Preston-Quarter
PRESTON-QUARTER, a township, in the parish of St. Bees, union of Whitehaven, Allerdale ward above Derwent, W. division of Cumberland, on the south side of the town of Whitehaven; containing 4547 inhabitants. Here are very extensive collieries, the produce of which is shipped at Whitehaven.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.