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 Montford Preston Montford Preston Montford Field Studies Centre, west of Shrewsbury, is a large eighteenth-century house with later additions, set in of grassland and woodland on the banks of the River Severn. It lies within easy reach of the meres and mosses landscape of north Shropshire, as well as the varied landscapes of the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Opened as a Field Centre in 1957, Preston Montford is visited by students of Biology and Geography, as well as school groups. Specialist interest groups regularly visit the centre. Over the last few years developed partnership work with the University