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== Chapel History == | == Chapel History == | ||
Preston | Preston.-- parl. and mun. bor., par. and [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/354 '''township'''], port, and manufacturing and market town, N. Lancashire, on Lancaster Canal and on river Ribble, near the head of its estuary, 28 miles NE. of Liverpool, 31 NW. of Manchester, and 209 from London by rail . <ref>http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/354</ref> | ||
The Diocese of Blackburn is a Church of England diocese, covering much of Lancashire, created in 1926 from part of the Diocese of Manchester. The Diocese includes the towns of Blackburn, Blackpool, Burnley, and the cities of Lancaster, and Preston, as well as a large part of the Ribble Valley.<br> | <br> The Diocese of Blackburn is a Church of England diocese, covering much of Lancashire, created in 1926 from part of the Diocese of Manchester. The Diocese includes the towns of Blackburn, Blackpool, Burnley, and the cities of Lancaster, and Preston, as well as a large part of the Ribble Valley.<br> | ||
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[[Category:Lancashire]] | [[Category:Lancashire]] |
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