Long Preston

Coordinates: 54°01′06″N 2°15′10″W / 54.0184°N 2.2529°W / 54.0184; -2.2529
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Long Preston
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54°01′06″N 2°15′10″W / 54.0184°N 2.2529°W / 54.0184; -2.2529

Long Preston is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England, in the Yorkshire Dales. It lies along the A65 road, and is 12 miles (19 km) from Skipton and 4 miles (6 km) from Settle. The population of Long Preston in 2001 was 680, increasing to 742 at the 2011 Census.[1]

The village was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974.[2]

History

Early times

Humans have been in the Long Preston area since

prehistoric times; remains have been found in caves on the hills above Settle and an axe head dated to the Stone Age was found in the area of Bookil Gill.[3] The presence of a Roman Road through the village, led to the discovery of a small fort in what is now part of the churchyard.[4]

Middle Ages

Long Preston is mentioned in the

Wapentake.[9]

A school was built in the village during the reign of Edward IV (1461–1483) as part of the Hammerton Chapel. It is likely that it was closed in 1541 during the dissolution of the religious houses. In 1672 the Petty School was held, most likely either in the chapel or in a building near an old vicarage. A new school replaced the Petty School in 1819.

Industrial age

The Boar's Head, once a coaching inn serving travellers on the turnpike

In the 18th and 19th centuries, Long Preston was dominated by agriculture and the trades associated with it. In the 1750s a turnpike road was constructed from Long Preston to Settle.[10] In the 1960s this road (now the A65) was raised, widened, and straighted. Several homes and farms were demolished to accomplish this.[11]

In 1790, a cotton spinning mill was constructed, possibly on the site of an old corn mill.[12] The mill was demolished in 1881 due to flooding. Later on Fleets cotton mill was built, which was three storeys high and water powered.

The railway was opened in 1849 and expanded in 1875 with the building of the

Settle-Carlisle Line.[13]
It declined in the 1970s and '80s but is now seeing an increase in heavy freight and passenger traffic.

In 1801 the population of Long Preston was 573; this rose to 808 in 1831 but dropped to 610 in 1961.

Modern day

Between 1923 and 1935, Long Preston was the railhead for the construction of Stocks Reservoir built by the Fylde Water Board (FWB). Steam traction engines hauled material between the FWB depot, to the west of the current station, by road to Tosside where connection was made with a 3-foot gauge industrial railway system that served the dam construction project.[14]

In the 20th century, most people were employed in the village at the garage, wool warehouse, auction mart, farms or in the surrounding area, e.g. Skipton. A number of houses were rented at Long Preston making it affordable to live there. In the 1960s people started to purchase their own homes.

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, there was a livestock auction mart, shoe shop, tailors, butchers, bakers, post office, cafés, wool warehouse and corn mill.

A bypass was proposed and was given the go-ahead in 1994 but after the 1997 general election, with Labour gaining power, the bypass was scrapped.[15]

Long Preston is the home of audiobook producer Magna Story Sound.[16]

Transport

Long Preston is served by

Leeds to Morecambe Line.[17]

Education

Long Preston has a primary school, Long Preston Endowed School, with around 60 pupils attending over a range of seven year groups.[18]

Media

Local TV coverage are covered by both

ITV News Calendar on ITV1.[19]

Long Preston is served by both BBC Radio Lancashire on 95.5 FM and BBC Radio York on 104.3 FM. Other radio stations also received are Greatest Hits Radio Yorkshire (formerly Stray FM) on 107.8 FM and community based station, Drystone Radio on 103.5 FM.

Local newspaper is the Craven Herald & Pioneer.[20]

Notable people

Former television chef Susan Brookes is a resident of the village.[21]

References

  1. ^
    Office for National Statistics
    . Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  2. ^ "History of Long Preston, in Craven and West Riding | Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  3. ^ "History". www.longprestonheritage.org.uk. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  4. ISBN 978-1843065081
    .
  5. ^ "[Long] Preston | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  6. ISBN 0-19-869103-3
    .
  7. ^ "Long Preston :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  8. ISBN 0192800744
    .
  9. ^ "Genuki: LONG PRESTON: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1868., Yorkshire (West Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  10. ^ white, Clive (6 August 2015). "Dastardly murder near turnpike road". Craven Herald. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  11. ^ LPCAA 2010, p. 13.
  12. ^ LPCAA 2010, p. 14.
  13. ISBN 1-871944-09-0
    .
  14. ISBN 1860772854
    .
  15. ^ Mason, Viv (17 December 2006). "End of the road for A65 bypass". Craven Herald. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  16. ISBN 9781441110886
    .
  17. ISBN 9781999627119
    .
  18. ^ "Long Preston Endowed Voluntary Aided Primary School URN: 121631". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  19. ^ "Regional TV in the western Yorkshire Dales and north-east Lancashire". northwestisnorthwest.org. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  20. ^ "Craven Herald & Pioneer". 28 May 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2024 – via British Newspapers Online.
  21. OCLC 44828755
    .

Sources

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