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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Parks and commons in Preston, Wards of Preston, Moor Park, Preston, Districts of Preston, Whittingham, Lancashire, Goosnargh, Winckley Square, Fulwood, Lancashire, Ribbleton, Broughton, Lancashire, Avenham Park, Grimsargh, Beacon Fell Country Park, Inglewhite, Riversway, Miller Park, Preston, Whitechapel, Lancashire, Lea, Lancashire, Ashton-on-Ribble, Ashton Park, Larches, Preston, Ingol, Cadley, Lancashire, St Matthew's, Preston, Greyfriars, Preston, List of places in Preston, College, Sharoe Green, Woodplumpton, Brookfield, Lancashire, Deepdale, Preston, Preston Rural North, St George's, Preston, Barton, Preston, Haighton, Tulketh, Preston Rural East, Eaves, Lancashire, Catforth, Plungington. Excerpt: Moor Park is a large park (approx 2 miles perimeter) to the north of the city centre of Preston, Lancashire, England. Moor Park is also the name of the electoral ward covering the park and the surrounding area. The ward borders the traditional boundary of Fulwood. Moor Park lies to the north of Preston city centre on the A6 (Garstang Road), which forms the western boundary of the park. Blackpool Road between the A6 and Deepdale Road is the northern boundary. The latter forms the eastern side. Opposite the park on Deepdale Road is the Preston North End F.C.'s Deepdale stadium and National Football Museum. Moor Park is Preston's largest and oldest park. The park was originally a farm and was run by George Dartford from a famous house called the Barn. In her book People's Parks (Cambridge University Press, 1991) Hazel Conway states that Moor Park is the first municipal park to be created in the newly-emerging industrial towns of Britain. Preston Moor was an area of land to the north on Preston. It was originally common land derived from the Royal Forest of Fulwood by the Charter of Henry III in 1235. In the 1830s it was...
