not only zealous poli-ticians but being adherents to the Whig party were very unpopular to manyof the leading inhabitants of the parish, moreover these vicars were pluralistsof the most pronounced type and consequently to a great extent non-resident—it is not therefore surprising to find that during their vicariatesthe history of the church is almost a blank page, and that the only fact Records, Twenty-four gentlemen, I2th April, i6So. Guild Roll. Ecclesiastical History. 117 worth recording is tliat the building of the church was allowed to fall intodecay to such an extent that on the 7th February, 1770, the entire rooffell in, and in consequence the north and south walls had to be takendown and rebuilt [see note p. 65.] In iSii, the tower, which had for sometime been in an unsafe condition, was pulled down to
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