The history of the parish of Preston in Amounderness in the county of Lancaster . a pamphlet relating to the Guild of 1762, as theold theatre in Fishergate Street;- in 1771 General Burgoyne, member ofParliament for the borough, took part in a performance for the charities ofthe town. In 1791 this theatre was leased for twenty-one years by ThomasWoodcock architect, of Preston, to Stephen Kemble, of the Theatres Royal,Edinburgh and Newcastle, at a rental of ^31 los. a year ; 3 it was ultimatelyabandoned and a new one built in 1802. One printed by Harrop & Newton, and the other by—. Stuart; both
The history of the parish of Preston in Amounderness in the county of Lancaster . a pamphlet relating to the Guild of 1762, as theold theatre in Fishergate Street;- in 1771 General Burgoyne, member ofParliament for the borough, took part in a performance for the charities ofthe town. In 1791 this theatre was leased for twenty-one years by ThomasWoodcock architect, of Preston, to Stephen Kemble, of the Theatres Royal,Edinburgh and Newcastle, at a rental of ^31 los. a year ; 3 it was ultimatelyabandoned and a new one built in 1802. One printed by Harrop & Newton, and the other by—. Stuart; both of these are scarce. Full details arealso given in Abranis Memorials of the Guilds. J. Moons. 5 P. Whittle says the theatre was in Woodcocks yard,off Fishergate. In 17S1 performances took place inthe New Cock Pit, [see chap, viii.], when theminister of the Independents, who occupied the upperroom, arranged with the players not to perform onthe same evening as they had service. [See the Nightingales Lancashire Nonconformity.] 70 History ui tiik PAiasii ok Pkest SxiI^NERS^Gli OVERS Preston as a port had now considerably fallen off, the annual tonnageaccording to Kuerden only being about 6,000 tons. The same author addsthat a vessel of reasonable burden with a knoweing and well-skilled pylotcould be brought up to Preston. In the early part of the next centuryseveral schemes were brought forward to improve the port; in 1841 a dockwas built and in the next year a new quay was erected. In 1826 Prestonwas called a creek of the port of Lancaster ; in 1836 it formed a part ofthe port of Fleetwood; but in 1843 it became again an independent 1827 the inward tonnage at Preston was 28,080 tons; in 1834 it was33,857 tons. The first steamer which appeared on the Ribble was floated in1829. Of the more modern attempts to further develop the river naviga-tion at Preston we do not propose to treat. The Rev. William MacRitchie passing through Preston in 1795 describesit as a
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