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Reverend John Clay
Preston’s 1830s Irish community, “a less civilised population spreading themselves”
The lead image shows tenants being evicted during the Irish Potato Famine of 1848. Over one million died of starvation and many left Ireland. Some came to Preston. However, Preston […]
Preston had one of the worst mortality rates in Victorian Britain. In 1844 a sanitary report was published by the Reverend John Clay. The findings revealed the parlous state of Preston’s […]
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- Royal Preston Hospital’s new site confirmed at Cuerden | Blog Preston17 comments
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- Maps show exact new sites for new Preston and Lancaster hospitals | Blog Preston13 comments
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