1700 Preston is a small market town

The South Prospect of Preston, in the County Palatine of Lancaster
Produced by S. and Buck 1728.

The following description of Preston is taken from The Journeys of Celia Fiennes who visited Preston in 1698 and described Preston in her journal.

'Preston stands on a hill and is a very good market town. Saturday is their market which day I was there and saw it was provided with all sorts of things, leather, corn, coals, butter, cheese and fruit and garden things. There is a very spacious market square and pretty church and several good houses'.