The Preston genealogy; tracing the history of the family from about 1040, , in Great Britain, in the New England states, and in Virginia, to the present time . ^ to William Bowker Pres-ton. APPENDIX, jl ?*; ii; ?«^-, la ^? ?L-^ W -^i>*?? ;**:^? H>- -^pj^ ?««« ^TFT. «.. Pi ! Hi»:-; >-5V v.* -^i ^ ??; . .?; «r--v • »-= •.. n^. >^i^ t»^-->^^fyj^»,;.J^- s^, ^J^ ^..VifeAg:^M;a^ii^fe,MMi4i^. APPENDIX TO THE PRESTON GENEALOGY FUKXESS ABBEY. (See Note p. 2v>.) Without d<»ul)t. a more detailed descriptic^ii of thefamous Abl)ey of-Furuess than it wouhl ha
The Preston genealogy; tracing the history of the family from about 1040, , in Great Britain, in the New England states, and in Virginia, to the present time . ^ to William Bowker Pres-ton. APPENDIX, jl ?*; ii; ?«^-, la ^? ?L-^ W -^i>*?? ;**:^? H>- -^pj^ ?««« ^TFT. «.. Pi ! Hi»:-; >-5V v.* -^i ^ ??; . .?; «r--v • »-= •.. n^. >^i^ t»^-->^^fyj^»,;.J^- s^, ^J^ ^..VifeAg:^M;a^ii^fe,MMi4i^. APPENDIX TO THE PRESTON GENEALOGY FUKXESS ABBEY. (See Note p. 2v>.) Without d<»ul)t. a more detailed descriptic^ii of thefamous Abl)ey of-Furuess than it wouhl have beenpracticable to give elsewliere. will be of iI]tere:^t tothe readers of this w<.)rk. from tlie fact that the })rop-eity was held by the Preston family for ovei- twohundred and fifty years. It was here that the Pres-tons of the Manor. made their hr)me. Some extractsfrom a ,auide b(jok. To the Ruins of Furness Abbey,*are therefare here presented. First, then, as to the location and founding-: The celebrated Abbey, whoso ruins have furnislied tliesubject of these pages, is situated in a deep and narrov\- vale,called the Glex of DeaijLY Xightstiade, at the distance ofnearly six miles and a half from Ulverston, and one and a halfmiles from Dalton. Its position is admirably in character withthat love of a secluded and conte
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