Preston, Lancashire the many large active Roman Catholic parish churches is St Thomas of Canterbury and the English Martyrs, located on Garstang Road. Preston was the location of the world's first foreign mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (commonly known as the Mormons). As early as 1837 the first Mormon missionaries to Great Britain began preaching in Preston and, in particular, other small towns situated along the River Ribble. Preston is home to the world's oldest continuous branch (a small congregation) of the LDS Church. An official memorial to the church pioneers may be found in the
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