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
Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway compensation to relinquish its use of the line. A struggle ensued between the L&CR and ELR, resulting in the L&CR leasing the line from 1 August 1849. The L&PJR was amalgamated into the L&CR in 1859 and the L&CR was leased to the London and North Western Railway (LNWR), which later absorbed it in 1879. Today the line is the part of the West Coast Main Line between Preston and Lancaster. It was electrified by overhead gantry in the early 1970s. The North Union station at Preston is now Preston railway station. The L&CR Lancaster Castle railway station is now