Around Preston

This follows on from my last post, which went up Moor Lane, and then back south down Lancaster Road South. This is what lies to the north and east of there, so we start by heading up the Garstang Road. Garstang Road At one time this was called Gallows Hill, as several men were hung here after the Battle of Preston. Immediately on the left in the Moor Park pub, on the corner with Aqueduct Street. Obviously named after Moor Park, which was originally much larger - and came closer to the pub. Apparently it was the last pub in Preston to brew its own beer - though with microbreweries, I suspect that is no longer true. There is a video of it from 1945 on YouTube here . On the other side of the road is The Church of St Thomas of Canterbury and the English Martyrs, or just English Martyrs. An impressive building, this Roman Catholic church opened in 1867; old maps indicate there was previously a cattle market here! This building at the back of it was a school for the church. The school is now