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Farringdon Park
Farringdon Park was a multi-use park, gardens and sports stadium on New Lane, east of Preston, Lancashire, England. History Preston Pleasure Gardens In 1875 the Preston Nursery and Pleasure Gardens Company (headed by James Huddart, from the Hesketh family) acquired the 90 acres Farringdon Hall Estate and began to construct a 44 acres public facility including gardens and eight miles of paths. Two years later on 5 May 1877, the Preston Pleasure Gardens, featuring ornamental lakes, a small wooded valley and a waterfall, opened to the public. A large dancing platform and bandstand were added and the site hosted the 1878 Royal Horticultural Society Show. A sports ground was then added next to the dancing platform, the ground consisted of a football field surrounded by a bicycle racing track, with adjacent croquet, tennis and bowls greens. In the early 1880s a short-lived zoo was created with 100 species of animals but by 1885 it was closed down due to mismanagement. Farring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preston, Lancashire
Preston () is a city on the north bank of the River Ribble in Lancashire, England. The city is the administrative centre of the county of Lancashire and the wider City of Preston, Lancashire, City of Preston local government district. Preston and its surrounding district obtained City status in the United Kingdom, city status in 2002, becoming England's 50th city in the 50th year of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, Queen Elizabeth II's reign. Preston had a population of 147,800 at the 2021 census, the City of Preston district 156,411 in 2023 and the Preston Built-up Area 313,322. The Preston Travel To Work Area, in 2011, had a population of 420,661, compared with 354,000 in the previous census. The south bank of the Ribble is part of the Preston urban area, although it forms the South Ribble borough that is administratively separate. Preston and its surrounding area have provided evidence of ancient Roman Britain, Roman activity, largely in the form of a Roman road that led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
