Preston

Preston stands on the River Ribble in Lancashire, on a major route through northwestern England. Its position repeatedly drew armies to the town. In 1648 Oliver Cromwell defeated a Royalist and Scottish force in a campaign around Preston. In November 1715 Jacobites marching into England were surrounded by government troops here and surrendered, ending the rising in England. Another Jacobite army passed through Preston on its southward march in 1745.