Preston By-pass farmhouse and three dwellings requiring demolition. The route was constructed through four separate localities, including through the County Borough of Preston, through the Urban District of Walton-le-Dale, through the Urban District of Fulwood and through the Rural District of Preston. Initially, there were a total of 22 bridges built under or over the motorway, such as a principal bridge at Samlesbury which carried traffic over the River Ribble and the A59 trunk road, the only junction upon opening; the other principal bridge was at Higher Walton, carrying traffic over the River Darwen and the A675 road. The overall width of
Preston on the Hill bungalows. The original workhouse was built between 1855 and 1857 for 280 inmates. The workhouse infirmary was enlarged in 1881–82, with further extensions in 1895 and a nurses' home in 1906. Sumner's Farm and its outbuildings on Windmill Lane were converted to residential in 2005. Preston on the Hill is administered as part of the civil parish of Preston Book within the unitary authority of Halton. The Civil Parish incorporates the villages of Preston Brook, Preston on the Hill and part of the village of Dutton. A short section of the A56 Chester Road runs through the northwest of the