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The origins of Preston from Anglo Saxon village to the Domesday Book

Extract from Buck’s map of Preston 1728 Pic: Preston Digital Archive After the Romans pulled out of Britain in the fifth century AD, the area around Preston lost its strategic importance. Once on a major Roman road intersection, the area was […]

2 years ago
How Anglo Saxon are we all really? Preston professor traces our link

Dr Duncan Sayer and the remains at Cambridge they used for their study The average British person is one third Anglo-Saxon, according to new research carried out by a Preston professor. Dr Duncan Sayer, at the University of Central Lancashire, is part of […]

9 years ago
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