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Definition: Preston from Collins English Dictionary

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1 a city in NW England, administrative centre of Lancashire, on the River Ribble: developed as a weaving centre (17th–18th centuries); university (1992). Pop: 184 836 (2001)

Preston

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Industrial city and administrative headquarters of Lancashire , northwest England, on the River Ribble, 34 km/21 mi south of Lancaster, at the highest navigable point of the Irish Sea estuary; population (2001) 184,800. Industries include textiles, chemicals, electrical goods, aircraft, plastics, and engineering; it is also an agricultural market centre. Oliver Cromwell defeated the Royalists at Preston in 1648. It is the birthplace of Richard Arkwright, inventor of cotton-spinning machinery, and was a centre of the cotton industry in the 18th century. Location The main part of the town is on high ground above the river floodplain, which is used partly for parks and sports grounds. On the north side of the town there is the extensive former Town Moor. Part of the river floodplain is used for industries and also for the Preston Docks, whose freight trade with Ireland is significant. A fine communications centre, Preston suffered for many years from acute traffic congestion on its roads, …
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From Brewer's Britain and Ireland
‘priests’ farm’, OE preost ‘priest’, possessive plural preosta + -TON . A market and industrial town in Lancashire (of which it is the administrative headquarters), 32 km (19 miles) south of Lancaster. It is at the highest navigable point on the River RIBBLE , and the docks carry out much trade with…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Industrial city and administrative headquarters of Lancashire , northwest England, on the River Ribble, 34 km/21 mi south of Lancaster, at the highest navigable point of the Irish Sea estuary; population (2001) 184,800. Industries include textiles, chemicals, electrical goods, aircraft, plastics, …
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
city and district (1991 pop. 166,675), county seat of Lancashire, N England, on the Ribble River. Preston has an active port and is a center of cotton and rayon manufacturing. Some mills have closed, but work has been created in the areas of engineering, as well as aircraft, motor vehicle, …
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Ann Preston helped improve women’s access to...
(born Dec. 1, 1813, West Grove, Pa., U.S.–died April 18, 1872, Philadelphia) Ann Preston was an American physician and educator who struggled for the rights of women to learn, practice, and teach medicine in the mid-1800s. Preston was educated in Quaker schools and later became active in the…
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From Chambers Biographical Dictionary
originally Edmund Preston Biden 1898-1959 US screenwriter, film director and inventor Born in Chicago, and educated in the USA and Europe, he enlisted in the Air Corps in 1917 and later worked in the cosmetics industry, inventing a "kiss-proof" lipstick, before making his mark as a dramatist (from…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
(born Aug. 29, 1898, Chicago, Ill., U.S.—died Aug. 6, 1959, New York, N.Y.) U.S. film director. Initially a playwright, he wrote the Broadway hits Strictly Dishonorable (1929) and Child of Manhattan (1931). After moving to Hollywood, he became a noted screenwriter and won an Academy Award for The…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
City and borough (pop., 2001: 129,642), county seat of Lancashire , England. On the River Ribble , Preston grew near the site of a Roman fort and received its first charter in 1179. As a market centre, it became known for its wool and linen weaving and its cotton mills. It was the site of the…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
US physician. When the Philadelphia doctors refused to let the new female doctors gain access to the hospitals, she helped found Women's Hospital of Philadelphia in 1861. In 1866 she became dean of the Women's Medical College and she gradually won acceptance for female physicians in Philadelphia, …
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(stûr'jĭs), 1898–1959, American film director, screenwriter, and producer, b. Chicago as Edmond Preston Biden. Educated in the United States and Europe, he turned to playwriting during the 1920s, penning works that included the hit Broadway comedy Strictly Dishonorable (1929, film 1931). Sturges…
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From Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary
County in N West Virginia. See table at west virginia . Town, N cen. New London co., SE Connecticut, SE of Norwich; pop. (2000c) 4688. City, county seat of Webster co., W Georgia; pop. (2000c) 453. City, county seat of Franklin co., SE Idaho, 65 mi. (105 km.) SSE of Pocatello; pop. (2000c) 4682. …
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