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PRESTON-BROOK, a village in Preston-on-the-Hill township, Runcorn parish, Cheshire; on the Warrington and Crewe railway, and at the junction of the Bridgewater and the Trent and Mersey canals, 5½ miles S S W of Warrington. It has a head post-office, ‡ a railway station, a few shops, and numerous large warehouses for thetranshipment of goods.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Runcorn Parish Cheshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Preston Brook |
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