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Preston, uma cidade e distrito de governo local em Lancashire, Inglaterra, está localizada à margens do rio Ribble. Preston foi elevada à categoria de cidade em 2002, [1] tornando-se a 50ª cidade da Inglaterra nos 50 anos de reinado da rainha Elizabeth II. Juntamente com as cidades de Chorley e Leyland, Preston forma parte de uma ...
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Preston (/ ˈ p r ɛ s t ən / ⓘ) is a city on the north bank of the River Ribble in Lancashire, England. The city is the administrative centre of the county of Lancashire and the wider City of Preston local government district.
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The town of Preston was an ancient borough, having been granted its first charter by Henry II in 1179. The borough was reformed in 1836 to become a municipal borough under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. When elected county councils were established in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888, Preston was considered large enough to run its own...
Preston City Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Lancashire County Council. Parts of the district are also covered by civil parishes, which form a third tier of local government.
Physical geography
The City of Preston district is a transitional region between coastal plain, river valley and moorland. The west of the district lies within the flat coastal plain of the Fylde. The southern border is the River Ribble which meanders through a flood plain in a wide, steep-sided valley. The northeast of the district lies within the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Beauty. The highest point is the summit of Beacon Fellat 266 m (873 ft) above sea level, an isolated fell two miles south of th...
Ethnicity
Preston is a diverse city, although the majority of the ethnic minorities are South Asians, in particular Indians. The ethnic makeup of Preston based on the 2011 census is as follows (With average for England in brackets): 75.8% White British (79.8%), 0.8% White Irish (1.0%), 3.5% Other White (4.6%). 2.3% Mixed Race (2.2%). 10.3% Indian (2.6%), 3.2% Pakistani (2.1%), 0.3% Bangladeshi (0.8%), 0.9% Other Asian (1.5%). 0.6% Black Caribbean (1.1%), 0.5% Black African (1.8%), 0.1% Other Black (0.5...
Child poverty
In 2008 a survey revealed that 50% of all children living in the city were living in families suffering from financial depression. An estimated 15,380 youngsters were part of the families on the breadline. The Campaign to End Child Poverty report defined children in poverty as children living in homes where occupants work less than 16 hours a week, or not at all, or where the full amount of tax credit is being claimed. The city was one of the most severely affected areas of the North West out...
Religion
The City of Preston lies in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lancaster and the Anglican Diocese of Blackburn. In July 2016, St Ignatius Church in Preston, which had been gifted by the Catholic Diocese of Lancaster to the Syro-Malabar Catholic community, was raised to the status of a cathedral by Pope Francis. It now serves as the seat of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Great Britain The 2001 Census recorded 72% of the population as Christians, 10% as having no religion, and 8% as Muslim.The...
The main urban area, broadly covering the combined area of the pre-1974 Preston County Borough and Fulwood Urban District, is an unparished area. The remainder of the district is divided into nine civil parishes: 1. Barton 2. Broughton 3. Goosnargh 4. Grimsargh 5. Haighton 6. Ingol and Tanterton(neighbourhood, created April 2012) 7. Lea 8. Whitting...
England. Preston, Lancashire, an urban settlement. The City of Preston, Lancashire, a borough and non-metropolitan district which contains the settlement. County Borough of Preston, a local government district containing the settlement from 1835 to 1974.
Kelly Kamalelehua Smith, [1] mais conhecida como Kelly Preston (Honolulu, 13 de outubro de 1962 – Houston, 12 de julho de 2020) foi uma atriz e modelo estadunidense. [2] Preston ficou conhecida por suas atuações em filmes como A Primeira Transa de Jonathan, Admiradora Secreta, Irmãos Gêmeos e Jerry Maguire.
Preston, uma cidade e distrito de governo local em Lancashire, Inglaterra, está localizada à margens do rio Ribble. Preston foi elevada à categoria de cidade em 2002, tornando-se a 50ª cidade da Inglaterra nos 50 anos de reinado da rainha Elizabeth II.
8 de jun. de 2024 · Preston, city and nonmetropolitan district, administrative and historic county of Lancashire, northwestern England. Preston is located at the lowest bridging point of the River Ribble estuary before it flows into the Irish Sea.
