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Latimer Drive, PRESTON, PR4 4ZL

Looking west opposite All Saints' Church of England Primary School.

On Hugh Barn Lane.

All Saints' Church was founded in 1866., originally as a chapel housed in a rented cottage. A church was then built at the corner of Station Road and Hugh Barn Lane. This building now forms the old part of All Saints' Primary School. The present church, on Station Road, dates from 1964. http://allsaints.btck.co.uk/ church web site

All Saints' Church was founded in 1866., originally as a chapel housed in a rented cottage. A church was then built at the corner of Station Road and Hugh Barn Lane. This building now forms the old part of All Saints' Primary School. The present church, on Station Road, dates from 1964. http://allsaints.btck.co.uk/ church web site

Looking south west.

New Longton is a pleasant, leafy village located 4 miles South West of Preston, in the district of South Ribble. It is part of the parish of Longton, which is the name of the older village located 2 miles to the west of New Longton. New Longton is a relatively “new” village by local standards. Up until the late 19th century it was a collection of scattered farms and cottages. The village development was prompted by the building of the Preston to Southport railway line in 1873. A station called "Hutton and Howick" later renamed "New Longton and Hutton" was built at the junction of what is now Station Road and Chapel Lane. As with the rest of Britain the post war housing boom saw extensive expansion of the village housing stock from the 1940's onwards. The village lost its railway service with the line finally closing in 1967. Little trace of the line now exists. New Longton is now a dormitory commuter village with a regular bus service into Longton and Preston and the M6, M61, M65 motorways are only four miles away. The surrounding area is mainly agricultural with mostly flat land now drained and cultivated known locally as 'the Moss'. The village contains several shops, a Post Office, a Doctor's surgery, a school, two churches, two busy sports and social clubs and a nursing home. http://allsaints.btck.co.uk/NewLongtonVillage All Saints’ New Longton

New Longton Methodist Church began as an amalgamation of two Churches; one was a small Chapel at the Longton end of Chapel Lane, and the other was a Chapel in Long Moss Lane, Whitestake. In 1906 a decision was made to close both these Chapels and to erect a new one in New Longton (then known as Hutton and Howick). The site of the present Church was purchased in 1907. The foundation stone was laid on May 23rd, 1908, and the opening ceremony took place on October 17th, 1908. The hall (shown in this photograph) was erected next to the church and is dated “1992”.

New Longton is a pleasant, leafy village located 4 miles South West of Preston, in the district of South Ribble. It is part of the parish of Longton, which is the name of the older village located 2 miles to the west of New Longton. New Longton is a relatively “new” village by local standards. Up until the late 19th century it was a collection of scattered farms and cottages. The village development was prompted by the building of the Preston to Southport railway line in 1873. A station called "Hutton and Howick" later renamed "New Longton and Hutton" was built at the junction of what is now Station Road and Chapel Lane. As with the rest of Britain the post war housing boom saw extensive expansion of the village housing stock from the 1940's onwards. The village lost its railway service with the line finally closing in 1967. Little trace of the line now exists. New Longton is now a dormitory commuter village with a regular bus service into Longton and Preston and the M6, M61, M65 motorways are only four miles away. The surrounding area is mainly agricultural with mostly flat land now drained and cultivated known locally as 'the Moss'. The village contains several shops, a Post Office, a Doctor's surgery, a school, two churches, two busy sports and social clubs and a nursing home. http://allsaints.btck.co.uk/NewLongtonVillage All Saints’ New Longton