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The Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes that connected many communities of Eurasia by land and sea, stretching from the Mediterranean basin in the west to the Korean peninsula and the Japanese archipelago in the east.
The trail forms part of National Cycle Network Route 55 from Ironbridge to Preston. [4] The Middlewood Way runs between Marple in Greater Manchester and Macclesfield in Cheshire East. Key access points and features along the route include: Marple: The northern terminus, offering access to the Peak Forest Canal and nearby attractions.
The Silk Road [a] was a network of Eurasian trade routes active from the second century BCE until the mid-15th century. [1] Spanning over 6,400 km (4,000 mi), it played a central role in facilitating economic, cultural, political, and religious interactions between the Eastern and Western worlds.
Preston in the 18th century. Atherton's home, "Greenbank" was set back on land north of Fylde Road. [49] William Tunnicliffe, land surveyor in 1781 described it as "a neat residence, surrounded with gardens and shrubberies…laid out in a tasteful manner." [50] It was situated in the vicinity of Greenbank Street and Fylde Road. It is no longer ...
Gregson and Monk Engineers, Salter Street, Preston, in 1960. In 1857 the firm of Baxendale and Gregson was founded in Shepherd Street, Preston, Lancashire. When the works there became too small, the business moved to a new Vulcan Ironworks, built at Salter Street, just off North Road, Preston, under the name Gregson and Monk. [14]
In Griswold, the road name changes to Preston Road, continuing north for 1.9 miles (3.1 km) until the interchange with I-395 (at Exit 22). Route 164 continues for another 0.3 miles (0.48 km) beyond the interchange to end at Route 138 just south of the borough of Jewett City .
State Highway 289, known for most of its length as Preston Road, is a north–south Texas state highway. It begins at the intersection of Preston Road and Loop 12 /Northwest Highway in Dallas . The Preston Road designation comes from the fact that the highway generally follows the course of an older road known as the Preston Trail , which ran ...
Galgate once had a thriving silk industry and many of the installations still stand. One story told is that because the rhubarb grown locally was used for dyeing the silk, Galgate's community newsletter is named 'Rhubarb City News'. Rhubarb is a prolific plant in Galgate, but this idea that it was used to dye silk seems to have no evidence to ...