The history of the parish of Preston in Amounderness in the county of Lancaster . KIKST 1;K(JNZK ok IIAHKLW. What subsc(|iicntly became the Parish of Preston was, after thedestruction of Walton until the tmal withdrawal of the Romans 410, probably left almost an uninhabited wilderness, the few scatteredpeople who once dwelt there having taken themselves nearer to thesheltering castritm of Ribchester, which was the largest one in the county,and around which there was a considerable population, who enjoyed adegree of security and civilization heretofore unknown to the Brigantes,who, as a
The history of the parish of Preston in Amounderness in the county of Lancaster . KIKST 1;K(JNZK ok IIAHKLW. What subsc(|iicntly became the Parish of Preston was, after thedestruction of Walton until the tmal withdrawal of the Romans 410, probably left almost an uninhabited wilderness, the few scatteredpeople who once dwelt there having taken themselves nearer to thesheltering castritm of Ribchester, which was the largest one in the county,and around which there was a considerable population, who enjoyed adegree of security and civilization heretofore unknown to the Brigantes,who, as a tribe, disappeared before the end of the second century, andknown by the general name of Britons. When Honorius, in 410, declared Britain an independent stateand left it to take care of itself, the whole country north of the Ribbleat once began to be infested by the Picts and Scots, whose frequentinvasions are believed to have laid waste much of the land which hadbeen occupied by the Romans. This state of affairs would be anotherreason why the few people who may at this t
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