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Preston family, Ravensholme Farm, Mearley
Sep 24 2007, 6:38 AM EDT | Post edited: Sep 24 2007, 6:38 AM EDT
Dear Kate,

Stumbled across your site, and what a wonderful one it is! Congratulations!

William and Alice Preston are ancestora of mine, Must check further, but I couldn't see a connection on a quick glance. Could you enlighten me please?

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1. RE: Preston family, Ravensholme Farm, Mearley
Sep 28 2007, 4:47 PM EDT | Post edited: Sep 28 2007, 4:47 PM EDT
Hello Henry

Thanks for your message. From what you have written, I'm guessing that you have relatives in the Lancashire area. The Prestons are among the names I have transcribed from local gravestones - I just checked the page and you can find them under the Clitheroe Church Gravestones subsection, on the page for St. Leonard's at Downham.

There is a Michael (d.1828), a Mercy (d.1840), an Ann (d.1904) as well as William (d. 1865) and Alice (b.1868). I have also found a couple of other Prestons on the page - Ellen Ann (d. 1878). Unfortunately I'm not related to the Prestons to the best of my knowledge, but they are buried at St. Leonard's and I came across them while transcribing.

Hope what I found will be of use to you.

Thanks
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2. RE: Preston family, Ravensholme Farm, Mearley
Sep 30 2007, 4:26 AM EDT | Post edited: Sep 30 2007, 4:26 AM EDT
Dear Kate,

Many thanks for your comment - pity you're not related!

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3. RE: Preston family, Ravensholme Farm, Mearley
Oct 10 2008, 4:10 PM EDT | Post edited: Oct 10 2008, 4:10 PM EDT
Henry is quite correct Kate - there are indeed many Prestons in cemeteries in and near Clitheroe. I know that because they happen to be my family - and I do have detailed records running back to the 18th century (and less detailed ones running a long way further). Naturally, they include the odd skeleton - well, two in particular - but there are also the odd good things too.

For instance, if you are in fact a relative of mine then you are also related to my cousin James Robinson Clitheroe who you may recal was rather famous as Jimmy Clitheroe (aka "The Clitheroe Kid") and a very well-known radio and stage performer.

Both of you may be interested in my own family records web site at http://www.mpreston.demon.co.uk which is being built mainly as a community site for us all to add our own records and search for others. Obviously, such a site depends on the rest of the family even more than it does on me - but I do have a huge mass of records to add to the pages as they grow and will be adding them over the coming months and years.

Please feel free to visit, leave a message, join the records portion (it is free, of course) and store your own records - the more the merrier! 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    

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4. RE: Preston family, Ravensholme Farm, Mearley
Dec 6 2008, 12:46 PM EST | Post edited: Dec 6 2008, 12:46 PM EST
Hello,
Many thanks for your reply. So sorry not to have replied earlier - must check more often.

I am related to William Preston, b 1815. Have old family bible with many dates therein. Should you wish to reply, my E-mail is : henry.karin@talktalk.net

Will check your site.

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