Robert William Service 1874-1958 poet of the Yukon and socialist was born in a house near this site

Christian Road, Preston, United Kingdom

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Robert Service
(1874-1958) poet of the Yukon

Thomas Miller 1811-1865 cotton manufacturer built this house in 1845. He donated the land for Miller Park in 1864.

Winckley Square, Preston, United Kingdom

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Isaac Simpson 1800-1859 and Stephen Simpson 1832-1891 advanced the science of gold thread manufacture on this site. Made here between 1839-1991.

Avenham Road, Preston, United Kingdom

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Sir Richard Arkwright (1732-1792) lived here in 1768 while he developed his cotton spinning machine

Syke Hill, Preston, United Kingdom

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Sir Richard Arkwright
(1732-1792) industrialist

"Glubb Pasha" 1897-1986 Sir John Bagot Glubb KCB CMG DSO OBE MC Commander of the Arab Legion, Soldier and diplomat was born in this house.

Watling Street Road, Preston, United Kingdom

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Sir John Bagot Glubb CMG OBE MC KCB DSO
(1897-1986) "Glubb Pasha"

Edith Rigby (1872-1948) suffragette lived here.

28 Winckley Square, Preston, United Kingdom

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Rev Joseph 'Daddy' Dunn 1746-1827 Due to his pioneering work, this former school was the first building in Preston to be lit by piped gas in 1816.

Fox Street, Preston, United Kingdom

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John Horrocks 1768-1804 Pioneer cotton manufacturer He built Preston’s first steam-powered cotton mill on this site in 1796.

Fylde Road, Preston, United Kingdom

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Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790 American statesman, scientist and journalist lived briefly in a house on this site before leaving for America in 1775.

Orchard Street/Friargate, Preston, United Kingdom

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Benjamin Franklin
(1706-1790) Founding Father of the United States

Prince Charles Edward 1720-1788 Young Pretender stayed here on 14th November 1745 during the Jacobite rebellion

Boltons Court, Preston, United Kingdom

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Charles Edward Stuart
(1720-1788) member of the Jacobite rising of 1745

Near this site was the The Old Cockpit. Here Joseph Livesey, founder of the Temperance Movement drew up the first public pledge at a meeting on 1st September 1832

Stoneygate, Preston, United Kingdom

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Joseph Livesey
(1794-1884) founder of the Temperance Movement

Broughton Catholic Charitable Society Founded in this building (then the Golden Ball Hotel) for the relief of local poverty, on May 6th 1787

Woodplumpton Lane, Junction with A6, Broughton, United Kingdom

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Martha Thompson 1733-1820. Notable methodist who invited John Wesley to Preston in 1780. Early methodist meetings held in this building

Church Street, Old Dog Inn, Preston, United Kingdom

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Dr Fraser M. Rose OBE 1897-1972 Co-founder and President of the Royal College of General Practitioners lived here 1927-57 and practised from the adjoining surgery 1927-1968

The Guild Public House, Fylde Road, Preston, United Kingdom

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WILLIAM GILBERTSON 1788-1845 Geologist, naturalist and expert in palaeontology, was a druggist near this site.

125 Church Street, Preston, United Kingdom