The history of the parish of Preston in Amounderness in the county of Lancaster . and held from the King the manors of Litherland and FrenchLea, and Liverpool, which were subsequently confirmed to his son words of the grant are, Know ye that we have granted and by thisour own Charter confirmed to Henry, the son of Warine de Lancaster, thelands which our father gave to Warine his father, that is Ravensmeols,Ainsdale, Litherland, Liverpool, and French Lea, and eightpence rent inthe borough of Preston. In 1207, King John further confirmed this byCharter dated 28th August, in which it is
The history of the parish of Preston in Amounderness in the county of Lancaster . and held from the King the manors of Litherland and FrenchLea, and Liverpool, which were subsequently confirmed to his son words of the grant are, Know ye that we have granted and by thisour own Charter confirmed to Henry, the son of Warine de Lancaster, thelands which our father gave to Warine his father, that is Ravensmeols,Ainsdale, Litherland, Liverpool, and French Lea, and eightpence rent inthe borough of Preston. In 1207, King John further confirmed this byCharter dated 28th August, in which it is set forth ; beside the possessionsjust named Fitzwarine held English Lea, which had been given to him inexchange for Liverpool. Charter Roll, I John, Pt. i, ni. 5. Miscellany. 417 Preston Town in 1774. From the copy of a plan taken in 1774 by George Lang (of whichthe original appears now to be lost) we are enabled to get a fair idea ofthe extent of the town as it then was. Approaching the town from NewHall Lane or from the Wigan road there were no buildings until the site of. Preston Market Place in the Eighteenth Century. the House of Correction was reached, at which point Churchgate (as it wasthen called) commenced ; this street after passing the church became Fisher-gate, and around and near the market place was a single line of buildingwhich ended before reaching the road now leading to the railway few short streets divided the blocks of houses and shops near the centreof the town, and Friargate was lined with buildings on both sides to thepoint where the road branches off to Lancaster. Out of Churchgate goingnorthwards was a narrow lane called Salter Lane, on both sides of whichthe green fields were called Salter Lane meadows, Salter Lane crofts, &c.; A reprodiiclon of the greater portion of this map, on a reduced scale, is given in Mr. A. Hewitsons History of Preston. 53 4iS History of tiik Parish of Preston. a little farther to the east was Cuckstool meadows [
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