St John the Evangelist's Church, Preston Village on the west side of Ditchling Road, at the junction of Round Hill Road (at ), which was closed in 1981 and demolished two years later. The parish boundaries are the railway line between Preston Park station and New England Road, Viaduct Road, Ditchling Road, Preston Drove, Osborne Road, Balfour Road, Surrenden Road, Peacock Lane and London Road. St John the Evangelist's Church, Preston Village St John the Evangelist's Church is an Anglican church in the Preston Village area of Brighton, in the English city of Brighton and Hove. The Grade II listed building, designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield, was
Preston railway station The sixth line into Preston was that of the Preston and Blackburn Railway, which opened on 1 June 1846, joining the North Union line immediately south of Farrington Station (respelt “Farington” from October 1857). The railway company was absorbed into the East Lancashire Railway (ELR) on 3 August 1846. Once again, the NUR charged high tolls for the use of its line which led the ELR to build its own line into Preston. The line was initially opposed by Preston Corporation, but was eventually permitted on condition that the embankment north of the Ribble (which later became the dividing line