Full title: A Step into the Past, A Chronicle of Village Life in and Around Longton 1800s - 1900s (Part 2 of 3), Sketches in Local History researched and recorded verbatim by Jane Riding Smyth, including Penwortham, Middleforth, New Longton, Midge Hall, Farington, Hutton & Howick, Walmer Bridge, Hoole, Bretherton, Croston & Tarleton
Published privately by the author in 1995, 148 pages (page numbering continues from part 1). A4 size paperback (A5YWSO)
Longton is a small village in Lancashire that lies a few miles south-west of Preston, and this book collects together some of the history of the village and surrounding area in the 19th century, covering people, places, buildings and events.
Condition of the book is generally good. The cover has one or two minor scuffs and blemishes, and light wear along the edges and corners, but the spine is intact, and all pages are intact, unblemished and bound. There is a name in pen on the first inside pages.